Comments on: Running on Faith

By: Allan Gyorke

Allan Gyorke — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:07:31 +0000

Hey Cole. Just this morning, we started talking about a “One X per day” challenge for July. Not necessarily a blog post — we’ve done that. Maybe one picture a day. One video a day. One story a day. I think it would be up to each of us to choose our X — and the form of X doesn’t have to be the same from day to day. You could choose a picture with commentary one day, a 12second.tv video the next, an interview the third day, etc…

By: ing About Not ing » CogDogBlog

________ing About Not ________ing » CogDogBlog — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:58:01 +0000

[...] Despite Cole’s assertion I have never made a rule about “blogging about not blogging.” This was actually something I heard at a presentation last February at Northern Voice as more of an observation of how often we start a post by “I am sorry I have not blogged I a long time…” or “It’s been so long since I blogged…” Whomever said that made the extension that much of twitter is about tweeting abut tweeting or not tweeting. [...]

By: Shannon H

Shannon H — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:13:18 +0000

I like what @Alan Levine said about narrating the work we do. It is about the process, not the product.

Sometimes its just disparate thoughts and sometimes its deep connection and fleshed out thoughts. Either way it is all part of the narrative. Keep at it Cole!

By: Cole Camplese

Cole Camplese — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:16:38 +0000

@Mary That's the thing, I'm thrilled when people do stop by. Finding the balance between worrying that people won't want to read and just narrating the work I do (as @ Alan Levine says so perfectly). In many ways, quite a bit of the writing I do here is about telling stories about my/our work and I really enjoy being able to reflect on it in the open. I think at the end of the day it needs to be about finding your voice and making sure you use it.

By: Alan Levine

Alan Levine — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:54:16 +0000

Yo, that’s not my rule!

But ironically, you’ve touched on a blog post that has been brewing.

I blog for myself, Period. If someone else gets something out of it, bonus. But is my record, my story, and if I don’t do it when the thoughts occur, it’s gone. Jon Udell had a piece in one of his recent podcasts about this concept of narrating the work we do– even more than assembling artifacts in the portfolio sense, it is the story of what we do in our work that matters over a long run.

Blog when the mood is right, when its wrong, just keep the story going.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:29:46 +0000

So, will it ruin the spirit of the moment if you know I’ve stopped by? I think there is a place for both capturing moments and fleshing out.

One of my favorite postmodern authors, who was once on the Penn State faculty and lived in Pine Grove Mills, John Barth, writes whole novels where he writes about writing or not writing (and won a National Book Award), so I don’t know how that fits in with the rule you cite not to blog about blogging or not blogging.

Your post also makes me think of the notebooks kept by artists with quick sketches, later fleshed out in full-fledged works.

Now, in my case, being a less confident person, I always worry about “you” in the collective sense and am deeply worried if no one comments on my blog posts. I guess I shouldn’t care, but it’s difficult for me.