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back alley
12-30-2004, 10:48
ok, i'm the first to admit that i'm basically an old fart and that i entered the age of electronics & computers & software kinda late.
but i like it and want to keep trying new stuff.
i have read about and looked at blogs lately. (that's web logs, for the truly uninitiated) and thought that i would like to give it a try.
late last night i discovered some free software from google that would let me do just that.
so i set up a blog and called it back alley sessions.
i've only made 2 entries so far but it's kinda cool (for an old fart) and i'm hoping to get it growing a bit.
it's also very frustrating cause i really don't have a clue as what i'm doing or how any of it really works.
i have been attempting to figure out how to post pics on it.
very frustrating!!
so, anyone here have have a blog or experience with blogs in general?
i'm curious to hear your comments.
joe
Aha, so the signature link was for that eh old wolf ? ;)
Btw just a tip, if you keep the 'target=_blank' section on the link body, the blog will open in a new window.
After following a friend's blog for a while I decided to start my own. Unfortunately after 5 or 6 posts I faced the sad reality that I had nothing to say :(
Mine was done with diaryland.com, and to insert pics you had to either upgrade (and pay) for server space or link them from an external site with html code...
So far I like a lot the simple, elegant (and black!) looks on yours, just that when I saw your 'backalley sessions' signature the image of you as a Techno-House DJ at a Disco in Ibiza crossed my mind during 2 or 3 seconds ;)
Todd.Hanz
12-30-2004, 11:33
I have a couple "photoblogs", they are designed for photographers (that's us). The one I use the most cost's me a couple bucks a month and here is the link to thier homepage:http://my-expressions.com/, it has some cool templates and options. Check out one of mine here: http://apeture.my-expressions.com/
Todd
Borghesia
12-30-2004, 11:58
I have a blog. Not really for photography , but often I post pictures and tell a story of a just purchased camera.
A blog is fun if you have enough spectators and people who are willing to place a comment.
Sometimes it can be quite rough, if hooligans invade your blog. I experienced that a few months ago, and it took me 3 weeks to clear them out.
My blog is in dutch, so most will not understand it : http://akhnaton.punt.nl
Joe, you like to write as well as take photos so I think a blog is a natural for you. Congratulations on trying one out!
I had a blog site for about a year and enjoyed it -- called it Musings on Photography. It was hosted on a friend's server and when he started winding his server down, I took the 49 entries and reposted them to my website:
http://www.northernjourney.com/photo/musings/
I've started a new blog on Blogger.com (Google) as well but I'm waiting until Jan 1 to post my first entry. Here's the link to the new blog which will start up in a couple of days:
http://northernjourney.blogspot.com/
Borghesia, I can't read Dutch but if I could I'd read your Blog!
Todd, I'll visit your blog asap.
BTW, Karen Nakamura just started a new blog:
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/
Gene
Todd.Hanz
12-30-2004, 13:01
Gene,
Great Blog, you are a talented writer. As you can see I post only images on my blog, I tend to ramble when I start writing and always end up off topic.
Todd
Thanks Todd. I do some occasional freelance writing and the Blog helps me keep some momentum on wordsmithing. You sure have some *excellent* photos in your blog!
Gene
back alley
12-30-2004, 17:47
thanks for the support guys.
oscar, i have a big mouth and endure enough daily depression that, while i may not have anyhing to say, i'm confident that i will find many words to say nothing in.
todd, i came across that site a while ago and, as usual, marveled at your work. you seem to have a crafted style, a casual approach but with enough edge, tension & intensity to make the images most interesting and leaving me wanting more.
gene, i do like to write and while i like any formal training or discipline for that matter, it leaves me feeling pretty good most of the time. i fancy myself the village story teller and just wish i could put in down on paper.
the blog will be mostly for some poetry though.
as for posting pics, google does not offer a hosting service but recommends 'hello' software for this purpose. i downloaded it but i can't figure it out.
and it's so simple too...:)
that's my next step, getting some shots on the blog.
joe
Originally posted by Gene
BTW, Karen Nakamura just started a new blog:
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/
Gene
Thanks for this link, Gene. I love reading her stuff!
Gordon Coale
12-30-2004, 18:28
Gene -- Thanks for the Karen Nakamura blog tip!
I've got a little blog that I've been doing for over four years. It's political and cultural in nature with photography links heavy in the cultural side. The political side is left leaning so if you think our current President is doing a good job or if you think we are doing fine in Iraq then you might want to avoid it. Lot's of good photography links, though.
gordon.coale (http://www.electricedge.com/greymatter/)
I've visited and read only one blog, that of the moody young wife of a guy twice her age who was a major troublemaker on an online forum I was hosting. I also corresponded with his vengefully-jilted ex-ladyfriend. He lived in a very bad neighborhood, and unsurprisingly he caused trouble wherever he went! I read the blog in hopes of insight into his soap-opera life, that could help me keep him more-or-less in line on the forum. It was sort of like reading a private diary. I'm not particularly inclined to read anyone else's blog, or start one myself. :(
Borghesia
12-30-2004, 23:03
For a pure Photoblog, and for the inspiration it always give me Pompu is exceptional. Take a look at his blog : http://www.pompu.com/
Todd.Hanz
12-31-2004, 05:14
Borghesia,
That is a cool blog, very creative!
Todd
I just started a blog with ModBlog (http://lilredspy.modblog.com) and with Blogspot (http://lilredspy.blogspot.com) - will see which one will work out better. I don't do too much writing...Thanks, Joe, for a great idea.
back alley
12-31-2004, 13:09
that would be j-o-e and you're welcome.
joe:)
Originally posted by backalley photo
that would be j-o-e and you're welcome.
joe:)
:))))) hey, at least I got 1/3 of it right!
I have a photoblog, referenced in my signature line. I started out a couple years ago using the Fotolog.net site, but have since migrated to using Flickr to host my images & blogger.com to host the actual 'blog.
Joe, have you started adding photo's yet?
furcafe, very nice, that is very much my style if I were to blog.
Red, great photographs on your website.
back alley
12-31-2004, 14:25
rover, no photo yet. i can't figure it out. very frustrated. bill m. has kindly offered to help me out.
furcafe, great site. what is flickr?
lrs, no problem. next week we can start you on numbers! lol
joe
Flickr is a photo sharing service & community operated out of Vancouver, BC (I believe).
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/about.gne
Originally posted by backalley photo
furcafe, great site. what is flickr?
joe
Flickr is a photo sharing service & community operated out of Vancouver, BC (I believe).
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/about.gne
Originally posted by backalley photo
rover, no photo yet. i can't figure it out. very frustrated. bill m. has kindly offered to help me out.
furcafe, great site. what is flickr?
lrs, no problem. next week we can start you on numbers! lol
joe
I started my new blog today -- Jan 1 seemed to be a perfect launch date. My blog entries tend to be mini-essays on photo-related topics with a picture or two attached. My first entry is 'Using Rangefinders'
Based on my experience with my previous blog, I expect to publish an entry a week or thereabouts.
http://northernjourney.blogspot.com/
Gene
back alley
01-02-2005, 12:44
very nicely done gene!
you write so well, so easy to understand & follow the line of thinking.
i'm envious. but pleased that you're a part of this all.
i don't see my blog being singly focused on photography or anything else for that matter as i'm too scattered in general.
but i'm excited by the experience itself.
joe
Gene, that's a very nice first entry!
Denis
Joe, let us know when you get started. I look forward to following your word adventures!
Denis, thanks so much!
Gene
back alley
01-02-2005, 14:27
started!
Excellent start, Joe! I was very moved by your poem 'heart at half mast' and I love the photos you've posted. I got ya bookmarked kid!
Gene
back alley
01-02-2005, 14:44
thank you sir.
joe
Wow great bunch of blogs here ! I admit I enjoy reading them and did with some others before joining this forum.
However, when I started my own, I discovered my approach didn't work. I've just thought about something new though, that is, simply to post a little story on each one of my paw's photos so with time it turns into some sort of blog.
New year, new projects :) Will try to do it with the 'old' 2004 one as well.
Gordon Coale
01-02-2005, 18:17
Maybe the omnipotent and omnipresent powers that run this forum with such an iron fist would set up a RFF members list of blogs? I would be interested in what other RFF members have to blog about.
I've created a blog myself (after reading this thread) and was wondering who is with modblog.com ? I have an option to add "friends" there....
http://lilredspy.modblog.com
Over the Holidays I had aspirations to do more photography and related writing in the new year, but as always life is getting in the way.
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Dominic
got as far as thinking up a bit of a mission statement then stopped....
Joe, I love your line: I'm no picnic, but you bring you share of ants to the blanket. I love that!
Nat, Vlad, thanks for the links! I've added them to my Blogs bookmark folder!
Gene
back alley
01-27-2005, 13:05
thanks frank!
gene, how do you add links to the blog?
i haven't been able to find that info.
and i just wanted to tell you that i look forward to your weekly entries. i really enjoy your style of writing.
joe
digitalox
01-27-2005, 13:32
Guess I'm outnumbered but I think blogs in general are booorrrringgg. ZZZzzzz. ZZZZzzzz. Put me right to sleep. ;)
Thanks kindly, Joe. I'll PM you some stuff on adding links.
Scott, they vary enormously in their content and purpose. Depends on the blogger. But whether you like 'em or not is obviously a personal thing. I'm not into movies -- can't abide most of them ...
Gene
digitalox
01-27-2005, 15:23
Very true do vary quite a bit. My friend was telling me about about how their are audio blogs now, in mp3. People can tell a poem, rant, rave, list off their RF gear, or anything. Then you download it. Pretty strange concept. Reading is one thing, but actually diseminating our voices across the world with a click and then all these strangers are listening in. The world just gets more and more connected!
back alley
01-27-2005, 15:41
The world just gets more and more connected!
don't you think that's a good thing?
for example, i 'met' people here and from that meeting have come to buy & sell cameras and gear.
also discovered that i like gene's style of writing, rover's sense of humour, oscar's sincerity, etc.
i like blogs cause it's a way to show some of my photos and poems and rants to people who may want to see/read them.
i don't have to send to individuals but they can pick & chose if/when they want to view.
i kinda like this 'new' connectedness.
joe
I also have a blog at http://pukupi.com but it has absolutely nothing to do with photography and instead focuses on my other passion/career.
Now that I'm RFing I am very tempted to put up a photo blog again.
back alley
01-27-2005, 16:18
kyle,
what language is that in? ;)
joe
btw welcome to the blog, er forum.
joe
Cool stuff, Kyle! Just picked up a Dell Axim 50 for my wife to use in her genealogical research. I have fun catching WiFi zones and surfing with the little unit!
Gene
I've got a blog too, ya know. :)
http://remylang.blogspot.com/
But I'm lazy and usually don't have anything interesting to write about.
Right now I'm slowly transcribing my Mongolia diary, and I'll try to send my diary entries of my upcoming trip to Mongolia to the blog on a regular basis. It'll be Mongolian New Year, meaning everyone will be drunk for three days and all the internet cafés closed, so there might be some gaps in the reporting. :p
Joe,
While my Japanese isn't terrible it's not too far from terrible. ;)
GeneW,
Thanks. The Axim is a tidy piece of gear although maybe not as cool as my latest Japanese mobile ;)
Remy, thanks for the link! I'll watch for the Mongolian entries!
Pukupi, the tech toys keep getting better and better!
Gene
Ohyboy! Now I have at least one person taking a peek at my blog once in a while! Now I'll have to get a bit more serious about maintaining it. :)
So many links to bookmark on this thread !
back alley
01-28-2005, 05:26
Originally posted by RML
Ohyboy! Now I have at least one person taking a peek at my blog once in a while! Now I'll have to get a bit more serious about maintaining it. :)
make that 2 remy!
i'm starting to relly like these blogs, i visit gene's, todd's and karen m's blog regularly and now yours is on my list.
joe
Pherdinand
01-28-2005, 05:27
Originally posted by backalley photo
i'm starting to relly like these blogs, i visit gene's, todd's and karen m's blog regularly and now yours is on my list.
joe
Joe, will that be to the detriment of your RFF contribution? We hope not! :D
But if it does it'll give all of us a chance to catch up with him. :)
Over 3500 posts he's clocked already!
The new campaign for this year, 'Back Alley 5000 10000 !' :D
back alley
01-28-2005, 08:58
5000?
that should be easy enough...;)
joe
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