tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post9213253855428389767..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Where has all the blogging gone?Steve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-34894866328671208462015-09-10T15:00:29.193+01:002015-09-10T15:00:29.193+01:00Thank you for the kind words Hasty. maybe your Sea...Thank you for the kind words Hasty. maybe your Seagulls will be playing my Spurs in the Premiership next season? I hope so for Chris Hughton's sake.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-1108162107674549012015-09-10T14:58:46.838+01:002015-09-10T14:58:46.838+01:00You're right Neil, blogging and website mainte...You're right Neil, blogging and website maintenance take up a lot of time, and if it is done as a labour of love, then who are we to assume that new material will magically appear. Here's hoping that you get enough time away from the mouse and keyboard for a bit of birding this autumn...Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-76252997317706148002015-09-10T14:56:14.821+01:002015-09-10T14:56:14.821+01:00Derek, it's a shame that members of societies ...Derek, it's a shame that members of societies that are unwilling to embrace, or don't understand 'new technology' are being marginalised. All should be catered for.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-61592620550677443272015-09-10T14:54:02.508+01:002015-09-10T14:54:02.508+01:00I know what you mean Simon, after a few days away ...I know what you mean Simon, after a few days away from blogging the old stats don't look so healthy!Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-51695957069299095242015-09-10T08:29:03.958+01:002015-09-10T08:29:03.958+01:00Couldn't agree with you more Steve.
Reliable...Couldn't agree with you more Steve.<br /><br />Reliable bloggers like Plodding Birder, Matt Eade, yourself and Birding the Selsey Peninsula provide regular updates for the rest of us, making it easier to plan a visit to specific sites.<br /><br />Also, as an inexperienced, late arrival to birding, good blogs provide me with valuable insights into the activities of the seasoned birders and I learn a lot from them.<br /><br />Long may you keep going!hastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097555499412840101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-61468437396995067292015-09-10T00:29:30.174+01:002015-09-10T00:29:30.174+01:00I agree with you Steve. I always go to your blog f...I agree with you Steve. I always go to your blog first to read, as apart from Jono Lethbridge, no-one else I follow writes as regularly – or as well! I admit I don't write as often I did, but like anything else in life that's free, it takes effort! Also running both a blog and the Holmethorpe site take time as I seem to be getting more busy as I get older (I thought it was supposed to get easier). I've noticed how many important sites don't get the coverage they deserve. Records in some areas are patchy at best, which is a shame. Others, on the other hand are very good. Locally, Reculver, Oare, Sandwich Bay on KOS, London Bird Club, Surrey Birders and Bird Club, Sussex OS all are reliable sources of up-to-date info. It's a shame one or two notable names both current and in the past have either stopped or virtually stopped blogging. Factorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164747997397980883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-17069803885495709472015-09-09T14:55:30.986+01:002015-09-09T14:55:30.986+01:00Well if the Kent Ornithological Society website is...Well if the Kent Ornithological Society website is anything to go by (I've been of the KOS since 1959), you're right, blogging is diminishing. They have a number of members blogs attached to the website but several are not up-dated now, some for three years!.<br />It is clear on their website, as I have been told, that any member not having a Twitter or Facebook account (me) will be left behind and to be honest, it would appear, ignored. The KOS Forum and linked blogs are fast being non-used and Facebook and Twitter taking over - neither are for me I'm afraid and so this long term member will fall by the wayside and simply continue with his old-fashioned blog.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-50657845706041766872015-09-09T14:24:58.420+01:002015-09-09T14:24:58.420+01:00Well I get paranoid my numbers are going to drop i...Well I get paranoid my numbers are going to drop if I don't keep at it, after having fought for so long to get them up to a reasonable level. It's also a calling card for job hunting, and also keeps my local friends informed of what is going on but a few hundred yards from the doorsteps. There's so much folk miss in my town.Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com