And just to circle back... :-) If you (the royal you) want me to look at an image, I'd prefer it to be introduced as a list post as opposed to imbedded in a blog.
My personal preference of course. Tom On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Doug Brewer <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom C wrote: >> >> I confess having some difficulty with blogs. >> >> I wasn't going to say it, but since you broached it. I don't really >> want to do all the reading that a blog presumes I do, and I don't like >> clicking on the inevitable thumbnail in the blog to get to the larger >> version of an image. I find most blogs present even the thumbnail in >> such an unappealing manner that I'm not inclined to click. On a >> photography list I'm going to the blog to see the photo not read about >> it. >> >> And finally maybe, somewhat rudely, but not intended so, I find a blog >> a bit akin to watching someone's home movies. They tend to mean much >> more to the creator than to the audience, and so come across, to me at >> least, as somewhat mundane. My own blog of course would be very >> interesting and compelling. >> >> I much prefer a single link to an image, or a gallery of thumbnails, >> as opposed to an image thumbnail surrounded by a lot of text. > > Blogs and The List are different entities, and have different aims. On the > rare occasion I write something for my real blog, it's pointed to wider > audience than a bunch of photography enthusiasts, and unless I have specific > photography-related information/opinion in the post, I don't mention it > here. > > That I have a few crossover readers is bonus for me the blog writer, but > that's not why I started writing a blog. I can tell you that it's damn hard > to keep a blog going, especially if you want to keep it interesting and > compelling. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
