Comments on: Make of Your Blog As You Will http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/ Confessions of a Social Tools Architect Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Socialtwister 2.0 » Blog Archive » You’re Not A Blogger (unless) http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12296 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:26:54 +0000 http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12296 [...] I’ve got to say that I am increasingly worried (see Make of Your Blog As You Will) about the attitude many are taking with regards to “blogging”. I put it in quotes because, quite frankly, it’s just as much art as it is science, er, technology. [...] […] I’ve got to say that I am increasingly worried (see Make of Your Blog As You Will) about the attitude many are taking with regards to “blogging”. I put it in quotes because, quite frankly, it’s just as much art as it is science, er, technology. […]

]]> by: greg http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12245 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:20:25 +0000 http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12245 @Chris - I definitely hear where you are coming from. It is totally human nature to compare. @Rick - I know what you mean. I've talked with many people who are scared to try it because they fear the politics. It's a shame really, but you've done the right thing - no one really should be able to say what's "right", imho. @Chris - I definitely hear where you are coming from. It is totally human nature to compare.

@Rick - I know what you mean. I’ve talked with many people who are scared to try it because they fear the politics. It’s a shame really, but you’ve done the right thing - no one really should be able to say what’s “right”, imho.

]]> by: Rick http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12233 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:27:59 +0000 http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12233 Greg, interesting post! I've only been blogging since March, but I remember my decision-making process. I wondered if I'd have enough to write about. I wondered if anybody would read it. I wondered if I would show how much I don't know. A CEO might be concerned with this sort of public embarassment and not blog. I've also been criticized by "techies". My blog's not "pretty". I don't care and I'm OK with not caring. As a matter of fact, some of the people that criticized my blog's appearance have the crappiest content. I occasionally read some of the "blog better" articles, but as you can see, seldom take the advice. A CEO may be concerned with appearing to be more of a techie than a CEO and therefore not blog. I tried something last week. I had a "guest blogger" post to my blog. He was wondering what it would feel like to post. We'll see if he guests again, starts his own, or decides against. As I meet people that I consider to be experts, I may invite them to guest too. CEO or not. Greg, interesting post! I’ve only been blogging since March, but I remember my decision-making process. I wondered if I’d have enough to write about. I wondered if anybody would read it. I wondered if I would show how much I don’t know. A CEO might be concerned with this sort of public embarassment and not blog. I’ve also been criticized by “techies”. My blog’s not “pretty”. I don’t care and I’m OK with not caring. As a matter of fact, some of the people that criticized my blog’s appearance have the crappiest content. I occasionally read some of the “blog better” articles, but as you can see, seldom take the advice. A CEO may be concerned with appearing to be more of a techie than a CEO and therefore not blog. I tried something last week. I had a “guest blogger” post to my blog. He was wondering what it would feel like to post. We’ll see if he guests again, starts his own, or decides against. As I meet people that I consider to be experts, I may invite them to guest too. CEO or not.

]]> by: Chris Brogan... http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12228 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:25:28 +0000 http://www.socialtwister.com/2006/08/16/make-of-your-blog-as-you-will/#comment-12228 Is it a tribal remnent that we feel the powerful desire to organize ourselves under labels and then throw protective rhetoric around ourselves to ensure their status? I have feathers and you don't, so I'm clearly more important. This somehow ties to that thing where people will fight about the exact usage of terms that are specific to their organization or affiliation, even when the rest of us don't really care (trekkie vs. trekker). Reminds me of an old Onion article: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38715" rel="nofollow">S&#38;M Couple Won't Stop Droning On About Their Fetishes</a>. (In that sense that some folks just love being on the "inside" of an inside. (It's 1:25AM, if this comes out weird). --Chris... (Great talking the other day. I want my cards! : ) ) Is it a tribal remnent that we feel the powerful desire to organize ourselves under labels and then throw protective rhetoric around ourselves to ensure their status?

I have feathers and you don’t, so I’m clearly more important.

This somehow ties to that thing where people will fight about the exact usage of terms that are specific to their organization or affiliation, even when the rest of us don’t really care (trekkie vs. trekker).

Reminds me of an old Onion article: S&M Couple Won’t Stop Droning On About Their Fetishes. (In that sense that some folks just love being on the “inside” of an inside.

(It’s 1:25AM, if this comes out weird).

–Chris…
(Great talking the other day. I want my cards! : ) )

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