tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post8560503829849411954..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-74579030372793868562007-08-07T17:21:16.000-07:002007-08-07T17:21:16.000-07:00Co-blogging definitely changes your sense of audie...Co-blogging definitely changes your sense of audience and expectation; since Pica and I write differently, and I don't do her department as well as she does, I had more trouble coming up with anything that seemed adequate and ended up not posting much at all by the end. The joint blog was nice as an artifact, but we both probably do better with separate spheres.uncle paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-4988317554397568602007-08-08T21:41:12.000-07:002007-08-08T21:41:12.000-07:00When we traveled together, co-blogging was fun - w...When we traveled together, co-blogging was fun - we got to tell different stories in different ways. But then you have the same story told in a different way, or that you want to tell in a different way, or want to illustrate with different photos...and so it goes from there. We're both kind of headstrong, and we agreed to tag-team our travel. And now I keep mine up independently.<br /><br />But on another weird note, my good friend from DC just happened to recommend Andrea Barrett to me as an author, completely out of the blue - and there it is on your recently read list!wabesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-49796077735953397982007-08-09T07:05:42.000-07:002007-08-09T07:05:42.000-07:00that was a read for work, wabes, but i liked it en...that was a read for work, wabes, but i liked it enough that i wanted to check out an earlier book of hers with the same characters - <i>ship fever</i>, i believe it was called? - and was disappointed to learn that it's a short story collection rather than another novel (not to hate on collections at all, i was just hoping for a novel). i think you'd like TAWB, though - it's about TB patients at a sanitorium in the adirondacks at the beginning of WWI. i don't think it comes out for a few more months, but i could bring you the ladymag copy if you like - lemme know.laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-5341258723071400592007-08-09T19:13:55.000-07:002007-08-09T19:13:55.000-07:00I'm pretty much fine with co-blogging, but the...I'm pretty much fine with co-blogging, but then again, I'm not all that obsessed with my blog (other then the sad fact that we never get direct comments, though our friends are always emailing us or calling us and mentioning it). But we haven't even bothered with a site meter yet, so I don't think I'm off to blogher next year or anything. The real problem with co-blogging for us is that in the end, David doesn't really blog. I bug him to, but it never really happens. I'm always trying to get him into web 2.0 technologies (twitter! flickr! blog!) and he just takes no real interest. Which is funny, since he's by far the more tech savy of the two of us.<br />I would like a co-email account in a way, just because I'm always emailing thank you notes or change of address notes or whatever, that are really supposed to be from us, but in the end I just send it and sign it "David and Meg"... which works I guess.<br />We're back to two laptops now post move, which i guess isolates us a little more tech wise... we will totally surf the web for a hour in the same room.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-70270997277597786562007-08-14T18:51:15.000-07:002007-08-14T18:51:15.000-07:00peripherally related: i just had a conversation ab...peripherally related: i just had a conversation about what it means to co-Evite. you can host a party together in a totally platonic way, yes? even if it does look suspiciously like a wedding invitation to see "__ & __" at the top of the page?<br /><br />i'd liken iPods and Netflix queues to groceries, and blogs to wardrobes -- happy to share and compromise on anything i didn't acquire purely for personal expression. co-blogging would cross the line into creepy coupledom, i think...like always showing up to social events dressed in coordinating colors. eew.enjelaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-26619678932152928242007-08-14T18:59:04.000-07:002007-08-14T18:59:04.000-07:00oh, and for email, what about a forwarding-only sh...oh, and for email, what about a forwarding-only shared address? you could compose from the shared one when necessary, and messages coming in would always go to two individual inboxes. maybe that's overly complicated, but it's a way of having the option of a united front while still keeping your own identity...enjelaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-47318648720165552372007-08-14T19:30:23.000-07:002007-08-14T19:30:23.000-07:00Hey! Co-blogging is not creepy coupledom. Signing...Hey! Co-blogging is not creepy coupledom. Signing you blog posts "Meg & David" would be creepy. But I mean, on our blog, we both are members with individual profiles and you can see who wrote each post. Hence, not creepy. like, I can wear my boyfriends sweatshirt and not be creepy, but if I started wearing his whole outfits, it would weeeeeiiirrrddd.<br /><br />Ok, that was just in my own defense.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-45660861961730463912007-08-14T20:08:46.000-07:002007-08-14T20:08:46.000-07:00e: i've gotten platonic evites without squirmi...e: i've gotten platonic evites without squirming - that is, without squirming because of the header. the fraught relationship in that context is always between me and the sender(s)/guests (hello narcissism); i can't handle the pressure of having to commit to an engagement in a way that everyone else can see and judge. i know this is kind of pathetic. <br /><br />i read your take on co-blogging as a comment on your relationship with your sites (and i like the analogy in general); as such, i don't think it makes meg's creepy (meg, i salute separate profiles). <br /><br />my peripheral note, in turn: joe argues that if we both wear ironic t-shirts on a given night, we "match" and are creepy. true?laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-73534798318090382072007-08-14T22:10:33.000-07:002007-08-14T22:10:33.000-07:00Ok, the ironic t-shirt bit is the best thing I'...Ok, the ironic t-shirt bit is the best thing I've heard all week. I suppose it is sort of true. If I got you a "Jogging for Christ" shirt though, i would PAY you to wear it on the same night. But in the midwest, I think.<br /><br />Now I have commented to much on this entry. But Haloscan is emailing me about it, even though I didn't ask it to.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-51125616582658683242007-08-15T12:01:10.000-07:002007-08-15T12:01:10.000-07:00i realized as soon as i clicked "publish"...i realized as soon as i clicked "publish" that i had not, in fact, ever read a couple's shared blog. get yer informed opinions right here!<br /><br />so having remedied that, and now knowing that co-blogging does not have to mean entries like "we had a great morning tying each other's shoes! now we're off for our tandem bicycle ride! cheers!" the wardrobe thing makes sense in a non-creepy way: separate clothes, same closet. it was the notion that a blog necessarily maintains a consistent voice that was tripping me up.<br /><br />by the way, meg, glad you're enjoying san francisco!enjelaninoreply@blogger.com