Comments on: schizobloggia: better living through compartmentalization http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss thoughts on (mostly) social media Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: btrandolph http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-118 btrandolph Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:40:58 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-118 thanks for your note, trudy. there is nothing at all wrong with using plain, old email to say something. generally, however, email is intended for a specific audience of one or more recipients. in addition, it is sent _to_ people. a blog represents a different kind of communication. ideally, it will serve as a conversation starter, and the resulting interaction(s) can be as informative or instructive or entertaining as the original article - or more so. the significance of the content in the blog is determined by readers "voting with their feet:" if readers find the material interesting and/or useful, they subscribe or leave comments as you have. if not, the subscriber lists and hit counts stay flat and we get to ascertain what really happens when a tree falls in the woods with no one to hear it. I hope that you find some useful information here or elsewhere - Todd thanks for your note, trudy. there is nothing at all wrong with using plain, old email to say something. generally, however, email is intended for a specific audience of one or more recipients. in addition, it is sent _to_ people. a blog represents a different kind of communication. ideally, it will serve as a conversation starter, and the resulting interaction(s) can be as informative or instructive or entertaining as the original article – or more so.

the significance of the content in the blog is determined by readers “voting with their feet:” if readers find the material interesting and/or useful, they subscribe or leave comments as you have. if not, the subscriber lists and hit counts stay flat and we get to ascertain what really happens when a tree falls in the woods with no one to hear it.

I hope that you find some useful information here or elsewhere –
Todd

]]> By: Trudy R. http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Trudy R. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:45:28 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-113 What's wrong with just plain, old email to say something meaningful, or, in most cases, not. Am I such a Luddite? Guess so.... What’s wrong with just plain, old email to say something meaningful, or, in most cases, not. Am I such a Luddite? Guess so….

]]> By: btrandolph http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-110 btrandolph Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:54:06 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-110 great. I didn't ask which platform you were using, but I figured it was established enough to include the functionality I described. I hope this fixes your issue - the only caution is that if anyone can post to the blog, you may run into "notification overload" I guess in those cases, the solution would be a digest the way newsgroups used to run. great. I didn’t ask which platform you were using, but I figured it was established enough to include the functionality I described. I hope this fixes your issue – the only caution is that if anyone can post to the blog, you may run into “notification overload” I guess in those cases, the solution would be a digest the way newsgroups used to run.

]]> By: Jane http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Jane Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:48 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-107 Ah...not exactly simple, but doable now that I know what to look for. Here's what I found from Google using your tip: http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2006/05/how-to-get-comment-and-post.html Ah…not exactly simple, but doable now that I know what to look for. Here’s what I found from Google using your tip: http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2006/05/how-to-get-comment-and-post.html

]]> By: btrandolph http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-106 btrandolph Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:23 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-106 Jane, I think what you are describing can be addressed with "subscribe via email" functionality. all readers would need to do would be to enter their email address in order to get notifications when new content was available with a link to access said content. that way they wouldn't need to be checking rss readers to see if something new was up. wordpess has a plugin for this http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/plugin/; check with your blog documentation to see what is avail on your platform. another option is one that I have for my facebook friends. a service called networked blogs (see widget at right for link) lets me post new articles right into subscriber's streams. this is another non-techie way to alert people that new content is available - and avid facebook users don't have to do anything to see it after they subscribe! hope this helps Todd Jane,
I think what you are describing can be addressed with “subscribe via email” functionality. all readers would need to do would be to enter their email address in order to get notifications when new content was available with a link to access said content. that way they wouldn’t need to be checking rss readers to see if something new was up. wordpess has a plugin for this http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/plugin/; check with your blog documentation to see what is avail on your platform.

another option is one that I have for my facebook friends. a service called networked blogs (see widget at right for link) lets me post new articles right into subscriber’s streams. this is another non-techie way to alert people that new content is available – and avid facebook users don’t have to do anything to see it after they subscribe!

hope this helps
Todd

]]> By: Jane http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Jane Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:06:44 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-105 Sort of. I used to post a digest email to all my students about once a week or so...a compilation of congratulatory messages, announcements, etc. but putting it together took a lot of time and it wasn't archival. So we've moved the communication to a blog which has the same content, but I just post info as I get it. In doing this, we've lost the immediacy of having the digest come into our departmental community's e-mailboxes...they have to go to the blog or actively use their own rss readers which isn't generally the norm. My straw poll of the community tells me that the active Web 2.0 resident is rare. So here we are: Old old system...email messages whenever there was something to report (too many emails and often info got left out or became dated...bad email list made it worse) Old system: email digest of information to clean list (pros...already digested; cons...took a lot of time) New system: blog (to which most key members of the community can post) in which information is posted as it comes in and the blog archive takes care of the digest element. (pros...quick and easy and shares the task; cons...can't assure delivery of the message into the user's inbox.) Is it possible to feed right into email? Sort of. I used to post a digest email to all my students about once a week or so…a compilation of congratulatory messages, announcements, etc. but putting it together took a lot of time and it wasn’t archival. So we’ve moved the communication to a blog which has the same content, but I just post info as I get it. In doing this, we’ve lost the immediacy of having the digest come into our departmental community’s e-mailboxes…they have to go to the blog or actively use their own rss readers which isn’t generally the norm. My straw poll of the community tells me that the active Web 2.0 resident is rare. So here we are:

Old old system…email messages whenever there was something to report (too many emails and often info got left out or became dated…bad email list made it worse)
Old system: email digest of information to clean list (pros…already digested; cons…took a lot of time)
New system: blog (to which most key members of the community can post) in which information is posted as it comes in and the blog archive takes care of the digest element. (pros…quick and easy and shares the task; cons…can’t assure delivery of the message into the user’s inbox.)

Is it possible to feed right into email?

]]> By: btrandolph http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-103 btrandolph Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:34:52 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-103 jane - thanks for your question (and for not using your full name and revealing that we're related) not sure if you are talking about your own blog or if you want to email a post you find interesting to someone. there's the brute force method, where you copy and paste a link into the email. the more subtle approach is by way of 'sharing' links. for example, at the bottom of my posts, you see a set of icons of popular social networks and email services. clicking on one of these icons will lets you share that post via that service. all the hype now is about social media, but email is still the most popular content sharing mechanism (by a ton). I use wordpress for my blog and incorporate sharing through a plug in. other blogging services offer sharing capabilities either baked in or with plugins. let me know if I have missed your point or if you have other questions. Todd jane – thanks for your question (and for not using your full name and revealing that we’re related)

not sure if you are talking about your own blog or if you want to email a post you find interesting to someone. there’s the brute force method, where you copy and paste a link into the email. the more subtle approach is by way of ‘sharing’ links. for example, at the bottom of my posts, you see a set of icons of popular social networks and email services. clicking on one of these icons will lets you share that post via that service. all the hype now is about social media, but email is still the most popular content sharing mechanism (by a ton). I use wordpress for my blog and incorporate sharing through a plug in. other blogging services offer sharing capabilities either baked in or with plugins. let me know if I have missed your point or if you have other questions.
Todd

]]> By: Jane Jensen http://btrandolph.com/2009/08/schizobloggia-better-living-through-compartmentalization/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Jane Jensen Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:36:18 +0000 http://btrandolph.com/?p=735#comment-102 Hi, I know how to forward a blog to my google reader or invite readers to use an RSS feed to forward a blog to their reader, but is there a way to forward (or invite to forward) blog postings to an email account? Easily? In simple steps that anyone can do? Hi,

I know how to forward a blog to my google reader or invite readers to use an RSS feed to forward a blog to their reader, but is there a way to forward (or invite to forward) blog postings to an email account? Easily? In simple steps that anyone can do?

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