Comments on: RSS: Why, What and How

By: kerja sambilan

kerja sambilan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:39 +0000

many blogger need more subscribers in order to promote their products..thats my opinion..

By: Vivien

Vivien — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:24:11 +0000

@Basement Ideas I’m sorry, somehow your comment was flagged as a spam, and I got to my spam page only now. It’s an interesting suggestion. I think I’ll try not displaying the feed count in the new design. I’m curious to see how it will affect the subscriber numbers and my behaviour.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:05 +0000

Kristarella, Wishing you lots of strength and energy to survive the next couple of months of your Uni. Then we should all celebrate your freedom, and the start of a new chapter in your life ;)

By: kristarella

kristarella — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:05:50 +0000

I’ve only got a couple of months left of uni. Yay!

I don’t really have any breaks. I took one week off, but no more… I did take this week a bit easy though because I was exhausted and supposed to be writing an assignment.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:50:08 +0000

huh, it sure took me much longer than usual to finally respond to the comments here. I came back from vacation last week, already tired ;) It was raining most of the time there on the island, and everyone in my family managed to get sick. Now we’re back to the regular routine, and enjoying the sunny weather in Vancouver.

@Lucinda I like how you called it—”creative bubble”. I’m very much the same here, get excited about something and eager to share and find out what others think about it.

@MP You’re right, in that sense blogging to me is similar to teaching, it drives me to delve deeper into a subject matter I’m writing/talking about. And just like I myself am learning from my students’ questions, I learn from my readers’ comments here.

@Lauren I too used to have hundreds of unread RSS posts, I solved that problem by drastically cutting down on my RSS subscriptions and left only the ones whose articles I read from the title to the last dot and even the comments, so now I’m subscribed to only about 30 blogs that don’t post daily. I still have weeks when I have no time to read all RSS posts, but afterwards it’s not as scary to catch up with them anymore. Though I still need to catch up with commenting on those posts. As for my freelancing, it has its ups and downs, I’ll be writing about it in upcoming weeks, so stay tuned ;)

Kristarella, thanks for finding time and commenting here, my apologies for the late reply. I agree, an increase in feed stats is nice, but getting more comments and having conversations is much more rewarding.
How much longer will you be studying at the University, are you getting any breaks there?

By: Basement Ideas

Basement Ideas — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:47:07 +0000

When you have your subscriber count displayed for everyone to see, it is easy to become obsessed with that number and trying to make it grow. Perhaps it is better to remove the counter so that you will forget about it on a day to day basis.

By: kristarella

kristarella — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:45:54 +0000

I’m in a similar position to Lauren. Uni work is insane, I don’t have much time to read feeds. I’ve had this article sitting open meaning to comment, but now I don’t really know what I wanted to say!
I don’t check my feed stats too often. I’m happy when it goes up, but I’d much rather have some comments and discussion, or even just help one person by passing on my experiences.

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:32:44 +0000

Hehe, yeah sometimes 3x/week is a little daunting, but I find if I plan far enough ahead (like at least the topics for two weeks out) then it’s not as intimidating. And if you’ve noticed, Jerrol has been pitching in a bit lately, too. Work has been a little crazy and taking my full hour-long lunch (when I write!) has been difficult.

My reading and interacting with other blogs has dropped off significantly since January, though. I miss talking with everyone! I want to get back into the groove. I get so overwhelmed with 400+ unread posts, though, and I don’t want to just check them all as read and not at least skim through the titles to see if anything grabs me. But then the number of unread posts just grows because I never even get around to the skimming!! I need to go through and trim down some more excess feeds I think.

Your vacation sounds wonderful! I hope it is refreshing for you. Has your freelancing business been going well? How are you liking it so far?

By: MP

MP — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:23:01 +0000

I agree with Lucinda, I just started my design focused blog earlier this month. I have a few friends that check and comment on it, some on the site, some via email. I’m not too concerned about the traffic I get. I really like the fact that posting forces you to refine and clarify your reasons for writing an entry. “Is it because I like the color scheme of this illustration?” “Do I think this approach to design is closer to what I want to do?” It twists your arm to write about the Who, What, Where, When and Why of a subject. Anytime I’m in that type of mode, I find it beneficial. Thanks again Vivien for looking over the site! Cheers.

-MP

By: Rhett Soveran | Epiblogger

Rhett Soveran | Epiblogger — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:10:01 +0000

Yes, yes, I have been muse to many. I suppose I can take you on as a client ;)