Philosophy Major Meets Geek

The official launch of my blog was back on my birthday on November 29. I had actually started blogging maybe a month before that, just so there would be some content there when the switch was flipped on.

Fast forward two months later. I am now one of two Contributing Editors of the Technology & Web section of the newly redesigned BlogHer community. Please go check it out: the beta launch of the new BlogHer site is today. Although I hesitate to put myself in the same league as many of the other outstanding BlogHer Contributing Editors, I am gratified that everyone there seems to think I have meaningful things to say about Technology.

Speaking of which, I will be the first to claim that I am not a technologist. No degree in electrical engineering or computer science here. (My undergraduate degree really was in Philosophy.) What I can say is that I spend a great deal of time thinking about the markets and business models that are created by emerging technologies. I applaud the fabulous women behind BlogHer for pairing me up with a more traditional technologist, Anne Zelenka of Anne 2.0. She and I will be able to look at many of the same topics in the blogosphere with very different lenses, and I look forward to the differences in our opinions.

Class V will still be my primary blog. It is my intention to create one or two entirely new entries per week for BlogHer, aiming to post something there every Wednesday or Thursday. As defined by BlogHer's mission, those posts will focus on female bloggers writing about Technology. Haven't decided yet if I will cross post between Class V and BlogHer, but I am grateful for having this problem in the first place. If anyone has any guidance regarding this cross posting issue, I'd love to hear it.

Best wishes to the BlogHer team for a successful beta launch, and kudos to Lisa Stone in particular for all the work she has done in driving BlogHer's new format.

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Comments

[Anne Zelenka]

Could be philosophy major meets philosophy major. My undergrad major was philosophy too! Isn't that funny? I also studied econ (undergrad) and statistics (grad school), which you have with the business degree. So our educational backgrounds are similar. But I am happier staying at my computer screen and will leave you to do exciting things like meet with entrepreneurs and speak at SXSW.

Now I gotta' run go make my post about the BlogHer site launch. I hate being so behind here in Hawaii, but I was too beat to do it last night.

[Lisa Stone]

I've gotten some sleep and I'm back online! Thank you, so much, but the kudos are to you and the other editors who doing a fantastic job launching a reader's guide to the best of the Web. We are happy to showcase your talent. Best~L