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what to do with a dreamwidth journal?
May. 3rd, 2009 05:04 pmI've had an fannish lj account for many years; I only really ever used it as a reading list. I need to keep fan and RL id very carefully separated. I'm not sure to what extent I'll be posting here, but I'd like to comment more regularly on the stories I read (not many these days); perhaps, a shiny new Dreamwidth account will help to do that. I'd like to support the Dreamwidth endeavor and if i end up using it all, intend to sign up for a paid account after trying it out for a couple months.
Since I'm adding people to my circle, I thought I write a brief fan autobiography; in case anyone comes by to check me out. I was active in fannish circles many, many years ago. I've always loved the DIY aspect of fandom, this was long before the term "participatory culture" was coined. I think anything that inspires people to create, instead of just consume, is a wonderful thing. I edited a 'zine back in the day but most of my activity was in an area I don't want to identify here because it is too easily linked to my real-life. I have a job in which it would be very inconvenient, perhaps worse, if I was known to be interested in slash or sexually explicit fiction in any kind of public way.
Once fandom went online, I've followed many fandoms (XF, Highlander, Due South, LOTR, Stargate, Farscape, Doctor Who, and others). I've been almost entirely a lurker, which I've come to regard as being a type of leach; however I've never made or been involved with any kind of fannish drama. If you see me adding you to my circle, you don't have to worry about anything of that sort.
I think I'd like to use this journal to explore some of the technological innovations I read people posting about. This seems like a friendly environment in which to try out some new things. I think I will go looking for some communities that support newbies to things like CSS and other web programming tools.
So, if anyone is reading this, perhaps I'll see you around.
Since I'm adding people to my circle, I thought I write a brief fan autobiography; in case anyone comes by to check me out. I was active in fannish circles many, many years ago. I've always loved the DIY aspect of fandom, this was long before the term "participatory culture" was coined. I think anything that inspires people to create, instead of just consume, is a wonderful thing. I edited a 'zine back in the day but most of my activity was in an area I don't want to identify here because it is too easily linked to my real-life. I have a job in which it would be very inconvenient, perhaps worse, if I was known to be interested in slash or sexually explicit fiction in any kind of public way.
Once fandom went online, I've followed many fandoms (XF, Highlander, Due South, LOTR, Stargate, Farscape, Doctor Who, and others). I've been almost entirely a lurker, which I've come to regard as being a type of leach; however I've never made or been involved with any kind of fannish drama. If you see me adding you to my circle, you don't have to worry about anything of that sort.
I think I'd like to use this journal to explore some of the technological innovations I read people posting about. This seems like a friendly environment in which to try out some new things. I think I will go looking for some communities that support newbies to things like CSS and other web programming tools.
So, if anyone is reading this, perhaps I'll see you around.
