Category Archives: acwrimo

just write – then plan, and write again – in #acwrimo and beyond

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Someone asked me the other day whether I thought ‘just write’ was a good idea. It is something that I support, although always with the caveat that it doesn’t work for everyone. I call this ‘writing along the way’ because … Continue reading →

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focusing in on blogging literatures part two – #acwrimo work in progress

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

This is the sixth post about the literature review I am doing about academic blogging for a paper/project with Thesis Whisperer. I’m working to a short time frame, and using a three-stage approach – scoping, mapping and focusing in. I … Continue reading →

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analysing blogs is messy, but that’s OK. #acwrimo work in progress

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

This post is from Inger, Thesis Whisperer, about the process of researching academic blogs. Here she discusses making decisions about method, and provides a glimpse, via a link to her google doc, of actual data analysis happening in real time. … Continue reading →

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#acwrimo work in progress: blogging a paper on blogging

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn, and Patter, that’s me Pat, are writing a paper for a conference to be held in December. We’ve decided to blog our process as part of our #acwrimo commitment. We put an abstract together as a … Continue reading →

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