Comments on: Susie Bright Blows It http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/ Andrew looks at Blogging and Blog Life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Unhiding your blog content at On Blogging Australia http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-1380 Unhiding your blog content at On Blogging Australia Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:58:15 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-1380 [...] Susie Bright’s theme absolutely gets in the way of the content when read from portable devices. Have you considered how you would find an individual post on your blog if you were new to it? Does your own theme get in the way of the content? [...] […] Susie Bright’s theme absolutely gets in the way of the content when read from portable devices. Have you considered how you would find an individual post on your blog if you were new to it? Does your own theme get in the way of the content? […]

]]> By: Hey You! Yes you, with the Partial Feed | Dipping into the Blogpond http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-1065 Hey You! Yes you, with the Partial Feed | Dipping into the Blogpond Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:25:03 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-1065 [...] constantly teasing, and making it harder for them is going to be counter productive [...] […] constantly teasing, and making it harder for them is going to be counter productive […]

]]> By: Don’t get bitten on the bum by the long tail! at Facibus On Blogging http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-914 Don’t get bitten on the bum by the long tail! at Facibus On Blogging Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:23:36 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-914 [...] is the reason why I keep banging on about blog compatibility with Opera Mini and other mobile web browsers - even though they total less than 1% of total browser market share, [...] […] is the reason why I keep banging on about blog compatibility with Opera Mini and other mobile web browsers - even though they total less than 1% of total browser market share, […]

]]> By: AndrewBoyd http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-788 AndrewBoyd Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:08:22 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-788 Hi Aurelius, thank you for your comment. It was indeed fantastic, and it is all about the interaction. If my blog is inaccessible I want to know - it is about being of service to the readers. Best regards, Andrew Hi Aurelius,

thank you for your comment.

It was indeed fantastic, and it is all about the interaction. If my blog is inaccessible I want to know - it is about being of service to the readers.

Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: Aurelius http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-784 Aurelius Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:25:18 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-784 Hi Facibus, I came here to say that your move is fantastic - that bloggers who write in unfriendly formats should be abandoned. But then I saw Susie respond, and I think that's even MORE fantastic. That's what blog-land is about - writers and readers interacting, rather than an entirely one-way thing. - Aurelius Hi Facibus,
I came here to say that your move is fantastic - that bloggers who write in unfriendly formats should be abandoned. But then I saw Susie respond, and I think that’s even MORE fantastic.
That’s what blog-land is about - writers and readers interacting, rather than an entirely one-way thing.
- Aurelius

]]> By: Susie Bright http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-773 Susie Bright Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:18:48 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-773 Thanks, I'm going to look at those links right now! Susie Thanks, I’m going to look at those links right now!

Susie

]]> By: AndrewBoyd http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-770 AndrewBoyd Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:20:04 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-770 Hi Susie, thank you for your comment. Let me start by saying that you are an amazing writer and that I probably can't really abandon your blog - I will continue to read it via a desktop reader. Hopefully portable RSS reader software will get better soon - to the stage that users can turn images off. Different blog themes present differently to portable readers - the reason <a href="http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/11/portable-readers-k2-template-is-great-mate/" rel="nofollow">I love the K2 theme for WordPress</a> is that apart from anything else, it doesn't make the left sidebar load first in small format (including portable) readers. Please have ads, please write in order that you can eat, and continue to write stuff that I (and many others) can enjoy. My issue isn't with the ads - it is with them getting in the way. One thing that works for me as a reader (and it might be worth looking at as an author from your perspective) is to <a href="http://onblogging.com.au/2007/09/19/feed-advertising-with-class/" rel="nofollow">do what Daring Fireball does</a> - have a full RSS feed and put a weekly sponsor post in. Hope this helps :) Best regards, Andrew Hi Susie,

thank you for your comment.

Let me start by saying that you are an amazing writer and that I probably can’t really abandon your blog - I will continue to read it via a desktop reader.

Hopefully portable RSS reader software will get better soon - to the stage that users can turn images off.

Different blog themes present differently to portable readers - the reason I love the K2 theme for WordPress is that apart from anything else, it doesn’t make the left sidebar load first in small format (including portable) readers.

Please have ads, please write in order that you can eat, and continue to write stuff that I (and many others) can enjoy. My issue isn’t with the ads - it is with them getting in the way.

One thing that works for me as a reader (and it might be worth looking at as an author from your perspective) is to do what Daring Fireball does - have a full RSS feed and put a weekly sponsor post in.

Hope this helps :)
Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: Susie Bright http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-767 Susie Bright Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:20:59 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/20/susie-bright-blows-it/#comment-767 Of course I'm going to miss you, how can you say that! (Wrends garments). This kind of criticism works me into a tizzy. I need traffic to my site, yes. That's why I only approve partial excerpts. It's not because I'm "famous," (as in hidden cult famous?) but rather because I need the eyeballs to pay the rent. It's like an author needing readers to buy books. There really is no free lunch. I've made my living in publishing for 20 years, and I really am no good at anything else. I used to wait tables and clean people's bathrooms, but now I'm too old and creaky and slow. I usually have three paying advertisers, so that can't be the heaps you describe. It must be the javascripts and photos that take so much time. However, I don't know the first thing about portable readers. Can you turn images off? I'd like to get a feed for my blog that is just text, nothing else. I've heard there are such things. I was thinking of dial-up users in that sense. I wish you would give the witty, irreverant, interesting, working writers a break! We're not making these decisions to be unkind or indifferent. We're trying to stay afloat. Of course I’m going to miss you, how can you say that! (Wrends garments).

This kind of criticism works me into a tizzy. I need traffic to my site, yes. That’s why I only approve partial excerpts. It’s not because I’m “famous,” (as in hidden cult famous?) but rather because I need the eyeballs to pay the rent. It’s like an author needing readers to buy books. There really is no free lunch. I’ve made my living in publishing for 20 years, and I really am no good at anything else. I used to wait tables and clean people’s bathrooms, but now I’m too old and creaky and slow.

I usually have three paying advertisers, so that can’t be the heaps you describe. It must be the javascripts and photos that take so much time.

However, I don’t know the first thing about portable readers. Can you turn images off? I’d like to get a feed for my blog that is just text, nothing else. I’ve heard there are such things. I was thinking of dial-up users in that sense.

I wish you would give the witty, irreverant, interesting, working writers a break! We’re not making these decisions to be unkind or indifferent. We’re trying to stay afloat.

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