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2:24:08 PM  comment [] | Categories: Radio Docs, Writing for Weblogs|

This could be a problem. When I started this weblog on July 30th, my objective was to post items that were notes to myself. I thought that the chances of someone looking at my site were slim to none.

Then my referrer page would show a few hits, and I was both flattered and nervous. Once I realized that the community was smaller and kinder than I had assumed, I posted more frequently.

If we set up a k-logging community for our company intranet, I suspect there will be an initial _hump_ of hesitation among the employees. Maybe having a few designated posters at the beginning would ease the transition. Must think on this.

Lessons learned from a large scale K-logging implementation.

• Most people don't like to write. We've had a difficult time designing interfaces that encourage adding information instead of just reading.
  
• There's no substitute for good, accessible writing. We have several people who write consistently for the system. The logs show that postings from one writer get far more attention and prompt far more linking than those from the other writers. "

[Seb's Open Research]

12:26:34 PM  comment [] | Categories: KM Klogs, Writing for Weblogs|

To Michael Rogers who asks how frequently a person writing a weblog should update (I hate calling these people bloggers, as Rogers does, that's a trademark). My answer is As frequently as something happens and you have the time or inclination to write it up. Rogers then says something provocative: "The kind of article that a writer produces after a week of thought is fundamentally different than one produced after a few hours." True. But you can keep lots of ideas in your head, and think about them for hours, days, weeks, months, years or decades; and even repeat them and expand on them, and (rarely) change your mind about something. Even great writers like Hemingway repeated themes. People who blog do this even more. It helps fill the space. Every event is an opportunity to "prove" ones' pet theories. I do this a lot. It's okay because everyone else does it too.  

[Scripting News]

12:23:56 PM  comment [] | Categories: Writing for Weblogs|

Writing inhibitions, the causes:

• It is a public display of facility they may not feel they have, and may not have; one correspondent was afraid his spelling was bad.
• It makes folly as clear as wisdom, but is more persistent than a comment made in the hall
• It takes time and thought (and a little hubris—per Larry Wall) to put words out for others, and to make them—and think them—good enough for public consumption.

[Ron Lusk's Radio Weblog]

12:18:44 PM  comment [] | Categories: KM Klogs, Writing for Weblogs|

 Steven Levy Has A Blog About Writing About Blogs. says [Ernie the Attorney]

Steven suggests that we need to be more self displined about our categories, separating different kinds of writing:

• Sharing interesting links and insights.
• More or less original content.
• Pundit commentary on what we see in the news.

For the moment, my focus is on separating my stuff by type of subject content - computers, history, using this technology, etc.

[Al Macintyre's Radio Weblog]

2:39:04 AM  comment [] | Categories: Writing for Weblogs|