Comments on: Blogging as Social Processing http://ash10.com/2009/06/blogging-as-social-processing/ Pete Ashton helps you understand how the Internet works. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Wilcox http://ash10.com/2009/06/blogging-as-social-processing/#comment-10668 David Wilcox Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:42:29 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=447#comment-10668 Thanks Pete, what an interesting thinking-in-progress piece that helped me reflect on why I blog. When I was a print journalist a long time ago there was something about "people ought to know about this" ... although I suspect it was more about the newsdesk might like it and other journalists might follow, supported by the illusion of a vast hungry readership. As a blogger it's a bit different: there's no newsdesk, no "guaranteed" readership, and more response to be gained via Twitter. So I think I'm often blogging because I have a theme or storyline in mind, and there's an event, idea, connection I want to capture because it might be useful later. I'm writing linkable stuff (for me) without quite knowing where I'll link back from. The best thing anyone said to me about my some posts I wote was "I never know how your piece is going to end up". Nor do I ... Thanks Pete, what an interesting thinking-in-progress piece that helped me reflect on why I blog. When I was a print journalist a long time ago there was something about “people ought to know about this” … although I suspect it was more about the newsdesk might like it and other journalists might follow, supported by the illusion of a vast hungry readership.
As a blogger it’s a bit different: there’s no newsdesk, no “guaranteed” readership, and more response to be gained via Twitter.
So I think I’m often blogging because I have a theme or storyline in mind, and there’s an event, idea, connection I want to capture because it might be useful later. I’m writing linkable stuff (for me) without quite knowing where I’ll link back from. The best thing anyone said to me about my some posts I wote was “I never know how your piece is going to end up”. Nor do I …

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://ash10.com/2009/06/blogging-as-social-processing/#comment-10646 Andy Mabbett Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:27:53 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=447#comment-10646 No sooner did I say that, than recall that some people refer to a swan's feet as "paddles". No sooner did I say that, than recall that some people refer to a swan’s feet as “paddles”.

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://ash10.com/2009/06/blogging-as-social-processing/#comment-10645 Andy Mabbett Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:24:09 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=447#comment-10645 My first thought when I saw your birds' foot question on Twitter was the "graceful swan" analogy. Their feet are "palmate" (adjective; per 'A Dictionary of Birds', Campbell & Lack, Poyser, 1985, p.326). There is no specific noun. Another small victory in my campaign to turn all Birmingham Social Media folk in to birders ;-) My first thought when I saw your birds’ foot question on Twitter was the “graceful swan” analogy.

Their feet are “palmate” (adjective; per ‘A Dictionary of Birds’, Campbell & Lack, Poyser, 1985, p.326). There is no specific noun.

Another small victory in my campaign to turn all Birmingham Social Media folk in to birders ;-)

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