[Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Nigel Hanley
I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a blog format? Nigel Hanley Sydney, Australia

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread dhbailey
Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a blog format? There's been no

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, March 24, 2010 1:12 pm, Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread John Howell
At 4:12 AM +1100 3/25/10, Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a blog

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:36 PM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: I certainly hope not!  This is a discussion list.  A blog is a monologue. John Livejournal is a blogging website, that allows for individual blogs, and communities as well, some of which are EXTREMELY active on a wide

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a blog format? I'll have to join

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread mmathew1942
@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:26:38 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [Finale] Blog Format On Wed, March 24, 2010 1:12 pm, Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I've known many lists that went the forum or blog format and pretty much died off. Like the old IDRS list.. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM, mmathew1...@comcast.net wrote: I agree for the reasons stated below. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Robert Patterson
Someone once posted a link to a site that presents the messages from this list as if it were a threaded forum. I can't seem to find the link now. Personally I dislike the group blog approach because it requires more effort to follow a thread (since all the responses appear as comments under the

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
On the flip side, if we break it badly we could ask for a bailout? Right? On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: Someone once posted a link to a site that presents the messages from this list as if it were a threaded forum. I can't seem to find the

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Mar 2010 at 4:12, Nigel Hanley wrote: I have enjoyed this reading this mailing list on and off for near on fourteen years, correct me if it hasn't been around that long. I am a Finale user since 2.0, currently Fin 2007. Has there ever been discussion about taking this list to a blog

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Mar 2010 at 13:26, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Searching a blog might be the same for some folks, but I wouldn't actually end up going there (just as I never show up in the Finale forum). In general, one follows blog content via a newsfeed, rather than by going to the blog directly. In

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, March 24, 2010 4:13 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: In general, one follows blog content via a newsfeed I have a pile of newsfeeds, and I still don't go to them. Stuff *really* has to get my attention, and newsfeeds just putter on by... Dennis

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Mar 2010 at 14:36, John Howell wrote: This is a discussion list. A blog is a monologue. Proposition A is true. Proposition B is not necessarily true. My blog is a monologue, as I don't have comments. But blogs with comments are a conversation. A group blog would have to include all

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Mar 2010 at 16:16, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Wed, March 24, 2010 4:13 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: In general, one follows blog content via a newsfeed I have a pile of newsfeeds, and I still don't go to them. Stuff *really* has to get my attention, and newsfeeds just putter on

Re: [Finale] Blog Format

2010-03-24 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, March 24, 2010 4:28 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: In my opinion, that indicates you're subscribed to too many. No, my interest waxes and wanes. The most interesting items (Finale, CEC, OList, Color Computer) are mostly still listservs and get my attention because they come via email.