tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post116201514258967231..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: SEDUCTION - Part IIIJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162619655599751742006-11-03T21:54:00.000-08:002006-11-03T21:54:00.000-08:00Really appreciate all you experienced bloggers sha...Really appreciate all you experienced bloggers sharing abit of the process and timelines for when you first started reading, then evolved to blogging. <BR/><BR/>Probably if I hadn't had the encouragement I received, I would have taken much longer, maybe never, getting to this point. Now that I'm here, what do I do???joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162177645173874732006-10-29T19:07:00.000-08:002006-10-29T19:07:00.000-08:00Two years ago I had read something about "blogs" i...Two years ago I had read something about "blogs" in the newspaper and I thought "Well why not" so I started my blog and then I started fishing around for other blogs to read and found Ronni's "Time Goes By" and I was hooked. <BR/><BR/>The links to other blogs that Ronni had posted led to a whole new world; one step at a time to Robert Brady's Purelandmountain in Japan to Claude's in Paris and allChancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162156994450943972006-10-29T13:23:00.000-08:002006-10-29T13:23:00.000-08:00Well, Millie and I have something in common...only...Well, Millie and I have something in common...only it was my daughter, Jory, co-founder of the BlogHer Network and Conference, who kept urging me to start my own blog. And, when Ronni and several other bloggers put their two cents in for support, it seemed like the most natural next step. Jory set me up...and here I am. I haven't ever regretted it. It's quite a different thing than just Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162152690887853402006-10-29T12:11:00.000-08:002006-10-29T12:11:00.000-08:00What a great way you started your blog, you starte...What a great way you started your blog, you started by telling us about your seduction - makes sense.<BR/><BR/>I plunged right in, really didn't have any idea of what I was getting into. I've been interviewed many times and the story I tell goes like this.<BR/><BR/>I saw an article in the Boston Globe about blogging, it had something to do with computers so I asked my son Steve, "what's bloggingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162144269456318572006-10-29T09:51:00.000-08:002006-10-29T09:51:00.000-08:00Claude,Joared might wanna wait on the Beta version...Claude,<BR/>Joared might wanna wait on the Beta version. The interface might be easier, but there are a world of other problems. For myself, I am waiting.<BR/><BR/>Thinking back, my first attempt at a blog made me wince, then laugh at myself. Just what was the big deal? It felt awkward and silly. I even deleted my first attempt totally. Waited a few months, then started anew. It took about Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162133306627430712006-10-29T06:48:00.000-08:002006-10-29T06:48:00.000-08:00It may have taken Claude a shorter time than you, ...It may have taken Claude a shorter time than you, but it took me a great deal longer than you to come out of the lurker (hoverer) closet. I was reading blogs, fascinated, from 1999 on. It took four more years before I started mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1162124956646028172006-10-29T04:29:00.000-08:002006-10-29T04:29:00.000-08:00I followed the same path as you, from being a lurk...I followed the same path as you, from being a lurker (hoverer) to blogging, except I guess it was shorter. And recently, I HAVE met some bloggers I only knew from the blogosphere, most of them in public places, but one, at HER place. And mind you, all of them were pretty much how I had imagined them to be, from reading their posts!<BR/>Have you tried the new interface of blogger.com, the one in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com