May 2008
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What do you do on a day off?
Ironically perhaps, I thought this was a pretty good question to ask of fellow commenters on the 31 Day Comment Challenge. It’s a day off for me since I’ve done all the tasks so far and we’re roughly half way through the challenge. Where did those days go to? So when you’re not blogging, what
Continue reading ...And my Fantastic Commenter award goes to …
Michele Martin of the Bamboo Project Blog! Michele’s comments are thoughtful, incisive, supportive and knowing. Her comments are prolific but never shallow, and she’s always there for you. Thanks Michele.
Continue reading ...Comment as a sigh: over to you
Today’s 31 Day Comment Challenge asks that we turn the blog over to our readers. OK. I’m up for it. Here’s the task. I’m a voice coach a lot of the time. When I’m working with a class of actors, I’ll often ask them to ‘drop in a breath and to sigh out how they
Continue reading ...Comments as Inspiration
Where to begin on this one? I seem to have done little apart from read comments this week, and then trackback to the blog posts that spawned them. That was an interesting exercise in itself, and as is the way of blogs, one of Tony Karrer’s recent posts on eLearning Technology tracked me back to
Continue reading ...A blog comment policy? Who, me?
Image: thanks ifindkarma Day 11 and we’re getting into the pointy end part of the 31 Day Comment Challenge. Today we’re to write a comment policy for our blog. No, I don’t think so … not for me. This isn’t because I don’t think it’s a good idea to know and respect the boundaries of
Continue reading ...Comment08: Day 9 … a comment self-audit
OK. I think I probably sound like a ‘know it all.’ And I’m going to blame this on my day-job! I know I try not to sound this way … and I also try to avoid the sweeping statement that sets you up for a fall. I guess it’s a balancing act between sounding as
Continue reading ...Postcard of a project
I’ve been working with a team of students for the past 10 weeks on what we call a production project. It’s a period of engagement with a particular play with all of their classes, training, workshops, rehearsals etc., being focussed on the final outcome … a public production. The students are in their second year
Continue reading ...To comment or not to comment … that is the question
Image: thanks aslakr I’m also pondering the same question: whether or not ’tis better to respond via a blog post, acknowledge the stimulus, and create pingbacks, or to converse via comments. For me it depends on the nature of the post … its content and tone. Whilst I’m doing my best to rise to the
Continue reading ...Back from a big dark room
That’s where I’ve been for a week or more … in the theatre sitting out front at the director’s desk. The Groundling apologises to readers for the long time between drinks; theatre has a habit of taking over your life when you’re in a production. Thus, an excuse for neglecting my scribbles here. I’ve been
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5 x 5 = 5: Are you kidding?
Image via Wikipedia So, 5 comments on each of 5 blogs … in 5 minutes? I’m reminded of speed dating here! Your comments have got to appear confident, thoughtful and not (heaven forbid) superficial. Wow! I set myself the task of leaving something that was focussed and hopefully, generative. So, I’ll let you judge for
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