Comments on: Beer, Blogging and me. Past, Present, Future. http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/ A blog about folk(ish) music and real ale / craft beer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Darren Turpin http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Darren Turpin Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:51:53 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-864 Cheers Carl - very nice of you to say so. And I've checked out carlpurkins.blogspot.com today and subscribed to the RSS feed, so you can count me as a new reader :) And it's never a problem re: volume of comments, mate. Absolutely a case of the more the merrier as far as I'm concerned! Cheers Carl – very nice of you to say so. And I’ve checked out carlpurkins.blogspot.com today and subscribed to the RSS feed, so you can count me as a new reader :)

And it’s never a problem re: volume of comments, mate. Absolutely a case of the more the merrier as far as I’m concerned!

]]> By: Carl Purkins http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Carl Purkins Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:06:31 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-863 This sounds about right. I don't like most beer blogs for precisely the reason's Pete Brown talks about and many do seem to be about one-up-man-ship but yours is different... a fellow northerner speaking knowledgably, passionately and enthusiastically about ale. I'm glad to have stumbled on it! Speaking for myself, I've been writing a blog since 2006 but despite this I still seem to have no readers at all (apart from the odd American who wants to download a copy of an old Disney album I once posted). I've written loosely about beer but it isn't meant to be the driving force. Rather, the things I blog about are the sorts of things I'd talk about with my mates down the pub. I don't particularly care that no one seems to read it. I've found it annoying in the past but I do it for me more then anyone. It's a nice way of keeping an informal diary if nothing else. P.S. - Sorry I've left so many comments on your blog tonight. I only discovered it earlier on and I've been reading avidly and agreeing for the most part and felt I had something to share. This sounds about right.

I don’t like most beer blogs for precisely the reason’s Pete Brown talks about and many do seem to be about one-up-man-ship but yours is different… a fellow northerner speaking knowledgably, passionately and enthusiastically about ale. I’m glad to have stumbled on it!

Speaking for myself, I’ve been writing a blog since 2006 but despite this I still seem to have no readers at all (apart from the odd American who wants to download a copy of an old Disney album I once posted). I’ve written loosely about beer but it isn’t meant to be the driving force. Rather, the things I blog about are the sorts of things I’d talk about with my mates down the pub. I don’t particularly care that no one seems to read it. I’ve found it annoying in the past but I do it for me more then anyone. It’s a nice way of keeping an informal diary if nothing else.

P.S. – Sorry I’ve left so many comments on your blog tonight. I only discovered it earlier on and I’ve been reading avidly and agreeing for the most part and felt I had something to share.

]]> By: Darren Turpin http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Darren Turpin Mon, 17 May 2010 12:05:39 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-862 Hi Impy - Thank you for calling by! I've always enjoyed your (and some of my other favourite beer-bloggers') story-telling approach to blogging, it's something I've been attempting to emulate (although I think I still need to work on telling shorter stories). And I agree completely with the idea that 'no posts = dead blog' is a false assumption. Obviously 'no posts for a year or more = dead blog' is safer ground (I've got a couple of those to my name) but this often self-generated pressure to post incessantly can create the sort of angst that just sucks the joy right out of blogging and seems to be the exact opposite of why you should take it up as a hobby in the first place. I also think it's important to make the distinction between a hobby-blog (like this one) and a pro- or semi-pro-blog which is set up for the purpose of developing and building a growing awareness (of an individual, a brand, a company, a movement), especially if that blog needs to generate a lot of momentum in order to succeed. It all depends on how you define 'success' in the first place, of course (there are a couple of blog posts I could write on that topic, but I suspect it's all been said better elsewhere already). Cheers! Hi Impy – Thank you for calling by! I’ve always enjoyed your (and some of my other favourite beer-bloggers’) story-telling approach to blogging, it’s something I’ve been attempting to emulate (although I think I still need to work on telling shorter stories). And I agree completely with the idea that ‘no posts = dead blog’ is a false assumption. Obviously ‘no posts for a year or more = dead blog’ is safer ground (I’ve got a couple of those to my name) but this often self-generated pressure to post incessantly can create the sort of angst that just sucks the joy right out of blogging and seems to be the exact opposite of why you should take it up as a hobby in the first place.

I also think it’s important to make the distinction between a hobby-blog (like this one) and a pro- or semi-pro-blog which is set up for the purpose of developing and building a growing awareness (of an individual, a brand, a company, a movement), especially if that blog needs to generate a lot of momentum in order to succeed. It all depends on how you define ‘success’ in the first place, of course (there are a couple of blog posts I could write on that topic, but I suspect it’s all been said better elsewhere already).

Cheers!

]]> By: Impy Malting http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Impy Malting Sun, 16 May 2010 07:32:10 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-861 Thanks for linking. Initially, my blog started as very personal tasting notes, inspired by the fantastic notes the Hot Knives were writing (vegetarian chefs in Los Angeles). Their notes were always highly entertaining and funny, and they gave each beer a food pairing and soundtrack. (http://www.urbanhonking.com/hotknives/2010/01/tk_promo_title.html) But then it seemed that the beer story my blog was trying to tell just expanded to include places and people and their stories, or my stories. But sometimes they don't and that's when it just feels futile to keep posting just because there's this notion that if you stop your blog dies! Thanks for linking. Initially, my blog started as very personal tasting notes, inspired by the fantastic notes the Hot Knives were writing (vegetarian chefs in Los Angeles). Their notes were always highly entertaining and funny, and they gave each beer a food pairing and soundtrack. (http://www.urbanhonking.com/ho.....title.html)

But then it seemed that the beer story my blog was trying to tell just expanded to include places and people and their stories, or my stories. But sometimes they don’t and that’s when it just feels futile to keep posting just because there’s this notion that if you stop your blog dies!

]]> By: Tandleman http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Tandleman Sun, 16 May 2010 07:04:28 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-860 Darren - We'' ll sort something out. Darren – We” ll sort something out.

]]> By: Darren Turpin http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Darren Turpin Fri, 14 May 2010 13:42:10 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-859 Cheers Mark! The Sheffield Tap is top of the Friday afternoon wishlist. I'll drop you a line when we know we're heading over there, see if we can meet up. Cheers Mark! The Sheffield Tap is top of the Friday afternoon wishlist. I’ll drop you a line when we know we’re heading over there, see if we can meet up.

]]> By: Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.com http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.com Fri, 14 May 2010 13:33:59 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-858 Actually that goes for Huddersfield, Manchester, wherever! Long live the M62 corridor ;-) Actually that goes for Huddersfield, Manchester, wherever! Long live the M62 corridor ;-)

]]> By: Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.com http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.com Fri, 14 May 2010 13:32:57 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-857 Come and see us for a pint in Leeds or Sheffield Darren. Come and see us for a pint in Leeds or Sheffield Darren.

]]> By: Darren Turpin http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Darren Turpin Fri, 14 May 2010 07:23:07 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-856 Cheers Tandleman, that'd be great. How about a swift one in the Trackside some time? Or I could get on the bus to Middleton. Or there's always the string of Holt's pubs round my neck of the woods. Let's set something up :) Looking forward to your own piece on the subject as well. Cheers Tandleman, that’d be great. How about a swift one in the Trackside some time? Or I could get on the bus to Middleton. Or there’s always the string of Holt’s pubs round my neck of the woods. Let’s set something up :)

Looking forward to your own piece on the subject as well.

]]> By: Tandleman http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/beer-blogging-and-me-past-present-future/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Tandleman Fri, 14 May 2010 06:52:55 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=3610#comment-855 Well if you ever fancy a pint with a local CAMRA Champion, I'm not a million miles away. Nice post that and it reflects I think, the doubts all of us bloggers have from time to time. I'll be doing my response to Pete soon, but my ideas of what I want to say are still forming. Well if you ever fancy a pint with a local CAMRA Champion, I’m not a million miles away. Nice post that and it reflects I think, the doubts all of us bloggers have from time to time.

I’ll be doing my response to Pete soon, but my ideas of what I want to say are still forming.

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