Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
Standard Set
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
- What made you interested in this topic?
- What do you hope to achieve by participating?
- Are you interested in helping with the study group organization?
Answers
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Minu Oh
May 6, 2011, 9:29 a.m.
Bio:
Location: Portland, OR
Standard Set Answer:
I love to articulate my thoughts in writing and perhaps I even believe it may be useful to others. I find it pretty difficult to keep up the momentum of writing blogs - I've started one before and stopped within a couple of months. Got another up and at a bottleneck unsure where to take the direction. Perhaps there's insecurity about how the blog may be received and simply feeling pretty exposed being so open? Looking to hear experiences of other on the same boat.
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Nada
April 29, 2011, 5:10 p.m.
Bio:
I'm currently a graduate cs student . I have a big passion to learn all new stuff regarding computer &software.
Technology is a mystery for me ,I would like to discover and learn more .
This commuinty is a perfect place to learn and share experiance with others.
Location: Yemen
Standard Set Answer:
- Blogs in a great tool to announce ideas ,news or any thing .Now many people around the world use blogs,the reason of that blog is easy to use ;you can create a blog simply if you have an email .You don't need to know more about web techniqes .You can create your blog ,it will looks as a full featured site within all required facilities like ;template ,test editors ,security,,,,etc.
_ I hope to learn more about how to write professoinally in blog ,what skills i must have to succes in blogging .
How writing in blog differ from ordinary writing.
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Milan
April 27, 2011, 10:31 a.m.
Bio:
I'm an artist, writer, Salesman, yoga teacher and game designer.
In short, I'm human.
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Standard Set Answer:
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I've always been a blogger, just not the most amazing blogger.
I hope to achieve a much shorter gap between blog posts. I would also like to gain a better understanding of siting references and researching.
Still, as always, I want to learn it all!
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Laura Hilliger
April 26, 2011, 9:14 a.m.
Bio:
Laura Hilliger is a creative to the core. She is a writer and an artist, a teacher and techie.
Laura is a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, an Open Web hacktivist who is happiest in collaborative environments and aspires to eliminate the digital divide and keep the Web open. She's an advocate for change and believes that the Internet has more power than any other medium to create real change in the world. She also believes that aesthetics are an extremely important part of the process, and inspires people to visualize ideas for the greater good.
Location: Dresden, DE
Standard Set Answer:
Pippa and Alina were having a conversation about how hard it is to stay motivated in blog writing, something we all do for work. I joined in the whining, and the three of us gave some mutual support back and forth across Twitter. That was ten days ago...now that I'm back at the computer, I'm excited to see that there's a study group on P2PU! So, dual motivation and experience sharing is going to (hopefully) help me stay on top of my blog writing.
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Laura Hilliger
April 26, 2011, 5:13 a.m.
Bio:
Laura Hilliger is a creative to the core. She is a writer and an artist, a teacher and techie.
Laura is a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, an Open Web hacktivist who is happiest in collaborative environments and aspires to eliminate the digital divide and keep the Web open. She's an advocate for change and believes that the Internet has more power than any other medium to create real change in the world. She also believes that aesthetics are an extremely important part of the process, and inspires people to visualize ideas for the greater good.
Location: Dresden, DE
Standard Set Answer:
Pippa and Alina were having a conversation about how hard it is to stay motivated in blog writing, something we all do for work. I joined in the whining, and the three of us gave some mutual support back and forth across Twitter. That was ten days ago...now that I'm back at the computer, I'm excited to see that there's a study group on P2PU! So, dual motivation and experience sharing is going to (hopefully) help me stay on top of my blog writing.
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AJC
April 25, 2011, 1:05 p.m.
Bio:
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
I have a blog that no one reads.
Perhaps this is because I never know what to write in it. Or perhaps it's disgusting.
http://grungefarmer.org
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nzeribe
April 20, 2011, 5:01 p.m.
Bio:
Lover of chocolate cake and erstwhile Rascal-in-Chief at @tastydelisha. I am also a photographer who generally careens about the city breaking things.
Location: Manchester, England
Standard Set Answer:
I recently read that although many people blog, there are few places where you can actually learn to. Writing for the web is different. It interests me because I love hypertext and have a little something to say. It's such a new medium which is still evolving. Is there a secret sauce? I don't know, but I'd like to find out.
Participating here can help me build the muscles to blog, because blogging is a habit. I can learn from my peers, too. That's exciting. I have enthusiasm, some ideas and would like to share what I've got.
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Jessica Ledbetter
April 19, 2011, 3:18 p.m.
Bio:
Web Developer. Toastmaster. Tinkerer. Advocate for libraries, animal rescue, education, and open source.
Location: Silicon Valley, California
Standard Set Answer:
I'm interested in this topic because I have a blog and have ideas but tend to just post quick updates to Facebook (which is locked to friends only) and occassionally tweets.
I hope to post to my blog more.
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Lynn Cook
April 19, 2011, 4:28 a.m.
Bio:
Painter, gardener, cook, maker of things. I am fascinated by patterns and the disruption of patterns.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Standard Set Answer:
I would like to improve my writing. There are many things that I find fascinating out in the world and I want to be able to transmit/explain/present those things or ideas to other people via the web. I have three blogs and a huge list of things that I want to write about but I find it hard putting into words what I've experienced or thought.
I hope that through the study group I'll be able to regularly put some writing out and up, and through practise become more fluid in my writing.
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Amanda
April 19, 2011, 2:04 a.m.
Bio:
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
Hello there!
What sparked my interest in this topic was the fact that I have tried to blog in the past, numerous times, and never really stuck with it or saw it go anywhere because I felt my writing wasn't personal enough or well put together.
I hope to be able to change that by participating in this study group. I will not just follow along, but give input and feedback, as well. I think that's a fair exchange for learning how to put my best food forward on the blogosphere.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this.
Regards,
Amanda
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Phil Neo
April 18, 2011, 12:08 p.m.
Bio:
'MIH student who loves widgets, #HumanFactors in Safety. Loves curling #css on the #Ergonomics Society portal in Singapore via ergoss.org.sg - The #IdeaFlowTalk initiative @InnovQ
Location: Singapore
Standard Set Answer:
I want to write for the web, hoping to engage readers. on a regular basis
