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Comment by Peter Lupkowski on December 9, 2008 at 2:27pm

It is a tool and I think that we are all looking for, or to become, craftsmen. Sometimes you build something for yourself and you don't care if it looks good as long as it serves your purpose. Other times you are looking for a sale and when Inquiries come they are appreciated. But looking around at what has been built and what may never be finished gives us all ideas about how we can make it better. That’s enough allegory for now, just know people appreciate good work, literary or otherwise, and to be able to produce it is a gift.

Thanks for taking time to review my last stuff.

Comment by Mick Mayers on December 7, 2008 at 7:39am

I'm glad to see I haven't completely lulled you all to sleep. I am, however, concerned by Art's post. Maybe there IS too much of a good thing. I hadn't heard about the Twitter or the Facebook worms. I have some pretty robust anti-virus protection, but it only goes so far these days. It's all a crapshoot; we can only strive to get the word out and hope we hit the target. And I've also learned, blogging isn't just about educating the masses- sometimes it's just nice to say your piece, like it or not. But in a way, that's pretty educational in its own way too. Thanks for reading.

Comment by Mary Ellen Shea on December 6, 2008 at 6:41am

Been visiting you (lurking, actually) on Fire Zen.

Blogging is, for me, a combination of therapy and catharsis. If I didn't siphon off all those random thoughts swirling around in my head periodically, there's no telling what you'd be hearing about me on the six o'clock news. (I often state that if you could see what my brain looks like on those nights that I can't sleep; it would be reminiscent of Mordor in Lord of the Rings---all roiling black clouds and one big fiery red eye)
Keep posting....I'll keep reading.
Mel

Comment by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on December 5, 2008 at 3:41pm

Mick;
I'm still weighing the Twitter thing.
Security is a big issue with me.
With many of us, not unlike yourself, we find ourselves going to or possibly commenting on many sites.
I am told by the Mad Scientist here that he is working on a platform to bring many sites together. Not sure how, but I will leave that to him.
I just heard this morning that Facebook got hit with a worm that steals personal information. Potentially, that is 120 million users!
Yeah; I'd like to hit a bigger market share, but not if that means letting my guard down.
And don't forget; there are still departments out there WITHOUT computers, more that have computers but no websites and some who have laptops under the sole control of chiefs.
So there are many out there in cyberspace who haven't even scratched the surface and here we are trying to get to a larger audience with less effort.
We have definitely come a long way.
TCSS.
Art