Shout-Out: Bud Gibson’s High Octane Blogging Boot Camp

When I started blogging a couple of years ago, it was for personal reasons. I didn’t need instructions; like many parents of teens and young adults who have grown up immersed in the Internet culture, all I had to do was watch how they did it. I still post there occasionally. In the summer of 2005 I began to wonder if there were professional uses for blogs. I began doing some research in my spare time, but since spare time was a scarce commodity, it took me until November to get something going. In January and February 2006 I took Bud Gibson’s High Octane Blogging Boot Camp course at Michigan’s Ross School of Business inspired me and got me going on blogging. I’ve learned a lot on my own since then, and doubtless forgotten some of the valuable things I learned in his class, but I remain grateful to Bud for his insights and encouragement. Much of what you’ll find here had its origins in his class, whether through the readings, his slides, his lectures, or the lively classroom discussion. The blog that resulted from my classroom experiences is my FutureHIT blog. It’s focused on a rather obscure subject, the future of information technology as it relates to clinical research informatics. I have a small but loyal group of readers and am working on getting others in my field going on blogging. This book is a clandestine part of that effort.

Comments

[Bud Gibson]

Hi Dale, good to get the shout out even if a little late.