Comments on: Untitled And Undecided

By: Vivien

Vivien — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:14:31 +0000

oh, my apologies, Rory, I misunderstood you. Yes, that new countdown feature was added to the latest version of Ajax Edit Comments Plugin, you can get it from http://www.raproject.com/wordp.....-comments/

By: Rory

Rory — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:54:51 +0000

Actually, Viv, I didn’t mean that. I was referring to the countdown on the amount of time that there is left to edit a comment.

When I wrote my comment and posted it, I then noticed the little countdown starting from 30 minutes - I had never seen that before and I thought it was pretty natty.

HOWEVER…I am very interested in hearing that you have experienced the same (possible) anomaly with the spam. It has continued to happen at Hamelife. I’m sure it is nothing to do with Ajax Edit Comments, but there has to be some answer to it.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:03:53 +0000

Rory is referring here to the numbers in his Akismet Spam: apparently it catches more spam than there is in the Spam folder waiting to be deleted. I didn’t pay attention to that be4, but after tracking it for the last couple of days I noticed the same thing happening with my Akismet - it now shows that it caught 3,647 spam since my last visit to it when it was 3608, although there were only 5 spams displayed in the folder, so what happened to the other 39? Anyone else is experiencing the same? I’ll ask Ronald about his Ajax plugin.

By: Rory

Rory — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:56:32 +0000

#3 first, obviously.

In all seriousness (disregarding #3 because I’m biased) in order of looking forward to would be #5 (because I’m always after insight into what to do as a blogging newcomer) #2 (because I’m keenly interested in what your angle is on title-writing) #1 (because the more I read the title, the more intriguing it sounds) #4 (because it’s the other title ;))

As far as posting is concerned, I try and use discernment. Is the article “of the moment” and will seem stale in a few days time (contains links etc to recent articles)? I like LaurenMarie’s idea of sitting on an article because it might get even better - what’s the rush.

Whatever you choose, I’m looking forward to the next couple of weeks on Inspiration Bit. And that makes your little teaser a fabulous idea in itself!

Oh, I couldn’t resist, Viv, the countdown is an ABSOLUTE GAS!! Is that what Ajax Edit Comments does now? I’ve never seen that.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:40:22 +0000

I’m so lucky to have such a contributing audience here. Thanks everyone, so much.
Looks like at this point #1 is leading, followed by #2, then #4, #5 and #3.

Btw, Ronald has pointed out to me that #4 is a bit confusing (I agree), so I renamed it to “How Important Is It To Have A Killer Resume For A Blogger?”

I’ll most probably post #3 much sooner, because it’s an entry to a Group Project over at CleanCutBlog - a new must read blog (by our own Rory).

I really hope I didn’t build your hopes too high with those “catchy” titles and you won’t get disappointed by the actual posts.

Thank you all soooooo very much! Where would I be without you?! (- in a bloggy hell)

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:24:49 +0000

I would maintain your normal posting schedule.

Now for my own selfish needs you can go ahead and post the How to Come Up With Eye-Catching Titles article tonight. I have been asked to write for one of the leading publications in my niche and the titles are killing me.

Then you can treat yourself to the order of your choosing.

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:15:53 +0000

2 4 5 1 3

I hear what you’re saying about those surges of topic ideas. I usually have that happen once a month or so. I just write down the titles in Wordpress and save it as an empty article. Then when I have time to write, I go back and start filling in the content. If I have more than one article that’s complete, I try to stick to my typical posting frequency and just publish whichever one I’m in the mood for.

By: LaurenMarie

LaurenMarie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:52:07 +0000

I would keep them tucked away for a bit and stick to the schedule you’ve created for yourself. Maybe by reading and mulling over them a tad more, you can take them from fantastic to absolutely incredible! And like you said, perhaps in a week or two you will have misplaced your muse and not have much to write about. Always good to have something in reserve. But continue cranking out the articles and keep them in “draft” mode while you are overflowing with ideas!

As to which ones I would like to read, I think Creativity In Action: From Boring To Magical sounds the most fascinating and exciting to me, followed by Crash Course In Blogging For Naive Newbies (seeing as I will start my blog soon!). I’m looking forward to all of these topics you’ve presented to us! Way to go!!

By: dandellion

dandellion — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:31:33 +0000

Hmmmmm…. think I’d leave them in drafts folder and stick to regular posting frequency. I’d rather save them for he rainy days, but I know that rainy days would last since I don’t spend them all
About which one goes published first…. it is hard thing to tell. Probably I would choose at the point of publishing, no sheadule.

By: V. Neely

V. Neely — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:49:40 +0000

Hmmm… 4 (blogger resume), 1 (boring to magical), 2 (eye-catching titles), 3 (first rule of writing), 5 (crash course in blogging)

Personally, I try to stick with a regular schedule and save extra posts for those drought periods when inspiration just won’t come.