Comments on: 3 Weeks of Commenting: time for a break http://katefoy.com/2008/05/3-weeks-of-commenting-time-for-a-break/ A grab-bag of my interests: contemporary theatre, creativity, plus life and learning online Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah Stewart http://katefoy.com/2008/05/3-weeks-of-commenting-time-for-a-break/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Sarah Stewart Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:20:26 +0000 http://katefoy.com/?p=260#comment-257 {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/N5J7BmcllL_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":" "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/Eo8MG2QrMZ"}}} {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/N5J7BmcllL_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:” ”}”videoUri”:{“value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/Eo8MG2QrMZ”}}}

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://katefoy.com/2008/05/3-weeks-of-commenting-time-for-a-break/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Sarah Stewart Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:12:58 +0000 http://katefoy.com/?p=260#comment-256 I've come back to this thread because of the use of seesmic which I think is just awesome for connecting with people. So I'm going to have a play with it for day 27 of the challenge. I am a tad behind, but I've stopped stressing about that - this challenge is all about my learning, so I need to accept that its OK to do it in more than 31 days. I’ve come back to this thread because of the use of seesmic which I think is just awesome for connecting with people. So I’m going to have a play with it for day 27 of the challenge. I am a tad behind, but I’ve stopped stressing about that – this challenge is all about my learning, so I need to accept that its OK to do it in more than 31 days.

]]> By: Claire Thompson http://katefoy.com/2008/05/3-weeks-of-commenting-time-for-a-break/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Claire Thompson Thu, 29 May 2008 02:59:51 +0000 http://katefoy.com/?p=260#comment-242 I found that after the first week of the challenge I wasn't able to keep up. I wasn't (and am not) stressing about this. I don't feel guilty about it. We all have very busy lives and it is hard to commit to an 'extra' for 31 days solid. So we shouldn't beat ourselves up about falling behind :-) I have grown tremendously from the challenge and I know that I will get to doing almost all of the tasks eventually. @Michele, my first thought when you and the rest of the organizers pitched this challenge was "Holy cow, they're going to have to come up with 31 tasks for us!" And all this on your free time! So a big thank you to you and the rest of the organizers (Sue, Kim, and Sylvia). With regards to format for a challenge like this, another option might be one challenge a week. Or at the beginning of a month post 5-8 challenges to complete over the course of the month. Or start with one week of challenges followed up with one challenge a week, or... I have found the challenge to be a great inspiration for my blog posts; sometimes we get writers' block, and this challenge has given me many a reason to write up a new post. I've also connected with so many new people. Lastly, I think that the challenge has helped me to become a better blog citizen--reading lots of new posts, writing more comments (and hopefully more thoughtful comments...) I heart the Comment Challenge ;-) I found that after the first week of the challenge I wasn’t able to keep up. I wasn’t (and am not) stressing about this. I don’t feel guilty about it. We all have very busy lives and it is hard to commit to an ‘extra’ for 31 days solid. So we shouldn’t beat ourselves up about falling behind :-)

I have grown tremendously from the challenge and I know that I will get to doing almost all of the tasks eventually.

@Michele, my first thought when you and the rest of the organizers pitched this challenge was “Holy cow, they’re going to have to come up with 31 tasks for us!” And all this on your free time! So a big thank you to you and the rest of the organizers (Sue, Kim, and Sylvia).

With regards to format for a challenge like this, another option might be one challenge a week. Or at the beginning of a month post 5-8 challenges to complete over the course of the month. Or start with one week of challenges followed up with one challenge a week, or…

I have found the challenge to be a great inspiration for my blog posts; sometimes we get writers’ block, and this challenge has given me many a reason to write up a new post. I’ve also connected with so many new people. Lastly, I think that the challenge has helped me to become a better blog citizen–reading lots of new posts, writing more comments (and hopefully more thoughtful comments…)

I heart the Comment Challenge ;-)

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