Comments on: Will Draw For Food! http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Devil's Kitchen http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-4073 Devil's Kitchen Sun, 31 May 2009 17:20:20 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-4073 Another Mac convert! Yay! DK Another Mac convert! Yay!

DK

]]> By: Jeannine Mckenzie http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3961 Jeannine Mckenzie Fri, 29 May 2009 13:21:14 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3961 I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. WoW :) I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. WoW :)

]]> By: Marc Benier http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3918 Marc Benier Thu, 28 May 2009 16:39:17 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3918 Keep to the single blog; the variety shows that you are a normal human being with many interests other than politics. Variety is the spice of life.... Keep to the single blog; the variety shows that you are a normal human being with many interests other than politics. Variety is the spice of life….

]]> By: Jennie http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3891 Jennie Thu, 28 May 2009 10:05:14 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3891 Stuart: I write whatever comes into my head and bugger what the audience thinks. I have found that over five-six years of doing it that your regular readership get annoyed if you start off new blogs in other places, and you are better off just using tags and categories properly and letting people decide for themselves what they want to read. Most people read because they like YOU and want to know what you think about stuff, even if that means hearing about stuff they have no knowledge of. Over-specialisation in blogs leads to ghettoisation of the blogosphere. Whereas the reason I have recruited people to the Lib Dems via my blog is that my blog is not just read by politics nerds, but by Doctor Who fans, Top Gear fans, Star Trek fans, feminist mums, dog owners, etc. etc. Cross pollination is great ;) Having said all that, Charlotte: if you DO start another blog somewhere else, let me know, although bear in mind that my feed reader DOES limit me to 2000 feeds, so don't do it too often :P Stuart: I write whatever comes into my head and bugger what the audience thinks.

I have found that over five-six years of doing it that your regular readership get annoyed if you start off new blogs in other places, and you are better off just using tags and categories properly and letting people decide for themselves what they want to read. Most people read because they like YOU and want to know what you think about stuff, even if that means hearing about stuff they have no knowledge of. Over-specialisation in blogs leads to ghettoisation of the blogosphere. Whereas the reason I have recruited people to the Lib Dems via my blog is that my blog is not just read by politics nerds, but by Doctor Who fans, Top Gear fans, Star Trek fans, feminist mums, dog owners, etc. etc.

Cross pollination is great ;)

Having said all that, Charlotte: if you DO start another blog somewhere else, let me know, although bear in mind that my feed reader DOES limit me to 2000 feeds, so don’t do it too often :P

]]> By: Stu http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3883 Stu Thu, 28 May 2009 09:21:16 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3883 It's funny how the audience begins to dictate the nature of the blog, isn't it. I have the same problem of wanting to write about some stuff (like iPhone development, web design etc) but not wanting to annoy the people who are already reading my blog for the kind of thing I normally write (which is a mixed bag at the best of times, but not normally too techy). And that's without being the most influential blogger in the Lib Dem blogosphere. I imagine it's much harder for those who are ;-) It’s funny how the audience begins to dictate the nature of the blog, isn’t it. I have the same problem of wanting to write about some stuff (like iPhone development, web design etc) but not wanting to annoy the people who are already reading my blog for the kind of thing I normally write (which is a mixed bag at the best of times, but not normally too techy).

And that’s without being the most influential blogger in the Lib Dem blogosphere. I imagine it’s much harder for those who are ;-)

]]> By: DavidNcl http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3874 DavidNcl Thu, 28 May 2009 07:03:25 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3874 That's not a graphics tablet... this is a graphics tablet : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE2APo_EORQ" rel="nofollow">cintique on youtube</a> That’s not a graphics tablet… this is a graphics tablet : cintique on youtube

]]> By: jd http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3870 jd Thu, 28 May 2009 04:55:49 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3870 Charlotte - it does, but I tend to think that the future's too unpredictable. It's undoubtedly a balancing act, but, for me, better to experience a spread of things and enjoy the journey, than get pegged down in something one finds restrictive, purely on the basis of 'it'll be worth it as I'll earn more now and do x, y, z in the long term". But then I have been influenced by personal experience, including seeing friends die ridiculously young, and I have the sort of personality that loses the love of a subject easily when forced to pursue it on a daily basis as a job. Charlotte – it does, but I tend to think that the future’s too unpredictable. It’s undoubtedly a balancing act, but, for me, better to experience a spread of things and enjoy the journey, than get pegged down in something one finds restrictive, purely on the basis of ‘it’ll be worth it as I’ll earn more now and do x, y, z in the long term”.

But then I have been influenced by personal experience, including seeing friends die ridiculously young, and I have the sort of personality that loses the love of a subject easily when forced to pursue it on a daily basis as a job.

]]> By: Martin http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3861 Martin Thu, 28 May 2009 01:17:13 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3861 Both those names are better than the new website of a friend of mine, entitled *sigh" "Technolorgy". Both those names are better than the new website of a friend of mine, entitled *sigh” “Technolorgy”.

]]> By: Charlotte Gore http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3859 Charlotte Gore Wed, 27 May 2009 23:41:13 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3859 It does tend to limit your potential future earnings though :S It does tend to limit your potential future earnings though :S

]]> By: jd http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/28/will-draw-for-food.html/comment-page-1#comment-3858 jd Wed, 27 May 2009 23:39:22 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1038#comment-3858 "I think you’re supposed to get over this at some point, but no sign of it" Well I'm 35 and haven't got over it. Indeed I seem to still be hoovering up new interests. To be pegged down in one thing would seem tedious frankly. “I think you’re supposed to get over this at some point, but no sign of it”

Well I’m 35 and haven’t got over it. Indeed I seem to still be hoovering up new interests. To be pegged down in one thing would seem tedious frankly.

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