tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post5572425898440366856..comments2023-06-13T04:19:36.351-07:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud: George Packer, You're wrong! Blogging is (a big part of) the revolutionGail Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112450907788303779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-32167347634393423952007-06-06T08:49:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:49:00.000-07:00Tod,Perhaps we blog for different reasons. For me,...Tod,<BR/>Perhaps we blog for different reasons. For me, it's my reward at the end of the day. Pondering about my next post as I make my way through the day's activities provides so much pleasure, then, ah, when I sit down to pull it all together, I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing. <BR/><BR/>I have not checked traffic to my site since I'm not sure I want to know. It might take away from the pleasure of writing.<BR/><BR/>Re comments to posts, I love them. I appreciate that you're a regular. However, I note that one of the best-known bloggers, Juan Cole, www.juancole.com ("my" Middle Eastern expert), who blogs virtually every day, frequently doesnt' get any comments.<BR/><BR/>I have some pending projects that include linking to your blog, so I hope you hang in there. In fact, I know you will.Gail Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112450907788303779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-40040211055733097902007-06-05T20:49:00.000-07:002007-06-05T20:49:00.000-07:00Blogs are, well, blogs. An underground moment, an...Blogs are, well, blogs. An underground moment, an incredible source of valuable, valuable information. As a non blogger I spend a considerable amount of time reading blogs. I want to thank all you bloggers out there.<BR/><BR/>AEAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-63396705017878025082007-06-05T20:08:00.000-07:002007-06-05T20:08:00.000-07:00Blogs are so darned interesting, aren't they? As a...Blogs are so darned interesting, aren't they? As a blogger, much of one's personal worth and ego is put on the line, to be checked thousands of times per day. One's esteem is now run up and down by statistics: How many visitors? How many comments? How many new incoming links? <BR/><BR/>Well understood by the blogger is the fact that the validity of the blogger's thoughts, no matter how long held or how carefully shaped, is defined by such things. A zero comment post is a huge disappointment, is akin to being slapped in the throat by a good friend, is a sign that points only in the direction of utter failure - a failure to communicate, to come up with a novel notion, a failure to impress. <BR/><BR/>Today, my blog brings me to my knees as traffic is ho-hum, comments have flatlined. Fortunately, I have a second, and that one has shown great response (www.polafiction.com - another rule of blogging is to drop your blog into every post, every email, every e-missive) and so part of me is jumping into the air, double fist pumping ala the 1980s Toyota "Oh What A Feeling!" commercials, keeping me from having to genuflect to the invisible force of inattention. <BR/><BR/>We blog because we think our voices are somehow worthy of being heard above the din. The joke is on us - we ARE the din. <BR/><BR/>Tod<BR/>www.todbrilliant.com<BR/>www.polafiction.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com