Blogging

Blogging to me has never really been to academic purposes. I usually follow a handful of Ravens, Capitals, Orioles and tech blogs. I use them as a way to obtain information quickly on a very specific topic. After reading through blogs on Economics, I realized that I have been missing out on a large amount of information that is presented in a short, easily read and interactive format. Blogging is different than other writing in the sense that for the most parts comments can be left and debates can be had instantaneously in the comments section. The writing is almost always on a specific topic and does not stray too far from the overall theme of the blog. Blogs can also be presented as a journal with continuous posts displayed in reverse chronological order. The Blogs I decided to follow were Econometrics Beat: Dave Giles' Blog, Freakonomics, Paul Krugman's Blog and The Fix. Dave Giles' blog provides short posts about econometrics and random posts about applying econometrics to current events such as the medal count at the Olympics. The posts found in the Freakonomics blog are very similar to the chapters in the books. It is almost an extension of the book. Paul Krugman's blog posts about current events and his feelings on how they relate to specific topics in economics. The fix is the Washington Post's economics blog, it like Krugmans posts about current events and news, it is not purely an economics blog, but it does post about topics in economics frequently. All the blogs post almost every day, sometimes multiple times a day. I chose them all for this reason. The Econometrics Beat is probably what I find the least interesting, while it does use econometric data in current events that is very limited and posts a lot about econometric theory. Freakonomics I think is the most interesting because it uses econometric data to explain phenomena and does so in an interesting matter.