Comments on: We Do Different Things

By: Diversity creates knowledge

Diversity creates knowledge — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:51:24 +0000

[...] flikr We Do Different Things: [Via chrisbrogan.com] The roles many blogs take, not surprisingly, are very different. They [...]

By: chrisbrogan

chrisbrogan — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:41:23 +0000

Hi Brad- I read Jon Swanson's Levite blog. We met online through comments on a productivity site, but have since met three times in person in various parts of the world. We're personal friends now, though at first, it was about the mssage.

By: Brad Singleton

Brad Singleton — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:24:15 +0000

I’m a newcomer to the social circus that is chrisbrogan.com, but you piqued my curiosity when you mentioned a pastor. Which pastor’s blog do you read?

By: Rick Wolff

Rick Wolff — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:06:09 +0000

If anyone does exactly what I do, but differentiates in an indirect factor—say, he’s more personable—he wipes the floor with me. So you’re darned right I’m different. I’d better be!

By: Stu Mark

Stu Mark — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:16:47 +0000

I do see an upside to any reader calling out any writer. Even if the call-out shows a lack of familiarity with the author’s intended purpose, it also shows a snapshot of the readership. I would argue that every writer has a noticeable percentage of readers who are casual, and therefore not connected with the core of the writer’s being. If the writer doesn’t care and writes as an artform, great, no big deal. But if the writer wants to attract more readers, comments that call-out a perceived deficiency are hard currency, far more valuable than the readers who get you so well that the only comments they make are fan-based.

By: Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:43:09 +0000

Totally true, Chris! You all write about the web, but it’s far more complex than that. A newspaper would probably lump the bunch of you together as “tech”.

By: Francine hardaway

Francine hardaway — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:45:37 +0000

Totally. You are s social media consultant: you recommend things. Robert just finds them :-)

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:51:09 +0000

You totally nailed why I read more than 600 bloggers in Google Reader: I learn something different from each one.

By: J. Phil

J. Phil — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:41:13 +0000

Very interesting post.. highlights something that us bloggers sometimes seem to take for granted, and that other people tend to glom us together into larger categories.

You’ve inspired me to re-assess the information I have on my about tab, and add a more precise summary of what I actually cover (and will cover) in my blog.