Comments on: I Am Part Time Blogger, Hear Me Meow

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:19:39 +0000

Everyone, I lost my blog database today, and had to recover from a slightly outdated backup. If you notice that some comments on this post are now missing, I didn’t delete them – they were lost. Sorry about that.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:39:18 +0000

@ DWongster, I think it’s unfortunate that Twitter has taken so much attention away from blogging. Twitter’s great, but you can only say so much in 140 characters. While Twitter serves a need, I hope people never get too busy to read more than sound bites.

By: DWongster

DWongster — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:29:51 +0000

Indeed. Your post brings up some good points and provides food for thought. It's been challenging trying to balance my own freelance work, family, social media, and alone time (say, for reading). I've had to do a lot more skimming in my Google Reader these days (or Byline on my iPod Touch), and those days of old when I had ideas for blog posts are replaced by tweet ideas. Do people who tweet more blog less than bloggers who don't? I think so, since there's only so much time in the day. With so many bloggers and "twitterers" I think what has given way is the discussion forum. DWongster´s last blog post..Shai Agassi’s plan for electric cars

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:25:27 +0000

@ Bamboo Forest, I know what you mean about the standing ovation for fluff posts. I don’t really see it anymore though, because I’ve unsubscribed from those blogs! I think good blogs can entertain, or inform, or both…and sometimes different readers get different things out of the same blog.

By: Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:36:30 +0000

I like this sentiment:

“I think the conclusion is that doing the right things is far more important than doing a lot of things.”

I think there is so much false information out there about blogging. Really, I love being a contrarian when it comes to the conventional wisdom of how to grow subscribers.

I subscribe to your blog because I find it entertaining and fresh.

One thing I’ve noticed about some blogs I visit is they can post a post that really has no concrete information to come away with, but still is met with a standing ovation. I mean, truth is, every blog will probably have some fluff posts. Though, some blogs more than others…

But I have seen, I think, posts that really don’t offer much of anything but people love them. I’m sometimes amazed by this.

That being said, it’s so easy to forget that blogging is about entertaining your reader. If they really wanted to learn… I got news: They’d buy a textbook. Let’s be real.

I mean, they do want to learn but they also want to be entertained. Blogs are about escaping. They are about free entertainment – free information that gives us all an escape.

Do I have to cite on a blog comment? Suffice it to say, that one article by Jon Marrow on copyblogger has sticked with me ever since I read it. And I believe it’s true.

Maybe I’m picky… but there are very few blogs I actually really enjoy. I mean, I enjoy a lot, but only a few I feel as if it would be truly worthwhile to me to read every post.

Bamboo Forest´s last blog post..How to Make the Choices You Really Want to Make in Life