15 Comments

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  Jon

  16 years ago

  JM to MJ – you may be a 2nd-waver but I will be a 3rd, 4th or, possibly no-waver. Therefore, my answers to your questions will seem negative:
  * Can you blog? No
  * Who do you know that writes a blog? No, apart from you.
  * What does this tell you about them? Nothing.
  * What makes a great blog? Or a crap one? No idea – have never understood the appeal unless you want to know what ordinary Iranians feel about things.
  * Would you consider writing a blog yourself? If not why not? Probably not as I can’t be arsed.
  Hope this 1st comment is not to dispirting 😉

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  manwith3heads

  16 years ago

  Thanks Jon you are the first ever person to respond to a three-headed blog

  Mark

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  Jill

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark

  ditto Jon above

  Agree cant be arsed to blog and don’t think life of Chiswick mother-of-two currently dedicating her life to telling identical twins What Not To Wear is likely to set the world alight.
  I’m afraid I’m a dinosaur – sad thing is you obviously have lots of similar friends.
  Maybe you could do a blog on how one acquires trendier friends!!

  Jillx

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  Anthony

  16 years ago

  Not 100 per cent sure if I am dointhis right, Mark. I’ve never blogged. I guess it would be easier if you did it regularly. Don’t know any other bloggers – yet !

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  Faye

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark

  Not sure what the point of a blog is and why would you read one unless you had an interest/knew the person? Or perhaps had such a sad existence that all you did all day was read other peoples blogs!
  So in response to your questions.
  I could blog if I wanted to but cant see the point.
  I have one friend who writes a blog as she is working in South America for a charity and updates it with her antics (which is a good use of a blog really)
  It tells me that she is organised and has time on her hands to keep updating it.
  A great blog is short, has pictures (mainly to laugh at) and comedy writing. A crap one doesnt.
  I dont have the time or inclination to write a blog.
  Happy blogging!

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  Dave T

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark

  I have heard much about blogging (including a bit too much from BBC Radio 4 recently!) but have not blogged myself. Nor do I know anyone who regularly does so.

  Like several of your contributors, I feel you would need a good reason for doing so (other than being ego-centric) and personally I would prefer to do other things than spend even more of my time in front of the PC.

  Either way, good luck, and thanks (I think) for introducing me to the art..

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  Gavin

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark,

  To answer your questions:-

  I can/have blogged, but like you – its really out of interest to see how far my voice carries. A bit like calling out in a dark space to see if some voice from afar echoes back!

  I know people who probably blog “they seem that type”.

  I find when people contribute to these “social networks” its often a form of self gratification, a means of projecting the person they would like to be; probably in response to others projecting who they would like to be. It’s a make-believe world; everyone is cool, has loads of friends, is always on holiday and is secretly wondering if someone fancies them!

  A good blog engages people, teaches them in a humble fashion, shows them an angle on humanity, prevents them from feeling alone, makes them smile, or makes them feel important.

  I would never consider having anything to do with a blog 😉

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  manwith3heads

  16 years ago

  Thanks to all for your comments so far. There seems to be a fair bit of scepticism along with a call for more funny pictures. I’ll see what I can do…

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  Anonymous

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark

  I’m sure I could blog if I really tried. I don’t know anyone who blogs, I don’t really know as I’ve never read one. Probably not, I haven’t really got the time or the inclination. Adam

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  David Rivett

  16 years ago

  Well you did it. My first participation in someone’s blog. probably because your’s is the first invitation I have had to participate – Is it an age thing? none of my friends runs a blog that is of any interest outside their immediate family!!

  I can’t believe anyone would really be bothered to look at my blog if I had one and if I really want to share an idea I will probably just mail the people I think would be interested. Will be interesting to hear your experience.
  Ciaio
  David

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  manwith3heads

  16 years ago

  Thanks to all who have commented so far. I promise to keep you posted with any “learning” that comes out of this. And to adapt this space in the light of any feedback. M ; )

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  richard

  16 years ago

  Mark,

  As with anything I does help if you really know why you want to do something – what your objective is.

  For me it started as a way to allow the stuff I had written as a planner to be electronically searched because I was fed up of writing articles and conference speeches that were heard or read by the square root of no one. It then evolved into a way to create influence online.

  I have a very clear remit for adliterate which is to do with radical thinking for people in the brand advice business – so it is clear to me what content I should be generating and who it is for. This helps me know when a post is rubbish and I am just writing it because I haven’t done one recently – and ensure I don’t post it.

  I think you need to write for the audience and understand why they come to you and the role they want you to play. You will know if you are valued from the traffic, the links to you and the comments you get.

  My personal approach is slightly call and response. I post something controversial that is on topic. This starts a debate in the comments and then I work on that thinking on the basis of the response. The comments tend to take off when two commenters take different positions and you can sit back.

  But watch out it is highly addictive.

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  manwith3heads

  16 years ago

  Thanks Richard

  I guess my objective is not yet clear. It will emerge from further listening and watching, I suspect

  Mark

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  Anonymous

  16 years ago

  Hi Mark, I remember when there were 3 channels to watch, but none for me. A few radio stations and newspapers, but none that spoke to me. I think blogging and the web in general is an assault on the old command and control monoculture of yesterday. When I wanted to hear what was going on the US, as a kid, with the dance music revolution in the 80s some bloke in the BBC with a pony tail and goatie put on Phil Collins, when I want to read about the latest in digital Campaign magazine behaved more like Heat magazine for the ad agencies. People want to hear more voices, and voices that don’t necessarily have a paymaster or support the monoculture or status quo. Sometimes when you find a blog you like, all it makes you feel like – as the reader – is that you’ve found a kindred spirit, or a voice you trust, authentic, and sometimes inspiring. It means you are not alone. So whether it has 5 readers or 5,000,000 millions (and some blogs have more readers than national newspapers) the act of connecting is still worthwhile – strangely isn’t that what life’s about (oops turned down a strange metaphysical cul-de-sac here).

  From the bloggers point of view it’s frequently an act of high altruism and sharing, or conversely (and controversially) is it a search for that 15gigabytes of fame Warhol’s successors would now claim?

  Either way, do some more. Tony

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  14 years ago

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