Comments on: Jammer's Blog, the reboot http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/ It Do What It Do Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:33:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: widgie http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-895 widgie Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-895 T-N-G T-N-G T-N-G T-N-G T-N-G
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]]> By: Matt L. http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Matt L. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:08:41 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-888 Exciting stuff. I've been wondering what you'd do now that BSG had finished... Exciting stuff. I've been wondering what you'd do now that BSG had finished...

]]> By: Jammer http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Jammer Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:15:43 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-879 @Dan L: Yes, Ebert's Blog is quite something. I won't pretend that I could turn this blog into anything approaching that. Ebert's blog springs from a lifetime of knowledge and experience and a fount of material and anecdotes that I couldn't hope to mimic in 30 years, let alone now. I can barely find the time to read all that he has written (and I have read him online every week without fail for 13 years now, and in his books well before that); I can't imagine how he finds the discipline to write it all. @Dan L:

Yes, Ebert's Blog is quite something. I won't pretend that I could turn this blog into anything approaching that. Ebert's blog springs from a lifetime of knowledge and experience and a fount of material and anecdotes that I couldn't hope to mimic in 30 years, let alone now. I can barely find the time to read all that he has written (and I have read him online every week without fail for 13 years now, and in his books well before that); I can't imagine how he finds the discipline to write it all.

]]> By: Josh http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Josh Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:15:09 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-878 Yes, this more modest community here is a cut above the rest in terms of keeping chilled out. I hope that the seed can define the plant that it germinates ie that with this more civil atmosphere, people who come here will follow the pattern and the aura can remain. Compare this to SDN where the webmaster actively encourages people to be aggressive, confrontational and complete douches. Nice if you want that kind of style, but it's also nice that this place does things a bit differently. Yes, this more modest community here is a cut above the rest in terms of keeping chilled out. I hope that the seed can define the plant that it germinates ie that with this more civil atmosphere, people who come here will follow the pattern and the aura can remain.

Compare this to SDN where the webmaster actively encourages people to be aggressive, confrontational and complete douches. Nice if you want that kind of style, but it's also nice that this place does things a bit differently.

]]> By: TS http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-877 TS Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:35 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-877 It was a good move to combine the blog and the actual site. Makes it a bit easier to keep track of both. Still looking forward to reading the rest of your TNG reviews (have you already started on Season 5?), keep it up! It was a good move to combine the blog and the actual site. Makes it a bit easier to keep track of both.

Still looking forward to reading the rest of your TNG reviews (have you already started on Season 5?), keep it up!

]]> By: Dan L. http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Dan L. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:59:13 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-859 You said not to bother with structural/content suggestions. I wouldn't presume to make/give any, but as far as what might attract people to post once structure and content have been determined, consider, if you want, the film critic Roger Ebert. Ebert (who has always had a site, www.rogerebert.com; initially, he simply posted reviews and occasionally commentary on the site) now has a blog feature on that same site - the blog entries are on the right side of the screen, the reviews on the left; the top of the screen contains helpfully labeled links (i.e. you can click on "blog," "current reviews," "search reviews," etc.) to make the site extraordinarily friendly. Blog commentary on his site is some of the best I've seen - not just in terms of "civility" (at the risk of repeating myself, that word is too often viewed as a virtue (or vice, as the case may be) when it is really an attribute. The blog topics he picks are wildly inventive (they range from discussions of evolution to why we cry at movies to specific blogs about a review Roger has just made), and I think he's done a public service, given the nature of these topics and his and his posters' intelligence, by sending a quite convincing message (contrary to what today's brain-dead American "conservatives" have said) that you can be a film critic and have an opinion on other matters, an informed one. In other words, you can sing and talk at the same time (as opposed to "Just Sing and Shut Up). He's also just a plain excellent writer and moderator. You said not to bother with structural/content suggestions. I wouldn't presume to make/give any, but as far as what might attract people to post once structure and content have been determined, consider, if you want, the film critic Roger Ebert. Ebert (who has always had a site, http://www.rogerebert.com; initially, he simply posted reviews and occasionally commentary on the site) now has a blog feature on that same site - the blog entries are on the right side of the screen, the reviews on the left; the top of the screen contains helpfully labeled links (i.e. you can click on "blog," "current reviews," "search reviews," etc.) to make the site extraordinarily friendly. Blog commentary on his site is some of the best I've seen - not just in terms of "civility" (at the risk of repeating myself, that word is too often viewed as a virtue (or vice, as the case may be) when it is really an attribute. The blog topics he picks are wildly inventive (they range from discussions of evolution to why we cry at movies to specific blogs about a review Roger has just made), and I think he's done a public service, given the nature of these topics and his and his posters' intelligence, by sending a quite convincing message (contrary to what today's brain-dead American "conservatives" have said) that you can be a film critic and have an opinion on other matters, an informed one. In other words, you can sing and talk at the same time (as opposed to "Just Sing and Shut Up). He's also just a plain excellent writer and moderator.

]]> By: Greg M http://www.jammersblog.com/2009/06/03/general/blog-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Greg M Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:22:53 +0000 http://www.jammersblog.com/?p=387#comment-847 Well, good to know the TNG reviews are coming back. ;) Anyway, nice to see the Blog will get a rebirth. I liked your original concept (It's always an event when you post on the Trekbbs so posting on the blog is almost the same thing) but then I guess real life got in the way. No problem, it happens to all of us. Good to know it's coming back. Well, good to know the TNG reviews are coming back. ;)

Anyway, nice to see the Blog will get a rebirth. I liked your original concept (It's always an event when you post on the Trekbbs so posting on the blog is almost the same thing) but then I guess real life got in the way. No problem, it happens to all of us. Good to know it's coming back.

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