Comments on: A Blog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas – British Library Talk

By: annette

annette — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:37:47 +0000

That’s such an interesting perspective Mark and I hear this from professional writers of all disciplines (reluctance to blog for free).. I wonder if it’s about the quality of the experience – do I need a poet to read to me to enjoy his/her work? whereas I know I need a coach or consultant to work with me to get the benefit of their work .. lots to think about!

By: The wonderful world of web 2.0 « Whitehall Webby - digital media in government

Sun, 13 May 2007 10:30:19 +0000

[...] Mark has posted up a whole page of resources on his blog – slides from his presentation, must read books, on blogging, links to good examples of blogging, link to an article about the legal implications of blogging, and a good explanation of what RSS is all about. Well worth a read if you want to get some background info to all this stuff. [...]

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:18:54 +0000

David, Deb – glad you liked it!

Ben, Darren – thanks, great to hear from such esteemed bloggers.

Annette – it’s funny, I was thinking about that in relation to poetry this week. Fortunately we poets have no illusions about earning money from our writing! But I don’t publish many poems online because I’d rather have them published in magazines – it’s much more valuable to me to have a poem placed in a respected magazine than it would be to put it on my poetry blog. With this blog it’s the opposite – the more my ideas spread, the better off I am (as long as I’m acknowledged as the source!) so I’m happy to publish lots of stuff for free.

Jeremy – thanks, I’m glad you appreciated the pragmatism! I loved Paul’s enthusiasm and share it myself, I just think it’s wise to temper it with a consideration of the pitfalls. Thankfully there’s a lot more good news than bad as far as blogging’s concerned!

By: Jeremy Gould

Jeremy Gould — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:14:48 +0000

Mark, thanks for an excellent, and very pragmatic, view of the value of blogging. I came to the event to hear Paul speaking (as I’d heard him before and wanted to have a chance to touch base). Paul was his excellent, enthusiastic Paulness but I was also struck by your tempered enthusiasm with a good recognition of the risks and drawbacks.

On top of my day job I have been working on a view of how government can engage with social media – current practise, its role, permission to engage etc – your talk was inspirational. Thanks very much.

By: Deborah Khan

Deborah Khan — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:43:15 +0000

Invlauable, claer and comprehansive as ever Mark. Sorry I couldn’t be there. Like the shirt too…

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:49:39 +0000

Sounds like a great presentation Mark – thanks for the kind mention

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:49:15 +0000

Thanks for the mention!

By: content to be different » Blog Archive » The Art of conversation

content to be different » Blog Archive » The Art of conversation — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:56:33 +0000

[...] Last night gave a talk for CreatveKX to a group of artists and creative professionals who are peeping round the corner of the Live Web and thinking: “this might be useful”. Followed on from the excellent Mike who’s frighteningly efficient at following up his talk with goodies available here. He even includes a picture of himself. (He took one of me but I’ll spare ya!). Here at C2BD you’ll have to make do with the podcast (17MB) and the inevitable (cue joke) PowerPoint. [...]

By: annette

annette — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:40:15 +0000

On another note Mark – I hear a lot from writers in particular that they’re reluctant to publish their work “free” on a blog..how do you reconcile that for yourself (the poet part of you!)..

By: annette

annette — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:39:28 +0000

Great post Mark – similar minds at work here as I’m going to be making a not dissimilar presentation to Irish arts and cultural organisations here in the next few weeks – I’ll draw on some of your resources as well as the ones I have come across myself…thanks for posting this!