Comments on: Bob asked Why. http://empossibility.com/2007/10/bob-asked-why/ There are no guarantees in life...only the possibilities Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Emily http://empossibility.com/2007/10/bob-asked-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Emily Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:09:22 +0000 http://mamasbloggin.com/2007/10/30/bob-asked-why/#comment-1910 Bob, thank you so much for the tag. I don't mind the "high maintenance" aspect of it, truly - but I wonder if there is a way to maintain the list without looking like a blog scraping post. (But? That's completely outside the line of "things I need to spend brainspace on".) My reluctance to tag others with it was less about maintenance than it was about having to select five friends to tag. Don't make me choose, I love you all! Bob, thank you so much for the tag. I don’t mind the “high maintenance” aspect of it, truly – but I wonder if there is a way to maintain the list without looking like a blog scraping post. (But? That’s completely outside the line of “things I need to spend brainspace on”.)

My reluctance to tag others with it was less about maintenance than it was about having to select five friends to tag. Don’t make me choose, I love you all!

]]> By: Somerset Bob http://empossibility.com/2007/10/bob-asked-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Somerset Bob Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:02:23 +0000 http://mamasbloggin.com/2007/10/30/bob-asked-why/#comment-1907 Hey Mama, I can see that, like me, you felt a little ambivalent about both the amount of copy that comes with this meme, and the "requirement" to tag others with it. Generally speaking I like memes -- they give me something to think and blog about when inspiration's a bit thin on the ground -- but to bring true delight into my life, they have to be <em>easy</em> to maintain, and this one, with its directory "master list" and the originator's request to regularly update one's own post with the additions made to it -- well, it's too much like hard work for me. I shan't be doing that. I was also unsure about tagging others with this high-maintenance meme, but I didn't want to let down the person who tagged <em>me</em> with it -- it would have seemed rude to ignore their kind attention -- and I suspect you felt the same when you got the pingback from my post which brought it to your notice (before I got round to letting you know personally, for which: my apologies). So thank you for participating -- and I don't blame you for not "manually" passing it on! I probably should have done the same: just published it and let the Blogosphere decide whence it traveled from there. Ah well. All part of the blogging experience ... :) Hey Mama,

I can see that, like me, you felt a little ambivalent about both the amount of copy that comes with this meme, and the “requirement” to tag others with it. Generally speaking I like memes — they give me something to think and blog about when inspiration’s a bit thin on the ground — but to bring true delight into my life, they have to be easy to maintain, and this one, with its directory “master list” and the originator’s request to regularly update one’s own post with the additions made to it — well, it’s too much like hard work for me. I shan’t be doing that.

I was also unsure about tagging others with this high-maintenance meme, but I didn’t want to let down the person who tagged me with it — it would have seemed rude to ignore their kind attention — and I suspect you felt the same when you got the pingback from my post which brought it to your notice (before I got round to letting you know personally, for which: my apologies). So thank you for participating — and I don’t blame you for not “manually” passing it on! I probably should have done the same: just published it and let the Blogosphere decide whence it traveled from there. Ah well. All part of the blogging experience …

:)

]]> By: Mel http://empossibility.com/2007/10/bob-asked-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Mel Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:17:56 +0000 http://mamasbloggin.com/2007/10/30/bob-asked-why/#comment-1906 You are now on the master list. As a participant there are two actions that you can do to help keep this alive: 1) Help, where you can, in getting more sites to participate. Adding the “Spread the Word” button to your sidebar is a great way of doing this (available on my site.) 2) Update your post, in archive, with the complete master list on a regular basis. It is this process that will entice other sites to participate and maximize the benefits for everyone. You will see, at the beginning of the master list, instructions on how to maintain this growing directory in archives. This list is at the point of being much too long for a front page post. Thank you for participating! You are now on the master list. As a participant there are two actions that you can do to help keep this alive:
1) Help, where you can, in getting more sites to participate. Adding the “Spread the Word” button to your sidebar is a great way of doing this (available on my site.)
2) Update your post, in archive, with the complete master list on a regular basis. It is this process that will entice other sites to participate and maximize the benefits for everyone. You will see, at the beginning of the master list, instructions on how to maintain this growing directory in archives. This list is at the point of being much too long for a front page post.

Thank you for participating!

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