Comments on: Raiders of the Lost Archives

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:02:45 +0000

You're very welcome, Harry! I hope everything's good with you. David Airey's last blog post..The value of trustworthy subcontractors

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:44:50 +0000

@David: What a cool surprise this is! Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, I suffered from the same kind of shock when I went back through ours

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:31:20 +0000

Excellent pointers, Harry. In the not-too-distant past I often found myself looking back at those first blog articles I published, thinking, "Oh boy, better put these back in the 'draft' archives!" David Airey's last blog post..The value of trustworthy subcontractors

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By: April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:39:01 +0000

Thanks, James. I've just been moving on to the next post/blog instead of commenting. I hadn't thought about the people that might stumble across a post the same way I did, or "subscribe to comments". I just figured that I was already talking to myself in cyberspace on my own blogs and didn't need to do it on somebody else's. You've unleashed a monster (now it's my turn to muhooahahahaha). Yeah, it's pretty cool. April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer's last blog post..Ego. What a Mind-trip!

By: James

James — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:34:14 +0000

@ April – We see everything that happens (muahahahaa) so if you comment on a post from a year back, we know. So do all the other people who had Subscribe to Comments turned on, so everyone has the potential of getting the conversation going again.

Do they? Most often, no. But you know what? It’s still worth dropping a comment, because we DO see it – and because someone who comes along after you may see it too. Pretty cool, huh?

By: April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:20:33 +0000

Late to the party and off topic again…well, at least I’ve managed at least one of the two on other posts. I have a question about blog archives – specifically, commenting on old posts. I don’t have blog archives of my own to read yet, but find myself reading a lot of old posts on other blogs (like Men with Pens ) to “catch up” on all I’ve missed. I come across great posts that have me giggling, bobbing my head in agreement, or dying to express an alternate point of view only to realize that the last comment was posted last year (or years before).

Geek that I am, I’ve even searched for comment etiquette, but haven’t found what I need to know. So, if comments aren’t closed, is it fair game, or do I just take my ideas and go away? How old is too old?

April, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer’s last blog post..Ego. What a Mind-trip!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:38:19 +0000

Meryl,

That is my pet peeve, the way fine blog writing is being seen as throwaway. “Only as good as your last post” thinking.

That’s why my list of blogs to follow is very, very slim, like the number of magazines I read. So I can give them all proper attention. Instead of always looking for a new blog, I do like to dig around in archives. My faves I may have read end to end more than once, like a good book.

Bringing old nuggets back to the top of people’s minds definitely makes new fans (though after 8 years I’m sure you don’t need me to say that!), whether through links or through fresh postings. I blog the way I speakâ€”always referencing another conversation or something that happened a while back.

I’d bet after all those posts you have plenty where you have a different point of view now!

Until later,

Kelly

Kelly’s last blog post..Road Trip: Guest Post at Just Creative Design

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:06:39 +0000

Been trying to dig in my archives as I know I had a few posts I've been proud of in the past eight years. Therein lies the problem... I have too many dusty entries to muddle through. I need to though. So I can repost them with a fresh spin, update, etc. Maybe someone who didn't know me when I originally posted it will find nugget if I bring it send it forward to the future. With so many blogs, who has time to look at archives? The only time I look at a blogger's archives is to find something on a topic or an old post I remember. Meryl Evans's last blog post..Telling the Hard Truths of the Writing Life

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:50:09 +0000

Janice,

I don’t usually sweat posts, but that one just about killed me. The pressure of wanting it to be just so for my buddy, and getting the topic exactly how I wanted it, too. The one I’m doing for him next is… related, but much lighter.

“Quirky” cracked me up, but it’s probably me, eh?

Later…

Kelly’s last blog post..Road Trip: Guest Post at Just Creative Design