Before the “On Writing” series went on a bit of a vacation for the 4th of July (Independence my ass!), I had the pleasure of chatting with Tim Klapdor about his blogging career. Tim is an Australian ed-tech blogger who’s currently the Manager of Educational Design at the University of Adelaide. What’s more, he’s writes regularly about work, life and everything in between on his blog Heart Soul Machine. If your not a big fan of Tim just yet, watch the chat above and I’m sure you soon will be!
Tim is as real as they come, he writes about not only his work, but his daily life, including the quotidian struggles most folks argue are not worth sharing, but in my mind are the most relatable and compelling bits that make blogging different—it keeps the web personal and real. I enjoyed this conversation immensely because in transported me back to a moment on the web when there was a sense of being there—and Tim captures this brilliantly as he relates his own story of discovering his blogging voice. With just about everyone I have talked with thus far, the sense of blogging as a space of authenticity has become a regular theme. The blog is a node on the web where words matter—a genuinely attempt to connect with others and that’s less and less common on the platformed wasteland the web has become.
