Tag: Links

A bunch of links – July 20, 2009

  • 5 (useful) links #13
  • What I learned from the Mormons
    An interesting piece of reflection on some interaction with Mormons in Utah… point 6 was insightful:br”While they say they are disciples of Jesus and recipients of his grace, clearly they are not. I read somewhere that Mormonism is like an American form of Islam. There is something in that; it is a religion of works, self-improvement and legalism (Col 2:20-23), as opposed to authentic Christianity (Eph 2:8-10). They believe that orthodox Christianity, as we know it, is deficient. “

July 20, 2009

A bunch of links – July 19, 2009

July 19, 2009

A bunch of links – July 18, 2009

July 18, 2009

A bunch of links – July 17, 2009

July 17, 2009

A bunch of links – July 16, 2009

July 16, 2009

A bunch of links – July 15, 2009

July 15, 2009

Five types of bloggers

I’ve been thinking a bit about the nature of blogging. I love blogging, and I love reading blogs. It seems to me that in most of the spheres in which I read blogs there are just five types of blogger.

These spheres – if you’re interested – are (on the basis of the names of categories in my Google Reader subscriptions) – People, Christianity, Coffee, How To, Humour, Gadget, Bargains, Web, and News.

The five types of blogger are “The Creator”, “The Curator”, “The Aggregator”, “The Commentator”, and “The Journaller.” There are probably more – and some blogs are mixes of both – I think I’m probably a mixture of all three.

The Creator

The Creator is perhaps the most exciting kind of blogger – they put up new material, their own thoughts, pictures, products, designs and concepts. They are read for their brilliance and because they supply ideas that keep the blogosphere afloat through generating spin off discussions and things that people want to link to.

The Curator

The Appreciator is a blogger who collects the best bits of thoughts and things from around the blogosphere and collates them – different to “The Aggregator” in that their topics can be wide and varied “The Appreciator” tends to provide a picture of themselves based on what it is they curate.

The Aggregator

Like the Appreciator but with a much more defined scope – Aggregators focus on a particular topic and go looking around the interwebs for material along a theme – in many cases they’ll be creators/aggregators providing their own content but more often featuring things from elsewhere.

The Commentator

Commentators are a bit like Journallers but they’re more opinionated – and more likely to make comment on current events than on their own circumstances. Some provide entertaining observations on life around them (rather than their own lives).

The Journaller

Journallers use their blogs as a journal – they don’t tend to care if people are reading or not and their content is usually of a reflective, personal or ranty nature and based on day to day life.

Journallers are also the most likely to be guilty of oversharing – generally because they’re not necessarily expecting readers, and if they are they don’t really care about maintaining readership.

What type of blogger do you think you are? Have I missed any types?

 

July 15, 2009

A bunch of links – July 14, 2009

July 14, 2009

A bunch of links – July 13, 2009

July 13, 2009

A bunch of links – July 12, 2009

July 12, 2009

A bunch of links – July 11, 2009

July 11, 2009

A bunch of links – July 10, 2009

July 10, 2009

A bunch of links – July 9, 2009

July 9, 2009

Welcome back Scotter…

Nobody actually calls Scott “Scotter”, or in fact by his real name. It’s either Scott, or Scooter… at least that’s what I’ve gathered in a few years of knowing the chap. His cynicism and sarcasm brighten my day – and after a two year hiatus he has rejoined the blogosphere. It promises much…

So, with a new coat of paint, here’s to an old blog getting a new start – new content, new sarcasm, cynicism, maybe even vandalism – here’s hoping we can prompt ponderance, brew brainstorming and captivate comment.

July 9, 2009

A bunch of links – July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009