Gary and I went up to Bert and Ed's over the weekend to help pour the concrete in the basement of the house they are building...Actually Gary did the concrete--along with help from Dave, Joe, Ed, and a few others. Bert and I took Michelle's things back to Edenborough so that she could move into an apartment out there this summer. We had a good time. We talked a little about "the blog" and how we miss the emails and so we came up with an idea.
What happens if we try to make it more like Phyl's cancer website was: We liked the continuous stream of talking. You could go on and look down until the last time that you had read, and just read up til the top and then you were caught up..You didn't have to go into each blog to see what each comment was. It made for easier reading and more spontaneous reading and thinking to write back.
I wonder if instead of writing comments under someone's blog. We would just make a new post anytime you wanted to say something. No one would write under comments anymore.
Am I making myself clear or is it as confusing as the "flower pot" thing? Let me know what you think.....
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Crystal clear! Much more understandable than the flower pot thing. By the way, whatever happened to the picture you were going to draw and upload?
ReplyDeleteBlogs are meant to be read and commented on, like a book. They aren't supposed to be a means of conversation, although sometimes the comments can be viewed that way. I enjoy writing here and would really hate to see it go. It's been a really good outlet for me.
Phyl's website would probably be viewed more as one long running conversation, with occasional silences and changes of subject. I don't have a problem with that except that it shut me out some time back and I never entered again.
I have never seen any reason for stopping the e-mails. It doesn't have to be one vs. another. Can't we have it all? Shouldn't we be able to write (or comment) on the blog, the e-mail, the website, the telephone, etc., as we please? If there is no pressure to perform (except that Lee needs to get with it), everyone should be able to do as they see fit.
I haven't been involved in the Caring Bridge site for a long time. That was free space provided by a charity for families with health problems to communicate. I have no idea how to build that type of site so decided to blog as it is easy to set up.
ReplyDeleteAnd tell Michelle that she can participate if she wants to!
ReplyDeleteIf you separated your conversation into two parts, "chatter" and "monologue", it would be easier to decide whether to use e-mail or the blog. For instance, if you just wanted to talk back and forth, use the e-mail. If you had something more serious or a photo, etc., you would use the blog.
ReplyDeleteI intend to use both and encourage you to do that as well. All of us need to talk and all of us have inner creativity we can share. We need both these media to vent.