Comments on: At the Blogging Crossroads http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Planned Obsolescence » Blog Archive » Two Things I Have Decided http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3832 Planned Obsolescence » Blog Archive » Two Things I Have Decided Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:19:26 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3832 [...] bad habits (of which the less said the better, I think), I need to figure out — for the umpteenth time — some new mode or means of writing here, that can keep me going. These icons link to [...] [...] bad habits (of which the less said the better, I think), I need to figure out — for the umpteenth time — some new mode or means of writing here, that can keep me going. These icons link to [...]

]]> By: The Constructivist http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3691 The Constructivist Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:05:11 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3691 [Ah, using the mathematical symbol for less than is what causes that particular bug. Neat!] Sorry, easily amused. [Ah, using the mathematical symbol for less than is what causes that particular bug. Neat!]

Sorry, easily amused.

]]> By: The Constructivist http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3690 The Constructivist Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:04:11 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3690 ...less than 10 visits a day, which would essentially stop my older posts from showing up in searches (or so it seemed in August). Somehow, I'm up to around 30 visits a day, which is a big audience for that blog. Actually, that seems to be mostly a function of one post on the job letter. Which is neither here nor there. Just wanted to let you know that the kind of writing you propose is deeply satisfying, and I miss it. And that audience size is a relative thing and seems to follow its own rhythms. [And that I've never seen a comment snipped like that before. Wordpress bug? Might be linked to the fact I used …less than 10 visits a day, which would essentially stop my older posts from showing up in searches (or so it seemed in August). Somehow, I’m up to around 30 visits a day, which is a big audience for that blog. Actually, that seems to be mostly a function of one post on the job letter.

Which is neither here nor there. Just wanted to let you know that the kind of writing you propose is deeply satisfying, and I miss it. And that audience size is a relative thing and seems to follow its own rhythms.

[And that I’ve never seen a comment snipped like that before. Wordpress bug? Might be linked to the fact I used

]]> By: The Constructivist http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3689 The Constructivist Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:02:22 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3689 ...or reconcile myself to …or reconcile myself to

]]> By: The Constructivist http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3688 The Constructivist Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:00:16 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3688 That's definitely how Citizen of Somewhere Else started out, but it started during my leave year, and I've had to repurpose it now that I'm back at my real job; otherwise, I'd have to give it up entirely, or reconcile myself to That’s definitely how Citizen of Somewhere Else started out, but it started during my leave year, and I’ve had to repurpose it now that I’m back at my real job; otherwise, I’d have to give it up entirely, or reconcile myself to

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3684 KF Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:20:41 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3684 Thanks for this, Laura -- it's a vote of confidence that I could very much use right now. I'm hopeful about finding a way to make the blog serve the larger project, so that the work I really need to be doing can keep moving forward... Thanks for this, Laura — it’s a vote of confidence that I could very much use right now. I’m hopeful about finding a way to make the blog serve the larger project, so that the work I really need to be doing can keep moving forward…

]]> By: Laura http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3678 Laura Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:06:09 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/at-the-blogging-crossroads/#comment-3678 Kathleen, I just meta-blogged on your meta-blog. It sounds like we're in similar places, at least as far as the blog goes. I do hope you'll find a way to make the blog work for you since your voice is one of the voices that I read early on and who inspired me to blog. Kathleen, I just meta-blogged on your meta-blog. It sounds like we’re in similar places, at least as far as the blog goes. I do hope you’ll find a way to make the blog work for you since your voice is one of the voices that I read early on and who inspired me to blog.

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