Thursday, October 11, 2007

"Master List" Display Suggestion

For Existing List Participants

I am looking for a never ending run on this directory. The best way to display the directory on your site is to archive the list and have a button (with link) or just a link on your sidebar that links to YOUR copy of the List. You may want to take a look at my site, upper right; I have a button that links to my Master list. You can take this code and install the button on your site, but it will link to my Master List. If you want to direct it to your own archived list follow the directions below:

  1. Copy the code below
  2. Paste it into your html editor on your sidebar
  3. Copy the url of your copy of the list and paste it between the quotes where it says YOUR URL HERE.

    Now be sure to make regular visits back and copy/paste the entire list to your site. That is what will keep this list growing and bring benefit to everyone who participates. Plus you will always have a current directory on your site for reader reference and to visit new sites yourself.

    Back to "Master List"

    Again, thank you everyone for participating.

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Why Do You Blog? - Reworked

First I want to thank everyone who participated in my earlier post "Why do you Blog?":

Amel's Realm
Mahendra
DUTCHCORNER
A little bubble in the maelstrom
lynda's loft
The Oswegan
The Thoughts and Sayings Of Baba Doodlius
Nonsense, fun, tears, happiness & anger all rolled into one!
Revellian
Gurushabad
MAX
Mental Poo
Life is a roller coaster!
AntiBarbie
NAFASG©™
Little Aussie Cynic
Working From Home! - Rose's Blog
Pete Aldin
Enjoy Life
Geoffrey
WIXY's Gone Bananas
Anything Goes!
~~Sugar Queen's Dream~~
Linda and her Surroundings
Comedy Plus
Sister2brother

After much thoughtful review of your comments I have decided to make a change to my “CAVES” analysis (Cathartic, Altruistic, Validation, Earnings & Strength.) I have reworded the entire process. Here is what I have come up with:

  • Cathartic – I have changed this to Therapeutic, which is really more descriptive in why we want to share experiences.
  • Altruism – Stays the same. A way to disseminate valuable information (valuable in the mind of the blogger. Whether it is actually valuable has no real bearing for this discussion) that you want to be put out their; truly giving.
  • Validation – Stays the same. To feel valued as a person, or feel that his or her ideas, opinions or creativity are worthwhile.
  • Earnings – I have changed this to Money. (Again, whether blogging actually can make money has no bearing on this conversation.)
  • Strength – I have changed this to Improvement. What I mean by this is a channel by which we can effect change.
  • Communication – New addition. Some of us what to be able to communicate with family and friends based on your circumstance, communicate with like minded people.
  • Enjoyment – New addition. Let’s face it, some of find the process to be fun.
  • Enlightenment – New addition. Some of us are looking for growth, looking to learn and, yes, become enlightened. If you are providing enlightenment then Improvement is your focus.

So the new formula will be known as TIME CAVE

Therapeutic
Improvement
Money
Enjoyment
Communication
Altruism
Validation
Enlightenment

Again, for the sake of this discussion let’s use the following scale:
0 = Absolute no
10 = Absolute yes

Using the TIMECAVE analysis I will rework my original quotient.

T – 3
I – 8
M – 3
Enj – 9
C – 2
A – 4
V – 6
Enl – 2

I believe that this analysis better address the varying needs of why a blogger blogs. I know that it better enables me to come to grips with why I blog. For me the rewording of Strength to Improvement better describes what I am doing. It allowed me to reduce my Altruism factor in order to make it more realistic.

I would love to get further feedback. I grow with every discussion. Maybe I should increase my Enlightenment factor?



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