Comments on: In The Bloginning 2 – What Got Me Started? http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/ The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto Fri, 18 May 2012 03:02:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessica http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Jessica Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:58:27 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1123 I started reading blogs in university, and it probably started with diaryland, where I once had an account. I still read a couple of people who host there, but most of the ones that I read on a regular basis are those that I've found through searches or blogger's blog rolls. I started reading blogs in university, and it probably started with diaryland, where I once had an account. I still read a couple of people who host there, but most of the ones that I read on a regular basis are those that I’ve found through searches or blogger’s blog rolls.

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 mercurior Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:29:43 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1061 yes, really i could post at least one a day, but it can get a little bit of a hassle, as you have to organise your thoughts, the happy medium is about 2 or 3 a week sometimes more if theres news. i have started to add complete news articles, but thats the best part of owning and running your own site, you have no one saying they want 1000 words by tomorrow.. etc.. blogger burnout is a big problem. yes, really i could post at least one a day, but it can get a little bit of a hassle, as you have to organise your thoughts, the happy medium is about 2 or 3 a week sometimes more if theres news.

i have started to add complete news articles, but thats the best part of owning and running your own site, you have no one saying they want 1000 words by tomorrow.. etc..

blogger burnout is a big problem.

]]> By: Britgirl http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Britgirl Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:35:39 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1060 As Spock would say "Fascinating..." I enjoyed reading these. Chris - I can identify with giving my perspective... that was one of my key reasons. I also totally agree about blogging being a great way to meet people - didn't really believe it until it happened :). And as for the PW episode, agree. Can't feel bad about it anymore though because what I have now is so much more than what I had then... I'm also an information junkie. Sulz -so your wish has come true! Janette - Blog on! And you know that you don't need to worry about comment length here. :) Christine - have to say that I'd love to be able to read more blogs... time makes that one difficult. I could easily spend hours reading them.. I'm glad you stayed though :) TT - fascinating story behind Stolen moments... and another thumbs down for Blogger. Your story reminds me of how powerful blogs can be. I'm glad there's now the option to import... I don't know what I'd have done if I had to cut and paste all my posts from one blog into another. Another information junkie - yay! Hillari - Hey, thanks! :) I have to come and catch up on the latest installment of what's happening on your boxing blog... I do remember you got evicted from the PW blog as well...as I said to Chris W, I have something so much better now. Mercurior - thanks for this - I don't think I could post several times a day though. No wonder you got bloggers burn out. Two to three times a week is managable - right? As Spock would say “Fascinating…” I enjoyed reading these.
Chris – I can identify with giving my perspective… that was one of my key reasons. I also totally agree about blogging being a great way to meet people – didn’t really believe it until it happened :) . And as for the PW episode, agree. Can’t feel bad about it anymore though because what I have now is so much more than what I had then… I’m also an information junkie.
Sulz -so your wish has come true!
Janette – Blog on! And you know that you don’t need to worry about comment length here. :)
Christine – have to say that I’d love to be able to read more blogs… time makes that one difficult. I could easily spend hours reading them.. I’m glad you stayed though :)
TT – fascinating story behind Stolen moments… and another thumbs down for Blogger. Your story reminds me of how powerful blogs can be. I’m glad there’s now the option to import… I don’t know what I’d have done if I had to cut and paste all my posts from one blog into another. Another information junkie – yay!
Hillari – Hey, thanks! :) I have to come and catch up on the latest installment of what’s happening on your boxing blog… I do remember you got evicted from the PW blog as well…as I said to Chris W, I have something so much better now.
Mercurior – thanks for this – I don’t think I could post several times a day though. No wonder you got bloggers burn out. Two to three times a week is managable – right?

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 mercurior Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:07:02 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1057 btw thats in general, no specific site is mentioned btw thats in general, no specific site is mentioned

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 mercurior Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:09:18 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1056 sometimes blog owners, have a blinkered view of their own pet peeves, and dont want to hear any contraversial comments.. which makes them the loser, the cut and thrust of a discussion like that, without resorting to crude insults.. is great.. sometimes blog owners, have a blinkered view of their own pet peeves, and dont want to hear any contraversial comments.. which makes them the loser, the cut and thrust of a discussion like that, without resorting to crude insults.. is great..

]]> By: Hillari http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Hillari Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:59:44 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1055 I enjoyed this entry very much! I started with making comments on various forums, including a few childfree ones, before moving up to general ramblings about life, boxing and movies on various blogs of my own. Too bad the Purple Woman deal didn't work out -- remember I was evicted from there around the same time you were -- but luckily, there are other places to write. I enjoyed this entry very much! I started with making comments on various forums, including a few childfree ones, before moving up to general ramblings about life, boxing and movies on various blogs of my own. Too bad the Purple Woman deal didn’t work out — remember I was evicted from there around the same time you were — but luckily, there are other places to write.

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 mercurior Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:18:28 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1054 i got started due to a sadly demised weblog called buster b, he wrote all about mens rights, and how things seemed to be regressing for men, but advancing for women. after reading it, i wanted to create something that i could rant, rave, grumble, get the badness out of my brain onto an external brain. i post anything, newspaper stories, real life stories, my poems, my theories, my everything i used to post several times a day, but i slowly stopped, now i post maybe 2 or 3 times a week. the blogger burnout its called still i have it now, a place i can say anything i wish, and no one will censor me, and if someone does say stuff about my blog how the things i post are bad, i say if i want to type in flibble 500 times i will as its my blog. and i really did one day stopped them from having a go at me. i got started due to a sadly demised weblog called buster b, he wrote all about mens rights, and how things seemed to be regressing for men, but advancing for women.

after reading it, i wanted to create something that i could rant, rave, grumble, get the badness out of my brain onto an external brain.

i post anything, newspaper stories, real life stories, my poems, my theories, my everything i used to post several times a day, but i slowly stopped, now i post maybe 2 or 3 times a week. the blogger burnout its called still i have it now, a place i can say anything i wish, and no one will censor me, and if someone does say stuff about my blog how the things i post are bad, i say if i want to type in flibble 500 times i will as its my blog. and i really did one day stopped them from having a go at me.

]]> By: timethief http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 timethief Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:43:14 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1052 As an environmentalist and political activist with strong research skills when I got first computer 4 years ago I used it mainly as a wordprocessing and file storage unit. Time went by and I began to search the internet more and more then one day stumbled upon some interesting blogs and began to read. I read blogs for about 6 months and noted the dearth of environmental blogs that existed so I established one at Blogger and one at wordpress. It didn't take me long to discover that Blogger wasn't for me and wordpress.com was. At wordpress.com one can just blog and leave all the "geekery" to staff and as I had no technological skills this suited me very well. Moreover, Blogger lacked support for non-geeky bloggers but wordpress had great support so I copied and pasted by accumulated Blogger files into http://timethief.wordpress.com and on April 8th, 2006 my Stolen Moments environmental/political blog was going strong. In the beginning I thought my blog would be a great place to post my research papers but I soon recognized that blog articles were brief and my papers that average 25-30 pages weren't a good fit. Like Chris W. I'm an information junkie who recognizes that knowledge is power. Moreover, I've had great success at convincing local government to implement the recommendations that flowed from my research. So all the other shorter articles I wrote for local and regional newspapers and working groups did find a home on my blog. It didn't take long before I became so obsessed with blogging that I gave up writing for those small publications. One day I may post my pdf research papers in my blog too but until them I'm keeping busy "blogging on". As an environmentalist and political activist with strong research skills when I got first computer 4 years ago I used it mainly as a wordprocessing and file storage unit. Time went by and I began to search the internet more and more then one day stumbled upon some interesting blogs and began to read.

I read blogs for about 6 months and noted the dearth of environmental blogs that existed so I established one at Blogger and one at wordpress. It didn’t take me long to discover that Blogger wasn’t for me and wordpress.com was.

At wordpress.com one can just blog and leave all the “geekery” to staff and as I had no technological skills this suited me very well. Moreover, Blogger lacked support for non-geeky bloggers but wordpress had great support so I copied and pasted by accumulated Blogger files into http://timethief.wordpress.com and on April 8th, 2006 my Stolen Moments environmental/political blog was going strong.

In the beginning I thought my blog would be a great place to post my research papers but I soon recognized that blog articles were brief and my papers that average 25-30 pages weren’t a good fit. Like Chris W. I’m an information junkie who recognizes that knowledge is power. Moreover, I’ve had great success at convincing local government to implement the recommendations that flowed from my research. So all the other shorter articles I wrote for local and regional newspapers and working groups did find a home on my blog.

It didn’t take long before I became so obsessed with blogging that I gave up writing for those small publications. One day I may post my pdf research papers in my blog too but until them I’m keeping busy “blogging on”.

]]> By: Chris W. http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Chris W. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:43:43 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1051 I've got two things to comment on now... :D 1) I started to blog for several different reasons. One was my ever-relocating family. Since I have family members scattered all across the US, I thought it'd be a good idea to have something for them to read so they would know what's going on in my life. Also, whenever I did searches for things on the net, I'd always come across one or two blogs. I learned about what blogs really were and thought "Hey! I like to write and give my own perspective on things. I think this may be good for me!". It's a therapeutic way to let things out that are bothering you. Plus, it's a good way of meeting people. With that, thank you for being kind to this fellow blogger. 2) I just read your post on what happened to get you booted off the team blog. My thoughts are this. Yes, it was her blog. However, I think her posting requirements got to be a tad much. She should have found another way to work with you on the issues. Hey, she was the one who wanted your contributions enough to ask you repeatedly to be a part of the team. With someone like that having an iron grip on the team... well, "I run" spelled differently leads to "ruin". What makes me read blogs? Simply put... I'm an info-junkie! Knowledge is power, right? I’ve got two things to comment on now… :D

1) I started to blog for several different reasons. One was my ever-relocating family. Since I have family members scattered all across the US, I thought it’d be a good idea to have something for them to read so they would know what’s going on in my life. Also, whenever I did searches for things on the net, I’d always come across one or two blogs. I learned about what blogs really were and thought “Hey! I like to write and give my own perspective on things. I think this may be good for me!”. It’s a therapeutic way to let things out that are bothering you. Plus, it’s a good way of meeting people. With that, thank you for being kind to this fellow blogger.

2) I just read your post on what happened to get you booted off the team blog. My thoughts are this. Yes, it was her blog. However, I think her posting requirements got to be a tad much. She should have found another way to work with you on the issues. Hey, she was the one who wanted your contributions enough to ask you repeatedly to be a part of the team. With someone like that having an iron grip on the team… well, “I run” spelled differently leads to “ruin”.

What makes me read blogs? Simply put… I’m an info-junkie! Knowledge is power, right?

]]> By: sulz http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 sulz Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:09:49 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1049 what got you started as blogger ? got tired of just reading blogs. i want to be read now. lol What influenced you, if anything? reading blogs of friends; they look like they're having a fun time writing and communicating with friends and readers. If you’re a blog reader what made you start reading blogs? because a friend had one and i was curious to see what she has written. what got you started as blogger ?
got tired of just reading blogs. i want to be read now. lol

What influenced you, if anything?
reading blogs of friends; they look like they’re having a fun time writing and communicating with friends and readers.

If you’re a blog reader what made you start reading blogs?
because a friend had one and i was curious to see what she has written.

]]> By: Christine http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Christine Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:21:53 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1048 <strong>What got you started as blogger ?</strong> I think it was a few friends asking about my very outdated site. That sounds like a pretty weak reason but there was no other big motivation. I thought it might be fun and I enjoy it so I continue. <strong>What influenced you, if anything? If you’re a blog reader what made you start reading blogs?</strong> <a href="http://www.mcgillis.com/web_geekcereal.html" rel="nofollow">Geek Cereal </a> was my first influence. I loved that site and I read it everyday. It only lasted about a year but I still remember how much I enjoyed it. A co-worker also had a daily online log (he called it the "Life Log" ) in 1995 (yeah, 1995!). He kept that up until about 1998 or so and now he's a blogger. Currently I love to read blogs but I don't read that many. I guess I'm picky and I don't want to read about the minutiae of other people's days — I'd much rather bore my readers with mine ;-). I regularly read the blogs of my friends and a few others and that's about it — maybe 4 or 5 in total. Of course, I'm reading Like It Is now on a regular basis. I found the site because I was looking into Childfree resources (I'm childfree and delighted about it) and I stayed because I found that and a whole a lot more — interesting articles and interesting commentators... What got you started as blogger ?
I think it was a few friends asking about my very outdated site. That sounds like a pretty weak reason but there was no other big motivation. I thought it might be fun and I enjoy it so I continue.

What influenced you, if anything? If you’re a blog reader what made you start reading blogs?

Geek Cereal
 was my first influence. I loved that site and I read it everyday. It only lasted about a year but I still remember how much I enjoyed it. A co-worker also had a daily online log (he called it the “Life Log” ) in 1995 (yeah, 1995!).
He kept that up until about 1998 or so and now he’s a blogger.

Currently I love to read blogs but I don’t read that many. I guess I’m picky and I don’t want to read about the minutiae of other people’s days — I’d much rather bore my readers with mine ;-) . I regularly read the blogs of my friends and a few others and that’s about it — maybe 4 or 5 in total. Of course, I’m reading Like It Is now on a regular basis. I found the site because I was looking into Childfree resources (I’m childfree and delighted about it) and I stayed because I found that and a whole a lot more — interesting articles and interesting commentators…

]]> By: Jannette http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Jannette Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:31:50 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/02/20/in-the-bloginning-2-what-got-me-started/#comment-1047 well, I first created my first blog <a href="http://janland.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Janland!</a> for the same reason as you, I had all these digital photos I created and wanted to share them. And as you did, I've discovered Flickr, put still post the pix on <a href="http:janlandpix.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Janland! Pix</a>. I then wanted to share my creative writing, which is the most important thing to me, and so <a href="http://janlandpoetry.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Janland! Poetry</a> was created. And no Janland! is a place where I express my thoughts and views, a place to let off steam, my online sanctuary, and the current home to my spiritual journey. I started blogging, and despite the low stats, I've never looked back. Sorry for the long comment! :) well, I first created my first blog Janland! for the same reason as you, I had all these digital photos I created and wanted to share them. And as you did, I’ve discovered Flickr, put still post the pix on Janland! Pix. I then wanted to share my creative writing, which is the most important thing to me, and so Janland! Poetry was created. And no Janland! is a place where I express my thoughts and views, a place to let off steam, my online sanctuary, and the current home to my spiritual journey. I started blogging, and despite the low stats, I’ve never looked back.

Sorry for the long comment! :)

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