“It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers are so funny and leave hysterical comments. And I'm not being humble when I say that very often, the comments are so much better than the post originally was.” FeelsInterestingReaderHumblePostsCommentBlogsBe HumbleHystericalForums Author:Jenny Lawson
“Absolutists frighten me. During all the endless discussions on my blog about evolution, intelligent design, God, and the afterworld, numbering altogether thousands of comments, I have never named my beliefs, although readers have freely informed me that I am an atheist, and agnostic, or at the very least a secular humanist - which I am.” BeliefDesignEvolutionReaderIntelligentAtheistEndlessDiscussionHumanistCommentSecularAgnosticBlogsIntelligent Design Author:Roger Ebert
“I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and twitter to contrive fiction.” PeopleThinkingUseFormFictionReaderHabitGoogleSevereBlogs Author:Patrick Nielsen Hayden
“I like to be challenged with language, so I start to do texts for my blogs that people can download, can spread. There is no commercial interest behind it. It's only for fun, like doing something that you really enjoy to do. I have texts that I write specifically for the internet and I put them there. I am interested in how readers also respond to the texts that I write to them.” PeopleWritingLanguageFunEnjoyInterestBehindsReaderInternetSpreadBlogsDownloads Author:Paulo Coelho
“I can't begin to predict how news will be delivered to readers in, say, 100 years. But I do know one thing that hasn't changed: Whatever the delivery system, whether it's a magazine, book or blog, people like vivid writing, strong stories and credible people. So while the venue is changing rapidly, human nature isn't, which I find soothing.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsHumansI CanBookStoriesStrongOne ThingHuman NatureChangedReaderNewsMagazinesVividBlogsDeliverySoothingCredibleVenues Author:Anna Quindlen
“I'm a reader of milblogs, but as with all blogs, the wheat/chaff ratio makes it a poor investment of time.” PoorReaderInvestmentBlogsWheatRatios Author:Garry Trudeau
“I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.” PeopleNeedsGivingShouldRealReasonPlayUseShowsSuccessReadingBusinessTechnologyReaderInternetHappeningsVideoHanging OutWeekendBeing RealBlogsHeadlinesClicksSensational Author:Fred Wilson
“Writing blog posts is totally freeing in a whole new way for me. I'm not writing it for any editor, and I'm not being paid, so I can say whatever I want. I don't have to justify the cost of a book to readers; they get it for free, so expectations are naturally low. (And no one-star reviews!)” WayWantWritingI CanBookWholeStarsReaderCostLowsExpectationsPaidPostsJustifyEditorsReviewsNew WaysBlogs Author:Kate Christensen