tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post7811653724613325701..comments2024-01-14T18:25:34.943+00:00Comments on Grendel: On Blogging – How do you do it?Grendelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14517877929080302948noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-4517258444787337372008-03-21T10:57:00.000+00:002008-03-21T10:57:00.000+00:00I meant to post on this. Sorry for the lateness of...I meant to post on this. Sorry for the lateness of this. I strated the Poor Mouth as a left of centre political blog but I got rather tired of political blogging pretty quickly.<BR/><BR/>Now Itend to blog news items that get my goat or are a bit offbeat r which simply interest me.<BR/><BR/>I am a keen but not desperately talented photographer. Photo memes like Wordless Wednesday or Photo Hunt jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-12701528283101562402008-03-21T08:55:00.000+00:002008-03-21T08:55:00.000+00:00Lots of insight here. I now know my own error - I ...Lots of insight here. I now know my own error - I draft, redraft and revise like the lawyer I am.<BR/><BR/>Embarrassingly, my most ever hits were for a spontaneous piece (as recommended in the comments here) in which I got a key fact wrong. I still blush, so I guess I will keep redrafting and fact checking, whatever that does to the stats...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-25138337204666086292008-03-20T20:46:00.000+00:002008-03-20T20:46:00.000+00:00The title of each blog post is critical, write the...The title of each blog post is critical, write the title like you would a google search on the subject.<BR/><BR/>Three paragraphs are fine, four or more and most people can't be arsed reading them.<BR/><BR/>Post at least twice a day, even if it is one long and one short post.<BR/><BR/>Don't just post links to MSM stories - have your own opinion.<BR/><BR/>Try to reply to all comments (I'm guilty Daily Referendumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899003349232334603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-82132494712730163422008-03-20T16:53:00.000+00:002008-03-20T16:53:00.000+00:00use tags like 'ass' or 'facebook ex'. they work a ...use tags like 'ass' or 'facebook ex'. they work a treat.<BR/><BR/>but seriously, globus has noticed that if not careful, you can create a rod for your own back whereby visitors expect you to blog daily, and interestingly. globus has enough pressure in his life, so goes down the route most bloggers do - it's an ego thing, an online soapbox, and if other people join in at some point along the way, Globushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270255108587219686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-58307948883453327792008-03-20T08:13:00.000+00:002008-03-20T08:13:00.000+00:00I am completely spontaneous. It is the only way to...I am completely spontaneous. It is the only way to go for the type of blog that I have.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-30163556686992807272008-03-19T09:13:00.000+00:002008-03-19T09:13:00.000+00:00I think we all tend to take what others say more s...I think we all tend to take what others say more seriously than what we say. Unless you happen to be a megalomaniac or politician.<BR/><BR/>I don't claim to be a great blogger - and rightly so I envisage the resonse to be.<BR/><BR/>I hate stuff I come across that does not hang together, or actually follow on - lies, self delusion, uncritical repetition. <BR/><BR/>I see a news story, or hear a CFD Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176957304124700156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-88944751482758964532008-03-18T08:32:00.000+00:002008-03-18T08:32:00.000+00:00I think the haphazard approach does often yield go...I think the haphazard approach does often yield good results. I hear a news story, something happens - and there's a post to comment on it, in my own meandering way.<BR/><BR/>The only exception is my weekly feature (<A HREF="http://asp-bites.blogspot.com/search/label/TOTW%202008" REL="nofollow">Tunes of the Week</A>). As I know it's coming, it ends up being a continual effort - adding tracks Asphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722072356105285739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-87221788937522386662008-03-16T10:34:00.000+00:002008-03-16T10:34:00.000+00:00Pretty much the same as everyone else has said.And...Pretty much the same as everyone else has said.<BR/>And yes, the posts you think are awful, are the ones ev eryone reads, and the ones you think you'd frame languisg in obscurity.<BR/><BR/>C'est la vie.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-52508992898674041072008-03-13T23:38:00.000+00:002008-03-13T23:38:00.000+00:00I usually find the posts I've written quickly and ...I usually find the posts I've written quickly and without too much thought are the most popular, and I've seen other bloggers say that, so I suppose the lesson there is as the above comment says to switch off the self criticism. <BR/><BR/>I tend to find the longer more political posts take a long time to write, particularly if they're well referenced with links. My other posts are often inspired BenefitScroungingScumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-14905495478994758592008-03-13T18:00:00.000+00:002008-03-13T18:00:00.000+00:00I certainly don't write effortlessly. It really h...I certainly don't write effortlessly. It really helps if you are angry because that helps switch off the self-criticism!<BR/><BR/>I rarely draft a post then leave it unpublished. I tend to start a post, realise that it's not quite what I had in mind and delete it.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-87505359440830914512008-03-13T12:32:00.000+00:002008-03-13T12:32:00.000+00:00All I do is focus on one thing. Try not to make th...All I do is focus on one thing. Try not to make things to big, or I lose my way.RobWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255978974948870928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-77548899724843675712008-03-13T06:30:00.000+00:002008-03-13T06:30:00.000+00:00We all think that everyone else is doing it so eff...We all think that everyone else is doing it so effortlessly, but the truth is many are struggling, just as you feel you are sometimes. <BR/><BR/>Everyone thinks that the others produce wonderful, erudite, interesting stuff while his/her own stuff is garbage. We all doubt ourselves. <BR/><BR/>I'd say that in my 250 plus posts I have been really pleased with maybe ten of them. I don't write the jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-50940885326334558212008-03-13T05:34:00.000+00:002008-03-13T05:34:00.000+00:00Three tips from this end :-1) Entries often trigge...Three tips from this end :-<BR/>1) Entries often triggered by current affairs/dates. E.G. predicting the UK budget content (and getting it wrong ;-) or posting about PI-day tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>2) Use a laptop, so you can write anywhere.<BR/><BR/>3) Don't wast time polishing. We're not writing Shakesperian quality stuff.<BR/><BR/>4) learn to count ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-87596375734695097152008-03-13T01:24:00.000+00:002008-03-13T01:24:00.000+00:00There was a time when I was getting 1000 or so uni...There was a time when I was getting 1000 or so unique visitors / day to Little Man in a Toque and I felt a little bit of pressure to write stuff. And I was always networking, leaving comments or writing posts in response to other bloggers.<BR/><BR/>Now I sometimes go for weeks without writing anything, and my stats are well down, but I don't care to be honest. And I hardly comment or post Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654081451535341175.post-74943151035028063742008-03-12T22:56:00.000+00:002008-03-12T22:56:00.000+00:00I make it up as I go along. I might have an idea o...I make it up as I go along. I might have an idea or two during the day or on my way home from home - or even on the toilet [thought you might like to know that] - but mainly I just make it up as I go.<BR/><BR/>I'll flip through the news websites and my rss feed of blogs, then just post whatever I happen to have thought of/caught my eye. It's a very haphazard process.ThunderDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022244110521962876noreply@blogger.com