Comments on: Professional Blogging http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/ Not what yo' mama said. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Michael Brutsch http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-17 Michael Brutsch Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:27:24 +0000 http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-17 <p>"I have been making a little money doing it."</p> <p>ORLY? And how have you been accomplishing that little feat?</p> “I have been making a little money doing it.”

ORLY? And how have you been accomplishing that little feat?

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-18 Amanda Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:46:38 +0000 http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-18 <p>I only read your blog because I'm your friend :P</p> <p>But honestly, think about how you are. Your interests are far too many...who would your audience possibly be? Plus, the majority of the time you are far too academic in your writing style.</p> <p>I'm not saying all this to be a punk; anyone who looks at my blog can see the horrible spelling and lack of actual thought. But, as you said...it falls under the realm of personal blogs.</p> <p>Anyhow, we always said in editing class that you're supposed to say something nice before giving criticism, but clearly I forgot that, so I'll say it now. I am impressed that you were working on code for the U.N. Also, maybe you'll become a billionaire off of blog writing and then you can laugh and toss pennies at me in the street.</p> I only read your blog because I’m your friend :P

But honestly, think about how you are. Your interests are far too many…who would your audience possibly be? Plus, the majority of the time you are far too academic in your writing style.

I’m not saying all this to be a punk; anyone who looks at my blog can see the horrible spelling and lack of actual thought. But, as you said…it falls under the realm of personal blogs.

Anyhow, we always said in editing class that you’re supposed to say something nice before giving criticism, but clearly I forgot that, so I’ll say it now. I am impressed that you were working on code for the U.N. Also, maybe you’ll become a billionaire off of blog writing and then you can laugh and toss pennies at me in the street.

]]> By: soulgook http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-19 soulgook Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:51:54 +0000 http://blog.soulgook.com/2007/02/26/professional-blogging/#comment-19 <p>Well, I guess that was my point. If I wanted to blog professionally, I would have to find some specific thing that I would write about constantly, and it'd have to be something popular enough that I could get a substantial portion of the net population to find it worthwhile. My stats tell me that my most mainstream posts get the most action, so that observation bears out.</p> <p>Oh well.</p> Well, I guess that was my point. If I wanted to blog professionally, I would have to find some specific thing that I would write about constantly, and it’d have to be something popular enough that I could get a substantial portion of the net population to find it worthwhile. My stats tell me that my most mainstream posts get the most action, so that observation bears out.

Oh well.

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