Comments on: Five Questions: Grumpy Old Bookman

By: crimeficreader

crimeficreader — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:52:51 +0000

Dovegrey,

I’m not about to give up the day job either!

And, as you say “…a firm feet on the ground perspective to this rather unreal but strangely tangible community” is the key to all this.

We may blog and we may make contact across the www, but the important relationships in our lives remain the face to face ones. Through the www we may make friends and it’s good if we meet up eventually. That makes “feet on the ground”.

It’s an opening and a wonderful opening to new friends and colleagues who share the same interests.

Do keep at it, dovegrey – you’ve got slightly better stats than me for a start!

By: Pearl

Pearl — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:49:03 +0000

Yes, interesting to see an interview of someone I see so many links to. The link to Grumpy Old Bookman is broken, even if it is easy to figure out.

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:55:25 +0000

Thanks for the encouraging words crimeficreader,no plans to give up the day job which does give a firm feet on the ground perspective to this rather unreal but strangely tangible community.
I agree, it’s a new mode of communication and I and a lovely group of friends are really enjoying it so no plans to throw in the blog towel yet.

By: crimeficreader

crimeficreader — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:10:19 +0000

I just came on here to say thanks to John for bringing us the man behind GOB, and then I saw your comments dovegrey…

Many might like to tarnish bloggers as the pits of written humanity, but I beg to differ. It’s a mode of communication, first and foremost, with software that makes it easy and simple to communicate… That’s the upside. The downside is that anyone can do it and, for whatever reason, good or bad.

It’s always the content of the blog that keeps readers coming back, once they know its nature and the fact that it’s there to start with.

Some blogs take a long time in hitting the big time; others happily reside in their own community; others eventually die; others never make it into a true public arena.

60 hits a day is good, dovegrey. It’s a sign you’re moving on, so don’t give up now!

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:21:39 +0000

Oops, apologies, I now see this is an ongoing 5 questions feature and you didn’t ask me but you you got my 5 penny’s worth anyway:-)

By: dovegreyreader

dovegreyreader — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:03:59 +0000

John how strange I should visit you today when this is part of your post, why blog? I know so many people who think it’s the lowest form of human life to be a blogger and I just end up whispering that for some of us out here it is the only way we can do a bit of writing on whatever subject, have the courage to let other people read it and get a few comments back.
After 34 years in the caring professions I have for the first time in my life assumed the discipline of writing something each day that I know a few people will read, might want to read the book I have written about or just smile at life down here in rural Devon. I’m up to a thrilling 60 or so hits a day which whilst not quite the 31,000 that the lady in Paris managed,seems amazing for a bog standard community nurse who loves to read!