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Darren Sumida

Blog of a blog.

In Dr. Angelina Karpovich's e-Journal, "I Blog, Therefore I am" she speaks of blogging in a way that many are able to relate to. Karpovich uses intricate vocabulary in her descriptions, but in general, she points out a variety of aspects that are constant to the community of online bloggers. As a reader and a occasional blogger, it is not difficult to identify what Karpovich is depicting.

"I Blog Therefore I Am" begins with the author introducing the correlation of blogging and a disease. Karpovic continues by roughly explaining how the academic research blog was intended to be seprate from her academic career however personal influence have found a way to leak into it. Next, she brings to light a common topic of how starting a solo discussion is difficult because of the role comfort plays. She found comfort and was able to blog as a result of discovering some of her friends blogging. Karpovich touches on issues such as netspeak, and how the blogging enviornment allows for one to recreate identity. All of what she says are essentially encountered by many people and her blog does a fine job of pointing out the consistencies of online journals.


I thought the tittle was a clever play on the quote by Descartes, "I think therefore I am." I feel that in blogging, one are able to assert them self many ways. Like in the quote, existence is created by the action. On thing I realized was how by making thoughts come to life on the virtual text provides a means to cement one's self in history. The internet will most definitely be around for a myriad amount of time and whatever marks are made, regardless of the magnitude, will be around for a long time to come.

Being an occasional blogger made it possible for me to relate to certain issues Karpovich brought forward. As a individual writing on something publicly displayed, there are a number of thoughts that come into play. Two of the most prevalent are, "How can this be said in the best way," and "How does this reflect me." Many people are set on not carring about what other people think but seen in many blogs, they format their ideas in a way that will intrigue people or convince or merely to create a better understanding. Some bloggers write just for the sake of writing but still, they think about what they say and often times change the wording because they are unsatisfied with how it is composed.

I enjoyed reading this blog for the most part. I feel that it touched on certain habbits that are consistent in the blogging community. People are aware of what they do, but this blog by Dr. Angelina Karpovich makes clear that many people do have the same tendencies. Blogs are windows not only to the issue presented by its author but also a glipse of the writers private thought.