Comments on: Strands of the Web: Blog Connections http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: It’s back to work time… | Coffee Muses http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-25884 It’s back to work time… | Coffee Muses Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:50:20 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-25884 [...] does it say when I check up on my blogroll before I read the news? Yesterday Fred First asked a question at Fragments From Floyd that has evidently been peculating through my subconscious overnight… How does your blog fit [...] [...] does it say when I check up on my blogroll before I read the news? Yesterday Fred First asked a question at Fragments From Floyd that has evidently been peculating through my subconscious overnight… How does your blog fit [...]

]]> By: Eli James http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 Eli James Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:45:02 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2453 I think blogging is only rewarding if you do it for the right reasons. Some of us keep a journal, others just do it because they're so passionate about what they're writing/blogging about. I liked the way you reviewed the changes to the blogosphere lately, and chose to highlight the good side of blogging. It's good to remember that side still exists, even after all the ego fueled flame wars and splogs that have popped up in recent years. Blooking is new, yes, and it is still stuck in the fringes of the public consciousness. I'm determine to see it grow better, since quality is something we've got working against us at the moment. Thank you for mentioning blooking in your post. I think blogging is only rewarding if you do it for the right reasons. Some of us keep a journal, others just do it because they’re so passionate about what they’re writing/blogging about.

I liked the way you reviewed the changes to the blogosphere lately, and chose to highlight the good side of blogging. It’s good to remember that side still exists, even after all the ego fueled flame wars and splogs that have popped up in recent years.

Blooking is new, yes, and it is still stuck in the fringes of the public consciousness. I’m determine to see it grow better, since quality is something we’ve got working against us at the moment.

Thank you for mentioning blooking in your post.

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 bluemountainmama Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:41:13 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2158 oh... and i hope you and ann have a wonderful thanksgiving! i'll wave from 81 on our way down to carolina..... oh… and i hope you and ann have a wonderful thanksgiving! i’ll wave from 81 on our way down to carolina…..

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 bluemountainmama Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:38:17 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2157 blogging wouldn't be the same without the blogfather.... :) i really feel that 'village' in my little posse, as i call my lil group of regular readers and blogfriends. i've connected to people on a level that i never though possible in the virtual world. and i hope to make it to your porch one day... :) blogging wouldn’t be the same without the blogfather…. :)

i really feel that ‘village’ in my little posse, as i call my lil group of regular readers and blogfriends. i’ve connected to people on a level that i never though possible in the virtual world. and i hope to make it to your porch one day… :)

]]> By: It’s back to work time… | Coffee Muses http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 It’s back to work time… | Coffee Muses Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:15:53 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2138 [...] Wood and Clay Weekend in FloydStrands of the Web: Blog Connections [...] [...] Wood and Clay Weekend in FloydStrands of the Web: Blog Connections [...]

]]> By: Rob Paterson http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Rob Paterson Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:05:56 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2137 Hi Fred Yes I too miss the "Village" aspects of when we first bumped into each other. In 2002, there were about 50,000 bloggers. A small town. Now there are??? A large country! I am blogging more than ever. Why? It helps me think - Every 6 months or so I think I have an insight and then I realize that it is only another step - but even so, my understanding of how the world really works does expand. I stay in touch by following a few of my "originals" such as you and I find that I get a lot of work as a result of what I write as well. My work has become explaining how a many to many world works and right now, this is an insight that is needed but, like flying a plane, can't be taught except by a practitioner and except by practising. My own friends find it a good way to follow me too. Robin is always a bit stunned to hear how much they know about me. So I think that the reason I am still pounding away is that blogging has become central to my work and to my social life. Finally - it has given me back my voice - lost for decades in the corporate world But I miss the "Village" Best wishes and have a wonderful thanksgiving Rob Hi Fred
Yes I too miss the “Village” aspects of when we first bumped into each other. In 2002, there were about 50,000 bloggers. A small town.

Now there are??? A large country!

I am blogging more than ever. Why? It helps me think – Every 6 months or so I think I have an insight and then I realize that it is only another step – but even so, my understanding of how the world really works does expand.

I stay in touch by following a few of my “originals” such as you and I find that I get a lot of work as a result of what I write as well.

My work has become explaining how a many to many world works and right now, this is an insight that is needed but, like flying a plane, can’t be taught except by a practitioner and except by practising.

My own friends find it a good way to follow me too. Robin is always a bit stunned to hear how much they know about me.

So I think that the reason I am still pounding away is that blogging has become central to my work and to my social life. Finally – it has given me back my voice – lost for decades in the corporate world

But I miss the “Village”
Best wishes and have a wonderful thanksgiving
Rob

]]> By: Marion http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2127 Marion Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:26:02 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2127 I'm new enough to blogging to enjoy the aspect of journaling, something I've tried to do for years (witness the attractive array of charming blank-paged books on my shelf, complete with lovely pens). My grown kids, even my grandkids, enjoy keeping up with my life and musings and Sadie Mae, my Yorkie-Bichon puppy, whose antics keep us laughing. I hope you won't drop blogging, Fred, as many of us enjoy reading your daily postings. I’m new enough to blogging to enjoy the aspect of journaling, something I’ve tried to do for years (witness the attractive array of charming blank-paged books on my shelf, complete with lovely pens).

My grown kids, even my grandkids, enjoy keeping up with my life and musings and Sadie Mae, my Yorkie-Bichon puppy, whose antics keep us laughing.

I hope you won’t drop blogging, Fred, as many of us enjoy reading your daily postings.

]]> By: fred http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 fred Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:02:24 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2115 I have started thinking about my blog more as an elaborate business card than as my reason to be, in and of itself. On the strength of what others have read and images they've seen on the blog, they've been interested in my involvement with worthwhile and interesting projects--as if I had sent in a resume to display my credentials--except that they saw my CV in a sense before they contacted me. And sure as I think I'm operating in a void, I'll get an email from a long-time reader I've never heard from telling how an image or post found a receptive spot in their memories or hearts. We can't let reader count be the sole measure of what we do. And yet, if I feel like I'm just talking to myself, that severs the nerve of motivation to no small degree. So I'm looking for a good balance and haven't quite found it yet. I have started thinking about my blog more as an elaborate business card than as my reason to be, in and of itself.

On the strength of what others have read and images they’ve seen on the blog, they’ve been interested in my involvement with worthwhile and interesting projects–as if I had sent in a resume to display my credentials–except that they saw my CV in a sense before they contacted me.

And sure as I think I’m operating in a void, I’ll get an email from a long-time reader I’ve never heard from telling how an image or post found a receptive spot in their memories or hearts.

We can’t let reader count be the sole measure of what we do. And yet, if I feel like I’m just talking to myself, that severs the nerve of motivation to no small degree. So I’m looking for a good balance and haven’t quite found it yet.

]]> By: Michlt http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2114 Michlt Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:51:42 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2114 Your perspective in this post on blogging really resonated with me. After 3 years of blogging my energy for it has waned and my posts have been sparse and sporadic lately. As you point out, the blogging community has changed a lot in the last 4 years. Over that time a lot has improved. The software and the communities, like Wordpress, Moveable Type, and the newer Blogger, are greatly improved over the rather buggy early editions of Blogger. However there does seem to be something missing and I think it is that pioneering enthusiasm for a new frontier. Blogging is no longer new. It has become so common as to have lost several degrees of cultural coolness but at the same time it has matured and gained (in many instances) substantial social, political, and literary relevance. The very fact that some blogs are worthy of committing to paper is a clear indication of an enduring value which was certainly not evident in the early years of blogging. Your perspective in this post on blogging really resonated with me. After 3 years of blogging my energy for it has waned and my posts have been sparse and sporadic lately. As you point out, the blogging community has changed a lot in the last 4 years. Over that time a lot has improved. The software and the communities, like WordPress, Moveable Type, and the newer Blogger, are greatly improved over the rather buggy early editions of Blogger. However there does seem to be something missing and I think it is that pioneering enthusiasm for a new frontier. Blogging is no longer new. It has become so common as to have lost several degrees of cultural coolness but at the same time it has matured and gained (in many instances) substantial social, political, and literary relevance. The very fact that some blogs are worthy of committing to paper is a clear indication of an enduring value which was certainly not evident in the early years of blogging.

]]> By: COD http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 COD Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:00:07 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/11/18/strands-of-the-web-blog-connections/#comment-2111 I sometimes think the only reason I'm still blogging is inertia. Although I guess the fact that my job is linked to one of the more popular blogs on the Internet may have something to do with it too. I sometimes think the only reason I’m still blogging is inertia. Although I guess the fact that my job is linked to one of the more popular blogs on the Internet may have something to do with it too.

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