I get most of my information on new blogs from either Unpluggedshop.com or from Norsewoodsmith.com.
I also have a blogroll on my own blog, and I usually look at the blog rolls of the other woodworking blogs I visit.
But it seems to me that there are a bit fewer entries per day on e.g. unpluggedshop and norsewoodwmith compared to say two years ago.
I forgot to mention Woodspotting.com which is also a hand tool woodworking blog aggregator. Sorry Siavosh for forgetting your page, but it had just slipped my mind.
The other day I tried to look at the Popular woodworking blog network. A few clicks gave me blogs that hadn't been updated for a long long time. A couple with the last update in the spring of 2015, one from 2014 and one last updated in 2012.
I know that Popular Woodworking don't accept brand new blogs on their page, to avoid the "here today gone tomorrow blogs".
I know that life itself is infinitely more important than maintaining a blog, but those were all blogs that had a proven record. So I am not talking about blogs that were started, had maybe a couple of months of entries and then shut down. But instead of blogs that had been going on for at least a couple of years with a regular flow of entries.
Off course some bloggers stop due to change in interests, or changes in life such as moving or new jobs etc. But maybe it is not the only thing that is happening?
Is Facebook taking over? Google Plus? Instagram? or some other places like woodworking fora's?
And why? Is it easier to make an entry? More response from other people? Easier to comment on?
Friendlier climate?
Maybe I shouldn't care about it, but I am a bit curious.
My own answers to why I am here is: Because I haven't got a Facebook or an Instagram account. And I like blogging because of the response from other people. I like that I can have as much text or as little text as I choose, and the same goes for the amount of pictures.
So please let me hear your comments on this one.
I see more guys going to instagram, Why I don't know why.I have notice the last year 5 blogs I had watched go off the deep end for no reason.I have follow you now for over a year and enjoy your writing and you will post details about ever day life
ReplyDeleteHi Robert.
DeleteThanks for commenting.
If I can guess for the reason to go to Instagram it might be because apparently it should be easy to upload a picture if you have a smart phone - which I haven't.
So I know from my children that it takes them seemingly no time, to post a picture and give it some comment. I can see how some people can find that attractive, you just post a picture or two, maybe write a line and a hashtag, and then you are done. Definitely easier than firing up the computer and writing and uploading.
Thanks for you support in reading my blog.
Brgds
Jonas
I don't think you are referring to my blog that probably you have never heard about, but I personally stopped blogging because of lack of interest and response in what I wrote.
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea
DeleteI tried to click on you name and found out that you had an Italian blog about woodworking? If that is true, then I must confess that I have never heard of it. I sadly speak very little Italian. I know that Ricambi originali means original spare parts, because it was written on the boxes with spare parts for my Moto Guzzi V7 sport 1973.
I am sorry to hear that you didn't get any response from what you wrote. If that had been my case, I think I might have stopped blogging as well.
I could have been blogging in Danish, but I decided early on that I would blog in English to be able to communicate with as many people as possible. The entire Danish population is some 5.5 million people, so I guess that a woodworking blog in Danish would attract very few readers.
Thanks for commenting.
Brgds
Jonas
Hi Jonas,
Deletemy blog (http://langolodispogliainferiore.blogspot.it/) is listed on both Unpluggedshop and Norsewoodsmith, whom I thank for adding me.
Most of the entries are in both English and Italian.
Time is short, blogging requires much effort and doing it in two languages even more.
If one receives a good number of visits and comments, he willingly continues to do so, otherwise it means that he does not write anything interesting and it makes no sense to continue doing so.
Thanks for your reply and best regards from Italy,
Andrea
Hi Andrea
DeleteI have added your blog to a new blog list I am making, in case you decide to take up blogging again.
Ciao
Jonas
If your are on Norsewoodsmith you probably get more views than you think since we can read it from there without going to your site. I personally have left about 5 comments over the years that I have been reading blogs, not because I don't have anything to say but two main reasons.
Delete1. I don't read blogs daily, but a few days worth at a time so by the time I would post a comment it wouldn't feel relevant anymore. I am posting this and Jonas already has a newer post out.
2. It seems bloggers are more likely to leave comments than non-blogger, and seeing that I don't have a blog it is almost like I am outside of the conversation listening in on it. Perhaps others feel that way as well.
Hi Nathan
DeleteThanks for your comment
You are right about the Norsewoodsmith reading. I try to access the blogs I read on Norsewoodsmith directly, to give credit to Leif Hansson for maintaining that blog aggregator.
Regarding point 1:
Blogspot being a Google product, will send the blogger an email if there is a new comment. So even if you commented on something that was 2 years old, a message will be sent to the blogger.
I haven't tried any other platforms for blogging, but I guess they have the same system.
A comment to an old post would be just as welcome as a comment to a new or newer post on my blog.
Regarding point 2:
Hmmm, I can see that is a challenge, but I really don't think that anyone will think that you are listening in on a conversation.
I know that often some of the comments and replies between other bloggers may sound a bit more "old pal type friendly" because people might have some ongoing discussions or teasing going on at a friendly level.
Not having a blog yourself should never discourage anyone from commenting on a blog in my opinion. We all do different things in our lives. Some people train a little league team in soccer, football or baseball etc. So maybe they don't feel like writing or maintaining a blog. But that shouldn't keep them from commenting on blogs written by people who might benefit from those same people training their children etc.
I am glad and honored that you decided to comment on this blog post :-)
Brgds
Jonas
I am surprised that Google has kept Blogger this long. However, they have a good support reputation. My own records are sporadic and strictly related to enough personal interest to focus on a product. I don't care if no one reads me.
ReplyDeleteAnother complication in the blogging world is imitation(?) or copy syndrome(?). A Well Known Someone builds a work bench, and for two years following every blogger posts the same. Chris Schwarz had quite a following of imitators.
I hear that people gravitate to other social media, like fashion. My son informed me of Reddit. The birdie was good for sub-intelligence, or texting. Always liked Wordpress. Despise Facebook, but relatives use it to gloat and know nothing else. After so many years, I am tired of divulging personal information, so cling to oldies.
Hi Bruce.
DeleteI have never given any thought to Google keeping blogger or stopping it. I sort of took it for granted that they would keep a blogging platform, especially since it plays along with the Google Plus community.
I like it when people read what I write, not that I think I am a great writer or has something new to say, but if I can inspire anyone even the slightest, to try out making something for themselves or with their children - well then it is all worth it.
I see what you mean with the imitation syndrome. And I agree that having a lot of bloggers writing about the same subject can take away some of the interest.
I don't mind build off's though, where a number of people try to build something at the same time. I once participated in the "shop stool build off" organised by Chris Wong of Flair woodworking (https://flairwoodworks.com/entries/). The interesting thing about it was that there weren't really any limits as to what you could make. and every stool was different.
I can understand if a blog mostly based on imitating what is fashionable to build at the moment slowly disappears, but some of the blogs I have noticed stopping have been fairly original blogs for a lack of a better description.
I know that Reddit organizes this school box build, but I don't know how it works. I think it is some sort of giant forum with divisions and subdivisions etc. But I could be wrong about that.
My wife likes to use Facebook for organizing horse training, but I can see that there is a tremendous amount of junk there as well. updates and videos, support this, boykot that, etc.
So I doubt that I will ever have a FB account.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
I think Instagram has increased because it is quick and less effort. There are some really good Instragram accounts like Mike P which educate. However are a lot which are marketing machines for high price tool manufactures.
ReplyDeleteI prefer education and learning from the bloggers effort and write up. Like yours!
Hi Marshal
DeleteI hope I am not insulting anyone, but I have the fear that just relying on pictures might cause things to get a bit superficial. I like to watch the pictures of a blog, but a great deal of information can also be found in the text. I guess part of it perhaps comes down to each person having his/her own preference in how to absorb new information.
Thanks for commenting and for your support.
Brgds
Jonas
Hi Jonas. I've noticed that some bloggers are now using Instagram (and probably other similar social media programs) and I attribute that to smart phones - something I don't have. That's just the progression of technology. But I'm a low-tech guy, so I'll stick with my dumb phone and Blogger.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have known about your blog or Ralph's (Accidentalwoodworker) or Bob's (Thevalleywoodworker) or so many others if it wasn't for unpluggedshop.
One of your earlier commenters mentioned giving up his blog due to low readership. People have to find out about the blog and I see two ways for this to happen - commenting on other blogs (and having your blog address in teh signature line) and getting listed on unpluggedshop. I've wondered about how people get listed on unpluggedshop.com. There is a "Submit a Website" button - is it bad form to submit your own blog or does someone else need to suggest it?
As far as my own blogging is concerned, I tell myself that I do it to help me remember some details and if it is entertaining or informative for others, then that's good. But I have to admit that I'd like to have more readers, even though I never wanted to be the guy saying "hey, look what I did!" Now that I've been reading and writing blogs, I like the community. The only person I know who does woodworking lives 2500 miles away, so it's good to be able to bounce ideas and questions off other bloggers.
Anyway, I read your blog with interest. I appreciate what you do and that you share it with others. And I've always loved your tag line: "being old fashioned, the cool way".
Matt
Hi Matt
DeleteI really like the term "dumb phone". I think I'll start using that term as well.
I agree that a way of getting a stable readership is to comment on someone else's blog. I don't think it is bad form to submit your own page to Unpluggedshop. As long as your blog more or less lives up to the idea of mainly hand tool woodworking. I submitted my own blog, and as far as I remember, it took a little while before it appeared on it.
I also approached Popular woodworking and asked how one could get a blog to appear at their network. I think they required at least half a year of proven track record, but that was about it. I get a fairly steady amount of views from that source.
I also use my own blog as sort of a diary, and I often look at my old post, mostly too see pictures of my children when they were part of some building project.
I'm glad to hear that you find my blog interesting. My tag line was originally meant as a teaser to my daughter who claimed that I was old school. So I decided that maybe I was just that, but in a cool way. I am not sure she completely agrees on that though.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
I've noticed a steady uptick in visitors to my blogspot since you've listed it as a 'blog that you follow. The increased traffic, however, has done nothing to create a commensurate amount of comments. I suspect some of this might be due to language barriers. Google allows weblogs to be translated entirely by the page so that visitors from Russia or Malaysia can visit and learn but feel awkward about expressing any responses.
ReplyDeleteI think that your listing also affects the Google search algorithms so my weblog might be getting bumped higher on the results for keywords without necessarily being read any more. Connectivity begets more connectivity.
Hi
DeleteI am glad that I have been able to generate some traffic to your blog. I don't know about how to attract more comments though. I tried to comment on the Sichuan tour, but I am not sure if our poor Internet connection vectored the comment into cyberspace instead of in your direction.
I totally agree with your idea of connectivity begets more connectivity.
Maybe some people think that just writing a short comment like "nice post, thanks for sharing "etc is not enough, and then it keeps them from commenting. But I truly value all comments, short or long. I try to comment on new blogs I visit, but I am not by any means perfect..
Thanks for commenting.
Brgds Jonas
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ReplyDeleteHi there!
ReplyDeleteMy personal preference is to read blogs - i like to read... but as I have a 'dumb phone' and a 'dumb computer-running linux' its getting a bit harder to keep the track in this every week update web protocols. Also I have big fingers for those gadgets.
Also to follow blogs now a days you need to have different accounts to comment (wordpress, disqus, blogspot, etc).
I asked my younger daughter and she set me up an instagram account and I can keep track on the computer with no fuss.
I'll pick its easier...???
Hi António
DeleteI am glad to hear that I am not the only one having too large fingers for smart phones. It is to a constant amusement for my children when I once in a while try to navigate one of their phones. I rarely end up pressing the correct spot on that little screen.
I think you have a very good point in the different accounts being a bit problematic. I have had a reader telling me that he stopped commenting due to the difficulty of using blogspot. He would still be following the blog, but I feel sad that such problems are present.
So in that view an IG account makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
Hi Jonas,
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that InstaGram is killing the blogosphere. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just a bit of cyber-evolution.
One thing I notice is that different platforms tend to have different personalities. Reddit has more woodworkers than any other platform I have encountered, but there's a lot of non-commenters and sometimes the ones who do comment are dicks. Not all, though.
I love it when people comment on my blog, but a blog post really does take some time and effort to create. I think reading back on mine, you can tell the ones that I spent more time on than others.
I've settled down a little bit on my blog, and I post now when I feel I have a particular thing to say, or try, or a specific project I want to document.
Instagram is totally different. I can just put a picture of whatever I'm doing up there, and get instant feed back from it.
Plus, there seems to be a bit more substantial feedback there. I can't really tell, but I think I get about as much traffic to my blog as to my IG, only the InstaGram gets about 10 times more comments on it than my blog.
For me, I feel like I now have a choice, whether to post on my blog, or on Instagram.
Both of them help me to think, and I will probably continue to do both.
As far as FaceBook, I use that strictly for personal stuff. I communicate with old friends and family there. Every once in a while I'll post something there of woodworking value, but it is just because I know a lot of friends and family like to see what I make. They just aren't as interested in my findings in testing ten different Number Two sized bench planes.
Keep up doing what you are doing, and keep commenting on others' blogs, too. That is probably the very best way to keep blogs alive.
"Keep up doing what you are doing, and keep commenting on others' blogs, too. That is probably the very best way to keep blogs alive."
DeleteI think the same thing, Brian.
Also, I think that the most successful blogs should endorse the minor ones, in order to make known to others their existence. But unfortunately it happens too rarely.
Andrea
I get the cyber evolution theory, that could also explain why I haven't joined IG yet, since I am notorious lacking behind in any evolution. Just look at my mule saw as a prime example :-)
Deletehaving the two things IG and a blog complementing each other sounds like a pretty good idea.
You way of using Facebook sounds contradictory to how most people I know of uses it. My general impression of FB is that it is often used as some sort of theme organised spam central. But I can't understand that your family isn't interested in all your Millers Falls planes??
I really like you last phrase. Like Andrea says, it pretty well sums up what it takes.
Thanks for commenting.
Cheers
Jonas
@ Andrea
DeleteI feel guilty for not being very good at updating my "blogs I follow" list.
Not that I rate my blog as one of the "most successful blogs", but as Potomacker writes: everything helps.
Brgds
Jonas
Interesting question you pose Jonas. But most of what has been commented reflect also my opinion, experience etc.
ReplyDeleteIl try to add to it:
To me blogging started as a necessary distraction, one I so needed. Ralph, was the one that encourage me, shown me how easy it was.
Its principally a woodworking blog, mostly hand tools, but it also a place for me to reflect on my life and what i want it to be. It is a lot of works for sure to prepare a blog entry, very few of us if any could not keep up with Ralph, prodigious output; at least once daily...
There used to be more blogger for sure and more and more some seems to go dormant, like one that I missed reading for a while is McGynn on making ( not sure of spelling) Joe was his first name if i recall.
Some no doubts moved along with the social technology, but i think that for majority it was probably the realization that it can be very time consuming....
There is also the eternal problem about figuring out something fresh to blog about...
It never cease to amaze me when i look at my google stats, how many and from where people are reading me, fascinating.
It also gave me quite a comforting thought to know that the post which has been, by a very large margin, most read around the world was the one when I announced Heather's passing. I was genuinely touched.
Bolgging can be therapeutic also...
Cheers
Bob and Rudy
Hi Bob
DeleteRalph is the one blogger that we have stopped dreaming of catching up with. He is just too ahead of the game. I think he has got 26 hours in a day, because he manages to write a comment on almost any blog once in a while. How he does it I don't know. But he is definitely helping in creating a good atmosphere in the woodworking blog world.
It is funny that you should mention McGlynn on making, because his blog was one of those that suddenly went silent.
A thing about blogging that is nice is that you get a bit different response from some other woodworker by discussing e.g. an old tool compared to the response from a family member: "that's nice, but haven't you already got one of those?"
Concerning the need to blog about fresh things. I try to tell myself that however unlikely it might sound- I once in a while get a new reader to drop by, and to that person watching me plane a piece of pallet wood might be a novelty. And those that has seen it before can have a laugh on me, or just read on in the next chapter.
I hear what you say about blogging being therapeutic..
Best wishes
Jonas
My (irrelevant)blog died a natural death. I think Youtube is also taking over. Maybe I should try that, my written English is already poor, speaking is more ... an untested potential :)
ReplyDeleteHi Damien
DeleteI know of some woodworking videos on Youtube, but I have never really watched that many.
A great thing about the visual aspect is that I bet I could even understand a Japanese woodworking video, which I for sure can say isn't the case of a blog written in Japanese.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
Darn, i cannot type with teary eyes, I meant Blogging of course
ReplyDeleteTake care Robert.
DeleteLots of thoughts
Jonas
Jonas,
ReplyDeleteI've noticed the decline in blogging activities too, and like Brian think Instagramm is one major explanation for the phenomenon. I got onto Instagram to follow former Bloggers who wandered off to IG, and many have joined since.
The woodworking community over there is very active, sociable, and supportive. People comment back and forth, which is very rewarding, and the 'like' feedback is a plus too.
As you're logged on as soon as you are using IG, commenting is a breeze - no typing in your name, no login etc.
While this may sound like an absolute praise of IG virtues, it is not without serious drawbacks.
Per picture upload you write up just one little story, if any at all. No real means to layout text and no more than one picture / sequence / video result in less educational content. I could never have learned on IG what people taught me via blogs. And while I enjoy the visual appeal of more pics less text, I have to confess I sometimes get bored by the lack of in-depth content, to the point where I just flick through and double tap for a like out of habit.
So, I do appreciate IG for it's own appeal, especially the strong community. And even more so I appreciate the effort put in by those who stick with their blog. To me, it's like reading a good book, compared to reading your favorite magazine (Thanks for letting us watch while you write your book!)
Goerge
Hi Goerge
DeleteI think you description of the difference between blogs and IG is very similar to what I have imagined.
The possibility to comment straight away is really attractive, and I can see why some people don't want to bother taking the trouble to log in to write a short comment and then log out again.
Your comparison between a book and a magazine makes great sense. I can see how a magazine is attractive to a lot of people, and that it won't necessarily mean they stop reading books, but sometimes actually lead them to a particular book /blog.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
Hi Jonas,
ReplyDeleteplease keep blogging. I like to learn new things. There is not much to learn with the limited comments about a single picture.
I must be old fashioned but it seems we are at the end of the Roman civilisation once again : "panem et circences" (bread and circus). Ten years ago you could see documentaries on TV, now you have "reality shows", even on BBC where you would have four people making an apprentice stonecutter competion (or another trade). You would not learn much about the trade looking at this because it is all about emotions. Would the candidates have a nervous breakdown? What was at stake? The winner would win a one year apprenticeship.
This immediacy trend is in contradiction with handtools woodworking.
Sylvain
Hello Sylvain
DeleteI feel pretty much the same way regarding the possibility of learning something. A picture can be an inspiration, but quite often a bit of information needs to follow it to teach me something.
I hope that we are not at the end of the civilization, though I tend to fear just that.
I guess that TV channels sell out in a desperate hunt for most viewers, and at present that requires crappy competitions or celebrity shows where they have to drive a truck or something else and provide nothing but entertainment during the cause of it.
I first noticed this trend on Discovery channel. Back in the beginning of the 90'ies it was an OK channel with interesting factual programs on stuff from battleships to castles. It slowly turned into pseudo science like ghost hunts etc. and History channel seemed to take over the serious part. But the history repeats itself, and as you have noticed, the public channels have followed suit.
Even most cooking programs seem to be more about the show part than about learning people how to actually make something in their kitchen.
I guess I am old fashioned as well (actually I know that I am). I get a headache by watching those shows where the camera can't hold still for more than one second, and zooming in and out.
I guess the problem today is that learning takes time, and no one seems interested in devoting time to learn how to do things if they are difficult. Because that would mean that you spent a lot of time not being entertained, so my guess is that this is one of the reasons why those trade competitions are fairly popular on TV. They lure people into thinking that they are being educated while being entertained.
I am glad that I am still able to get my boys to help me in the workshop, so I have a chance to teach them some skills. those skills might come in handy for them one day.
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
Hi Jonas,
ReplyDeleteI read your post with great interest. For me it is the second time this year asking myself if I will stay with my blog.
The big question is why writing. So in my case there are multiple reasons.
I like to share information and skill. This attitude made it possible for my to search for new challenges during my whole professional life. I got so many information from other blogs, why not sharing these again?
I believe that doing hand tool woodworking is something special nowadays, so why not talking (writing) about it?
And finally blogging brought some distraction in times when I not felt pretty well.
It was necessary to propel myself and for me it worked pretty good.
Of course I haven't got that ten thousands of page view like all the prominent bloggers. But keep in mind that some of them are just doing it for self marketing. And that's another thing what social media is made and good for (incl. blogging).
It fascinates me that a lot of people all over the world are reading the blog. And the reward for your effort to write a post is finally the one or the other comment.
I believe that some people are getting tired by not getting reward for the effort.
But the thing is that we as hobby woodworkers are not able to produce content which is value creating all the time. Sometimes we just write down our thoughts, or our emotions if something went wrong.
Anyway. I personally miss some interaction in the blogosphere. Switching to a picture blog is not a solution. I strongly believe that will led into superficiality.
I often read blogs about blogging and some food blogs. They are organized somehow different. So guest post is not an unusual medium to make your own blog more interesting. They are doing some challenges for example all followers have to have posts on their own blogs regarding the same topic and back linking that one.
Group projects like cooking the same meal. Doing online chats about a specific topic.
There are a lot of ideas out there. I don't believe that blogging is dead.
But if all the guys went over to Facebook (and Instagram is Facebook too) then I'm out somewhen in the future. Because that is the last thing I would do.
Take care and keep on writing!
Stefan
Hi Stefan
DeleteThank you for a very thoughtful reply.
I feel that I am not very good at visiting new blogs, and supporting them, I feel guilty for not doing it, because it means a lot to have someone commenting on a thing you write, just to know that someone out there is appreciating that you are writing a blog.
A guest post is a very good idea. When I was first nudged into blogging by Brian Eve, he let me write a couple of entries on his blog as a guest writer at first. That really helped boost my confidence in that it was possible. If someone new can start blogging to an existing audience/band of followers, then after a some entries you can make a post stating that now you are starting you own blog, and add the address. That way someone will already have seen your writing, and hopefully they will continue to comment once in a while.
The idea about all making the same is nice, but it seems as it is a bit difficult to get a large "crowdbuilding" going in woodwork. Probably because everyone is busy with their own current project, and don't want to sacrifice shop time to build something else. But in those instances where it works out, it is a great thing to participate in.
Thank you.
Brgds
Jonas
Jonas, I'm a non-blogger who rarely comments because I don't have any insight or knowledge to add. The many comments above are enlightening, so this is to let you know I greatly enjoy your blog, and I've started at the beginning, reading them all (including the one's from Brian's which I also recently read from the beginning). Thanks to all of you, you've become good friends and encouragers without knowing it. Blog on and don't get discouraged over low comments -- if you're seeing page views you're reaching us. But I'll make it a point to comment more. Jeff
ReplyDeleteWow, Jeff! I'm impressed. Every once in a while I'll go back to old blogs, which is fun, but I hadn't considered reading them all!
DeleteHi Jeff
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for commenting and for reading along. I am honoured that you have read along all the way, and I truly appreciate you letting me know that you enjoy my blog.
I think that most bloggers will happily answer comments even if they do not ad knowledge or are insightful as you put it. Once in a while those comments actually lead to a new post. It could be someone asking about a piece of tool half obscured on one of the pictures or something along those lines.
Have a nice weekend
brgds
Jonas
Hi all
ReplyDeleteI cannot find my blog on your list.
https://holzwerkerblog.com
Cheers
Friedrich
Hi Friedrich.
DeleteI'll fix that straight away :-)
Brgds
Jonas
Another commenter mentioned imitators, and that has probably bothered me most of all. It's one thing to build something that somebody else already built, which I see as perfectly natural. But it is another thing to not only attempt to imitate somebody's writing style, but to also use the same wording and phrasing they use. I've seen hundreds of examples of people literally writing word for word another persons article. CS seems to get copied most often, but he is certainly not the only one.
ReplyDeleteThis rampant plagiarism is maybe the main reason I haven't continued writing on a regular basis. It's just not worth it to me, and I would prefer not to get lumped in with that group.
Hi Bill
DeleteI think there is a fine line between being inspired by someone and downright copying.
An example is a Dutch tool chest. If someone build it according to the measurements stated in an article in Popular woodworking I would count that as inspiration, but copying the writing style is a completely different matter.
I am not sure why someone will do that, but my best guess is that they fool themselves to believe that if CS can maintain a popular blog writing like this. They can probably get a head start by downright copying, so they won't have to bother working their way up to a well visited blog.
I think you sum it all up better than I can in your last blog entry with five short bullet points.
https://confusedwoodworker.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/advice-column/
Thanks for commenting
Brgds
Jonas
This is a great discussion though I haven't read all of the comments yet (I was on vacation and haven't kept up with the RSS feed... overload)
ReplyDeleteI see a few things going on here. I am trying to do both Instagram ("live" during projects) and then blogs wrapping up projects. Unfortunately blogging is very static to me, because as I read in an RSS feed app (which probably doesn't count in views) and must manually switch over to site to make a comment. This is fine and I try to do this, but it's not always easy to keep the conversation going, whereas on Instagram it's a bit easier to comment and keep a topic rolling.
My blogging has also slowed down because I have been doing more remodel work out of necessity and those projects are longer term and I don't enjoy writing about them as much.
When I do blog now I try to make it more story based and complete in thought. I also must admit that the amount of time I spend writing and editing while blogging does make it a hurdle, but it is useful to me to go back and look at later as a body of work, much more so then a disjointed IG feed.
Hi Jeremy.
DeleteWelcome to the discussion.
There is still plenty of time to comment :-) Being on a vacation is more important than keeping up with the woodworking blogs feed.
I have no idea what you are talking about concerning an RSS feed app, but I believe in what you say about it.
The ease of commenting on IG seems to be part of the reason for it success, and also the ease of posting. Provided you have some smart phone that can do that (which I haven't)
I know the feel of trying to blog about a remodel project. It just isn't the same as blogging about a more defined project.
I like the story based approach to posts, but on longer projects I find it hard to do it.
Wrapping up an IG project to become a a blog post seems like a great idea. That way you can reuse the pictures, and if some of the comments asked on IG needs further explanation, they can be answered in the blog.
Brgds
Jonas