tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post3837888605654502040..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Blogger's GuiltAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-67375273675336669712014-07-13T08:42:00.598+01:002014-07-13T08:42:00.598+01:00Still around, Alan. Out of the Square Sunshine for...Still around, Alan. Out of the Square Sunshine for a while, and currently developing things in the shade. But still blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-81291569248868692492014-07-11T05:22:37.852+01:002014-07-11T05:22:37.852+01:00I love that I can join in whenever I wish. No guil...I love that I can join in whenever I wish. No guilt! But i have noticed changes too. Bloggers are changing . I find that evolution as interesting as out tendency to type rather than write these days.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-29912421047956935802014-07-08T22:41:20.549+01:002014-07-08T22:41:20.549+01:00My blog will not be going to facebook or twitter! ...My blog will not be going to facebook or twitter! It's one way to maintain what writing skills I have. I will admit to having to scrabble around for topics, but not for the writing but for photographs. I don't get out and about enough. But I do a LOT of reading, books, magazines and blogs!ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-31412376863369679552014-07-08T15:42:58.466+01:002014-07-08T15:42:58.466+01:00Yet another of your brilliant posts, Alan.
Bloggi...Yet another of your brilliant posts, Alan. <br />Blogging is an art form of our 21st century, but just like other kinds of writing - novels, short stories, letters, and even postcards it is changing. I think it is the combination of change in both readers and writers. <br />Last weekend I performed with an orchestra for an outdoor concert of light classical music. Before the concert began, there was a warm up group, a folk duo on guitars, playing for 10,000 people over an amplified sound system that allowed the audience to hear every syllable and every chord from two musicians. Later when our orchestra of 85 played, we each had individual microphones that mixed the music together to create a new kind of sound that was not truly real.<br /><br />But the strangest thing was that earlier in the evening I noticed how almost every person in the audience, young and old, was multitasking and reading/writing on a smart phone or tablet! Presumably they were listening, but not in the way people once appreciated a musical concert.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-22979809856337424562014-07-08T13:01:47.104+01:002014-07-08T13:01:47.104+01:00I have the same problem, Alan. It's hard keepi...I have the same problem, Alan. It's hard keeping up with all the blogs I follow. Back when I was unemployed I had plenty of time for that, as well as time to publish a blog post every day. Now I get in at least one a week, and little enough time to even read all the blogs I'm subscribed to, much less comment on them. Maybe when I retire...Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-65409940079932139592014-07-08T11:05:04.548+01:002014-07-08T11:05:04.548+01:00Blogger's Guilt applies to me and this weekend...Blogger's Guilt applies to me and this weekend I put it down to Wimbledon, World Cup and Le Tour de France.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-32761587394082674372014-07-08T09:53:13.653+01:002014-07-08T09:53:13.653+01:00I sometimes find myself spending more time comment...I sometimes find myself spending more time commenting on other people blogs than writing my own. I'll start of a comment and realise I'm writing a little essay. I soon realised I didn't mind much! I think blogging is a two way process. Sometimes the comment will set off a train of thought which leads to a post of my own. I don't, on the whole, slavishly trail from blog to blog speed reading posts just in order to comment. That would be like going into my local, walking round all the tables saying hello to everyone and then leaving. The pub analogy is a good one: far better to go in, choose a table for that particular evening and chat to just a handful of people at once.<br /><br />The term for this is, I think, "slow blogging". It's kind of the opposite of tweeting, if you like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-72468894519823003482014-07-07T01:44:27.088+01:002014-07-07T01:44:27.088+01:00Thanks for the term "Blogger's Guilt,&quo...Thanks for the term "Blogger's Guilt," Alan. That's exactly what it is. Although I have ceased blogging, and rarely comment any more, rest assured that I faithfully read your blog (OK, maybe a week's worth at a time) and enjoy every one. JimWayfarin' Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806995797136803377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-83596567955327876922014-07-06T19:20:46.883+01:002014-07-06T19:20:46.883+01:00I have no guilt ever. Everyone has to find their ...I have no guilt ever. Everyone has to find their own "good place" and be happy:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-63957170305056600522014-07-06T18:38:33.460+01:002014-07-06T18:38:33.460+01:00Don’t worry Alan - I’m still here :) I love that k...Don’t worry Alan - I’m still here :) I love that kind of book written as a miscellany of the author’s favourite pieces.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-12482858787221222212014-07-06T15:53:56.347+01:002014-07-06T15:53:56.347+01:00And again, I agree Peggy. We write for the pleasur...And again, I agree Peggy. We write for the pleasure of writing - if someone comments it is a nice bonus.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-78016175271194855582014-07-06T15:51:57.532+01:002014-07-06T15:51:57.532+01:00Whenever I visit your blog, Betsy, I feel as thoug...Whenever I visit your blog, Betsy, I feel as though I am dropping in for coffee with an old friend. That is what it should be about.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-46059577336616218902014-07-06T15:25:32.580+01:002014-07-06T15:25:32.580+01:00I agree however it seems I blogged about a no-no i...I agree however it seems I blogged about a no-no in my family and got a good scorching. No one I know personally reads my blog but one of my children does not want anyone to know how wealthy she is. When I am writing about family activities and such I forget how she feels and get myself in trouble. Things they are achanging. I love comments but agree that is not my reason for blogging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-74627328147943907372014-07-06T14:00:19.320+01:002014-07-06T14:00:19.320+01:00I totally agree. No guilt...it is supposed to be ...I totally agree. No guilt...it is supposed to be fun for you, not a service to others!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59510363163356144402014-07-06T12:20:16.199+01:002014-07-06T12:20:16.199+01:00there should be a little "likes" button ...there should be a little "likes" button for comments. Consider your comment liked.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-64384953592753573442014-07-06T12:11:40.358+01:002014-07-06T12:11:40.358+01:00Ditto. :)Ditto. :)Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.com