Comments on: Blogger thoughts on building community http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Assech Omega http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-248592 Assech Omega Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:17:45 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-248592 <a href="http://www.chineseenergetics.com" rel="nofollow"> Energy Psychology </a> this is really interesting and better!!
Energy Psychology

this is really interesting and better!!

]]> By: Recruiting Animal http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-9482 Recruiting Animal Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:23:45 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-9482 Hey, I would have invited you to join RecruitingBloggers.com if I knew you were interested. Of course, maybe 9Rules is better -- though I've never heard of them! Hey, I would have invited you to join RecruitingBloggers.com if I knew you were interested.

Of course, maybe 9Rules is better — though I've never heard of them!

]]> By: Jason Alba http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8534 Jason Alba Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:33:40 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8534 Yahoo, congrats and felicidades! You are a great blogger with a smart community. I have the same problem where I feel like I revisit the same stuff, but I figure I can have my general "ideas" (as mentioned above) as categories... that is the breadth of my blog. I can go anywhere I want and explore deeper, or specific areas of these categories, and that is the depth. And since this is your blog, you can define the breadth and depth however you want. And of course, mood may dictate covering old ground, but for new readers it ain't so old, and I love how Tamar puts it, as we may have read it a few months ago but life experiences have changed us and we may read it with a different perspective. Looking forward to reading more of your stuff in more places! Yahoo, congrats and felicidades! You are a great blogger with a smart community.

I have the same problem where I feel like I revisit the same stuff, but I figure I can have my general "ideas" (as mentioned above) as categories… that is the breadth of my blog. I can go anywhere I want and explore deeper, or specific areas of these categories, and that is the depth. And since this is your blog, you can define the breadth and depth however you want.

And of course, mood may dictate covering old ground, but for new readers it ain't so old, and I love how Tamar puts it, as we may have read it a few months ago but life experiences have changed us and we may read it with a different perspective.

Looking forward to reading more of your stuff in more places!

]]> By: Wendy http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8489 Wendy Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:08:13 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8489 Hi Penelope, I'm so glad that you and your blog are getting the recognition you deserve. Your column has helped me considerably over the years as I changed careers twice and jobs one more time. I've been reading you since your Business 2.0 days and have found it enjoyable seeing how your perspective has changed from one focused purely on "career" to one that looks at the relationship between career and life -- or looks at career as part of life, and not separate from it. I'll now have to check out 9 Rules and the Washington Post community. Take care, Wendy Hi Penelope,

I'm so glad that you and your blog are getting the recognition you deserve. Your column has helped me considerably over the years as I changed careers twice and jobs one more time.

I've been reading you since your Business 2.0 days and have found it enjoyable seeing how your perspective has changed from one focused purely on "career" to one that looks at the relationship between career and life — or looks at career as part of life, and not separate from it.

I'll now have to check out 9 Rules and the Washington Post community.

Take care,

Wendy

]]> By: Diana http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8410 Diana Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:33:48 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8410 Many congratulations!! I think the danger is not just repeating topics, but repeating ideas. If you just revisit the same topics and make the same points, and perhaps just add more links to newer research, you're not really adding anything to your previous analysis. However, this being a career blog and all, there *are* certain topics that will always come up, because that's what people are asking about (job search, life management, diversity in the workplace, etc.). But I think you do a really great job of bringing up new topics outside of what people would normally discuss, or presenting a fresh perspective on "stale" topics. That's what keeps me coming back to this blog. Many congratulations!!

I think the danger is not just repeating topics, but repeating ideas. If you just revisit the same topics and make the same points, and perhaps just add more links to newer research, you're not really adding anything to your previous analysis.

However, this being a career blog and all, there *are* certain topics that will always come up, because that's what people are asking about (job search, life management, diversity in the workplace, etc.). But I think you do a really great job of bringing up new topics outside of what people would normally discuss, or presenting a fresh perspective on "stale" topics. That's what keeps me coming back to this blog.

]]> By: PunditMom http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8330 PunditMom Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:39:30 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8330 WOW! Congratulations! Those are great opportunities and well-deserved! WOW! Congratulations! Those are great opportunities and well-deserved!

]]> By: Bill C. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8264 Bill C. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:21:37 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8264 Congrats on the bump-up! :D As far as being repetitious, it's definitely something to watch out for, but blogging is like building something. Ideas that you're coming up with now are based on ideas that you stated before. The people that have been reading your column(s) for a long time already know what you're about in those areas, so it's going to look redundant to them. The new people are going to need the repetition in order to be able to understand what you're basing your new ideas on. I suppose the best way to NOT be redundant would be to be able to remember every single post where you had certain ideas and link back to them instead of re-stating them. However, that takes a lot of time, memory and energy compared to re-stating those ideas and letting the regulars skim that section and move on. Congrats on the bump-up! :D

As far as being repetitious, it's definitely something to watch out for, but blogging is like building something. Ideas that you're coming up with now are based on ideas that you stated before. The people that have been reading your column(s) for a long time already know what you're about in those areas, so it's going to look redundant to them. The new people are going to need the repetition in order to be able to understand what you're basing your new ideas on.

I suppose the best way to NOT be redundant would be to be able to remember every single post where you had certain ideas and link back to them instead of re-stating them. However, that takes a lot of time, memory and energy compared to re-stating those ideas and letting the regulars skim that section and move on.

]]> By: Tamar http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8232 Tamar Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:10:02 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8232 GOOD FOR YOU. And for us! Hooray. You're a top resource for intelligent being, thinking, and doing. As for repeating yourself, until it appears you are suffering from a health problem, keep it up. Jewish custom is to read the Torah — Five Books of Moses (Hebrew Bible) starting with Genesis... word by word every year. Just as we can never step into the same river twice, we can never hear something the same way we heard it on previous encounters. The river and we change, and while the Torah remains the same, we don't. So you, Penelope, are different each time you repurpose a piece, and we are different – wiser if we're lucky — on re-reading or revisiting your points, each successive iteration offering a new twist. GOOD FOR YOU. And for us! Hooray. You're a top resource for intelligent being, thinking, and doing. As for repeating yourself, until it appears you are suffering from a health problem, keep it up. Jewish custom is to read the Torah — Five Books of Moses (Hebrew Bible) starting with Genesis… word by word every year. Just as we can never step into the same river twice, we can never hear something the same way we heard it on previous encounters. The river and we change, and while the Torah remains the same, we don't. So you, Penelope, are different each time you repurpose a piece, and we are different – wiser if we're lucky — on re-reading or revisiting your points, each successive iteration offering a new twist.

]]> By: Katelyn Sack http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-8229 Katelyn Sack Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:03:22 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/12/22/searching-the-soul-of-the-blog/#comment-8229 Congratulations on your 9Rules and WaPo coups! I'm so glad more and more people are noticing what a great job you do promoting discourse, building on your best-loved themes while introducing new insights into the mix every day. Congratulations on your 9Rules and WaPo coups! I'm so glad more and more people are noticing what a great job you do promoting discourse, building on your best-loved themes while introducing new insights into the mix every day.

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