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13 Questions for DH Bloggers:
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When did you start your blog (career wise: as a grad student, undergrad, etc)?
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Why did you decide to start blogging?
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How do you host your blog, i.e. Do you use a generic web-host like Dreamhost with Wordpress, do you use a blogging service like Blogger.com?
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How did you learn to set up your blog?
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What are the challenges with maintaining your blog (i.e. spam, approving comments, dealing with trolls, etc)?
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What topics do you normally write about? Do you try and keep it strictly academic, or do you mix in other topics?
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If you allow comments on your blog, do you often get comments? What has been your experience managing comments/commenters on your blog?
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What kinds of interactions (scholarly or otherwise) emerge out of your blogging practice?
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Do you find these interactions informative, useful, enlightening, tedious, frustrating, obligatory, etc? How do they feel?
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How do you think digital humanities blogging is different from more traditional forms of academic writing and reading?
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How would you characterize the relationship between blogging and the digital humanities (however broadly conceived)?
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What DH blogs/bloggers do you read and why do you read them? What do you like about them?
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What was your most popular blog post? Why do you think it was so popular?