Comments on: Is this the end of blogging? http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/ News and ideas about mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and law Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charon QC http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Charon QC Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:26:29 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-613 Diane I am at my post - watching for U-Boats... Be sure... I shall blog until the going down of the sun or when the Four Horsemen finally come to collect me - whichever comes first! Blogging ain't dying - Twitter is an amusing but essentially tedious medium for imparting anything meaningful. THis is why I use Twitter, pointedly, only for entirely meaningless nonsense and... of course.. a bit of pleasant and amusing social chat! I find the ME, ME, ME merchants on Twitter who tell us how good they are, how they strive to be TOP 10 Idiot lists.... rather dull and I am about to do a cull of *Followers* who do this... fortunately I only seem to have a few of these rather dull Twitters left! Keep on blogging... or was it truckin' ? Diane

I am at my post – watching for U-Boats… Be sure… I shall blog until the going down of the sun or when the Four Horsemen finally come to collect me – whichever comes first!

Blogging ain’t dying – Twitter is an amusing but essentially tedious medium for imparting anything meaningful. THis is why I use Twitter, pointedly, only for entirely meaningless nonsense and… of course.. a bit of pleasant and amusing social chat!

I find the ME, ME, ME merchants on Twitter who tell us how good they are, how they strive to be TOP 10 Idiot lists…. rather dull and I am about to do a cull of *Followers* who do this… fortunately I only seem to have a few of these rather dull Twitters left!

Keep on blogging… or was it truckin’ ?

]]> By: Diane Levin http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Diane Levin Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:35:37 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-614 John, thank you for your encouraging words. I feel the same way about your blog -- your contributions are outstanding, and I appreciate the fresh angle you bring. Good luck with the work that currently engages your attention. You can count on me to be there when you get back. John, thank you for your encouraging words.

I feel the same way about your blog — your contributions are outstanding, and I appreciate the fresh angle you bring.

Good luck with the work that currently engages your attention. You can count on me to be there when you get back.

]]> By: John DeGroote http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-612 John DeGroote Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:28:53 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-612 Diane- I'm on a bit of a break to attend to an issue more important than my blog, but I have more than a few ideas in the works to explore when I return. And when I need a little inspiration, I often look through some of your older posts, or Vickie's, or Geoff's . . .. I'll be back. And I'm hoping you'll be there when I am. JD Diane-

I’m on a bit of a break to attend to an issue more important than my blog, but I have more than a few ideas in the works to explore when I return. And when I need a little inspiration, I often look through some of your older posts, or Vickie’s, or Geoff’s . . ..

I’ll be back. And I’m hoping you’ll be there when I am.

JD

]]> By: Diane Levin http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Diane Levin Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:36:25 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-611 Geoff, am I glad you added your two cents. I was pretty pissed, too -- I think I've done a lot in 4 years of blogging to promote and support the community of ADR bloggers, as I know you have, too, and I was hoping for a little support back in return. The tepid response was depressing. I'm glad I'm not alone in sensing the change. It's real all right. Not sure what to do if anything, but I figured it was time to call it like I saw it. Geoff, am I glad you added your two cents. I was pretty pissed, too — I think I’ve done a lot in 4 years of blogging to promote and support the community of ADR bloggers, as I know you have, too, and I was hoping for a little support back in return. The tepid response was depressing.

I’m glad I’m not alone in sensing the change. It’s real all right. Not sure what to do if anything, but I figured it was time to call it like I saw it.

]]> By: Geoff Sharp http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Geoff Sharp Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:45:15 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-604 Hi Pal, your post is an "Emperor's New Clothes" piece for me. Yep now that you mention it, all does not seem well in the ADR blogosphere - it does not have that teenage experimental feel that it once had and it was sometime last year that we lost it. Maybe that's the way of things but I was pissed when we got virtually no response to our ADR competition late in 08. I don't want to appear a needy blogger but there will come a time when I feel my time is better spent elsewhere as it does often now feel we are talking to ourselves. Hi Pal, your post is an “Emperor’s New Clothes” piece for me.

Yep now that you mention it, all does not seem well in the ADR blogosphere – it does not have that teenage experimental feel that it once had and it was sometime last year that we lost it.

Maybe that’s the way of things but I was pissed when we got virtually no response to our ADR competition late in 08. I don’t want to appear a needy blogger but there will come a time when I feel my time is better spent elsewhere as it does often now feel we are talking to ourselves.

]]> By: Philip Hesketh http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Philip Hesketh Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:31:01 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-602 I think the authentic voices will remain and thank goodness, you guys produce a lot of good material. There are only a small number of UK blogs at the moment and I'm not sure we've cottoned on to talking and linking to each other yet, all a bit reserved you'll understand. Anyway - I want to get a conversation started. In the UK about 2% of mediations involve personal injury claims yet about 63% of issued cases are personal injury. Does that reflect the position in other jurisdictions? If not, how do you convince folks to even try mediation in the first place? I think the authentic voices will remain and thank goodness, you guys produce a lot of good material. There are only a small number of UK blogs at the moment and I’m not sure we’ve cottoned on to talking and linking to each other yet, all a bit reserved you’ll understand.
Anyway – I want to get a conversation started. In the UK about 2% of mediations involve personal injury claims yet about 63% of issued cases are personal injury. Does that reflect the position in other jurisdictions? If not, how do you convince folks to even try mediation in the first place?

]]> By: Diane Levin http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Diane Levin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:03:48 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-607 Ed., you got me all choked up, buddy. I'm glad to hear that the rumors of Blawg Review's death were greatly exaggerated. I miss my sherpa days more than you can know. I'm glad to know that you're keeping my sherpa gear waiting for me if I want to return. And thanks for reminding me about emerging new voices. The same is true here among mediation bloggers. We've got some strong new talent. May Blawg Review live long and prosper. Ed., you got me all choked up, buddy. I’m glad to hear that the rumors of Blawg Review’s death were greatly exaggerated. I miss my sherpa days more than you can know. I’m glad to know that you’re keeping my sherpa gear waiting for me if I want to return.

And thanks for reminding me about emerging new voices. The same is true here among mediation bloggers. We’ve got some strong new talent.

May Blawg Review live long and prosper.

]]> By: Diane Levin http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Diane Levin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:01:03 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-608 Clayton: not sure how anyone can collaborate on Twitter with the 140-character limit. I'm not fully sold on it as a social media tool. Yes, it's fun, yes, I've met some interesting folks, but I haven't "talked" with them the way I have my readers here on my blog, who have posted comments, sent numerous emails, and even occasionally picked up the phone or skyped me. It's all pretty superficial. And I don't like the fact that someone else owns the platform and all the content (if that's what you can even call those short bursts of text) I generate belongs to someone else. I personally think that Twitter is being oversold, although I'm still test-driving it. Sorry to hear that the CR community isn't talking like it used to. Good luck jump-starting things, but don't count on Twitter to do it. I'm willing to be proven wrong of course. Always great to hear from you! As for you, Marvin, I'm glad you're still going strong. (And you're one funny guy. Thanks for the laugh.) Clayton: not sure how anyone can collaborate on Twitter with the 140-character limit. I’m not fully sold on it as a social media tool. Yes, it’s fun, yes, I’ve met some interesting folks, but I haven’t “talked” with them the way I have my readers here on my blog, who have posted comments, sent numerous emails, and even occasionally picked up the phone or skyped me. It’s all pretty superficial. And I don’t like the fact that someone else owns the platform and all the content (if that’s what you can even call those short bursts of text) I generate belongs to someone else. I personally think that Twitter is being oversold, although I’m still test-driving it. Sorry to hear that the CR community isn’t talking like it used to. Good luck jump-starting things, but don’t count on Twitter to do it. I’m willing to be proven wrong of course. Always great to hear from you!

As for you, Marvin, I’m glad you’re still going strong. (And you’re one funny guy. Thanks for the laugh.)

]]> By: Clayton Gilman http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Clayton Gilman Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:21:00 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-610 I just participated in an on-line conference for an hour on "conflict resolution". I was invited by, what is now, an associate. Two conversations related to this post took place. 1) The CR community (ombuds were also mentioned) are not "talking" anymore and a handful of 'us' resolved to be more proactive. We shall see what happens. 2) The mediator was very "up beat" on Twitter and wanted to move future collaborations on-line to Twitter. No one replied, per item 1 here, and no one expressed pro or con. I just participated in an on-line conference for an hour on “conflict resolution”. I was invited by, what is now, an associate. Two conversations related to this post took place. 1) The CR community (ombuds were also mentioned) are not “talking” anymore and a handful of ‘us’ resolved to be more proactive. We shall see what happens. 2) The mediator was very “up beat” on Twitter and wanted to move future collaborations on-line to Twitter. No one replied, per item 1 here, and no one expressed pro or con.

]]> By: Ed. http://mediationchannel.com/2009/02/24/is-this-the-end-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Ed. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:01:50 +0000 http://mediationchannel.com/?p=1518#comment-609 Diane, Dan Hull's magic must be working; enough people believe in Ed, even though few of us have ever met. Yes, I'm still here, and Blawg Review isn't going away anytime soon. Blawg Review is booked solid for hosts through the end of May, 2009, and then some, all the way to Feb 2010. About half the scheduled hosts are new to us, the others are Blawg Review recidivists. I read a lot of law blogs and business blogs. There are many new voices joining the conversation. Many are very good bloggers. I won't single out any by naming names. But keep watching Blawg Review. You'll see the best mentioned there. And, Diane, if you ever want to "temp" as a Blawg Review Sherpa, or come back full time, there will always be a place here with your name on it. All the best, Ed. Diane,

Dan Hull’s magic must be working; enough people believe in Ed, even though few of us have ever met. Yes, I’m still here, and Blawg Review isn’t going away anytime soon.

Blawg Review is booked solid for hosts through the end of May, 2009, and then some, all the way to Feb 2010. About half the scheduled hosts are new to us, the others are Blawg Review recidivists.

I read a lot of law blogs and business blogs. There are many new voices joining the conversation. Many are very good bloggers. I won’t single out any by naming names. But keep watching Blawg Review. You’ll see the best mentioned there.

And, Diane, if you ever want to “temp” as a Blawg Review Sherpa, or come back full time, there will always be a place here with your name on it.

All the best,

Ed.

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