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If you can't say it in 22 words, then don't say it at all. It's harder than it looks. I'm loving it.
I'm sitting in a room with just over a hundred bloggers for the Band of Bloggers, which is taking place just before the T4G Conference. The theme is "The Gospel Trust" and the panelists are Tim Challies, Phil Johnson, Thabiti Anyabwile, and Abraham Piper.
The four bloggers have very different flavors. All agree that the Gospel should shape our blogging.
Some Questions
How did the panelists begin blogging? They all started blogging differently: Challies fell into it; Johnson began blogging to respond to some criticisms of his work; Anyabwile started because his wife told him he talks too much; Piper started as part of the revamping of the Desiring God website.
(Piper's new blog is interesting: every post is 22 words. He doesn't read long blog posts, he says, so he wanted to write short posts for others.)
I know a few bloggers who make most of their income from blogging, but this article still took me by surprise:
In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times: "Bloggers at some of the bigger sites say most writers earn about $30,000 a year starting out, and some can make as much as $70,000. A tireless few bloggers reach six figures, and some entrepreneurs in the field have built mini-empires on the Web that are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Others who are trying to turn blogging into a career say they can end up with just $1,000 a month.
The number of blogs I read is always on the rise. Occasionally I go through and prune my reading list. I rarely unsubscribe from bad blogs; that would be much easier. Instead it's the much harder job of separating the best blogs from the good ones.
Before Lent I decided that I needed to take radical action. I unsubscribed to some 70 blogs. I still have them stored and can add them back anytime I want. But it's freeing to only have about 30 to keep up with now.
I keep hearing of people who only read 3 or 4, and they don't seem to be any worse off than I am. I don't want to go back to 100+ blogs I'm following. What's your ideal number?
P.S. A good and related post: A Few Reasons Why You May Want to Stop Reading My Blog by Justin Buzzard
TORONTO - DashHouse.com announced today that it is making a hostile takeover bid for Achievable Ends, a blog on faith, media, and leadership.
"We think that Achievable Ends will be a great addition to the DashHouse family of blogs," said DashHouse blogger Darryl Dash. "It brings a certain edge that we're currently lacking."
According to Blogshares, Achievable Ends is valued at over 3 million dollars. They note:
achievable ends suffered a huge setback with several analysts urging their clients to ditch the stock as it suffered a public relations disaster. The exact nature of customer dissatisfaction was not known but beachtiglet was rumoured to have had a hand in it. Industry insiders suspect a Relay (artefact) was involved. achievable ends share price dropped from B$80,497.28 to B$39,443.67
Sadly, this is not the first scandal involving Achievable Ends blogger Bill Kinnon and beachtiglets.
Dash, however, believes that Achievable Ends is poised for a comeback, especially after Internet Monk named it one of the top blogs of 2007. Michael Spencer, the Internet Monk, wrote, "Bill has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening at the intersections of emerging church and traditional church, all done with an appreciation for technology. Just the right amount of attitude." While Bill Kinnon's wife Imbi Kinnon disputes that her husband has just the right amount of attitude, Dash agrees that Kinnon writes a good blog. "Frankly, I can never get my finger on the pulse. Maybe a little more of Bill's attitude will help."
Dash also announced that he has plans to hire other bloggers, such as commenter Ken Davis, who also serves as pastor of Thistletown Baptist Church. Last year, prominent pastor Thabiti Anyabwile said that Davis is "about as close to walking laughter and Christian joy as you'll find." "With Bill's attitude, and Ken's laughter and joy, we can't be beat," said Dash.
Dash was also rumored to be making an offer for the services of Toronto blogger Paul Martin, until he read Martin's description of himself at his blog: "I am the worst sinner I know." Dash said, "We don't need that kind around here." Dash's wife was overheard agreeing that they already had a big enough sinner on their hands. When apprised of his wife's statement, Dash had no further comment.
Wish I had read this years ago. Here's step one:
Find five completely random blogs, and read them daily for a month. After thirty days, you will absolutely dread your self-imposed requirement to read all that dreck. Any blog you create will most likely be on par with what you've been reading. Don't put anyone through that.
A great post over at the Thinklings:
If I've seen this once I've seen it a thousand times. It's what I call "I've Identified the Problem and it's You" syndrome, or IITPAIY. Some blogs and comment threads are positively flooded with it.
I'm working on an article on blogging, and I'm looking for a Canadian Christian who thinks that blogging is a waste of time. It's unlikely that you are this person if you are reading this blog, but if you have any leads or ideas, drop me a line. I'm open to ideas.
My friend Bryan Galloway has started a blog on preaching and Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
I stated a couple of days ago that this blog was created to introduce six areas of impact that Lutheran pastor and theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer can have on twenty-first century preachers and preaching...
Looking forward to following this blog. Bryan is a good guy and Bonhoeffer is an important voice for today's church.
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