Comments on: Is the Word Blog Holding Us Back? http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/ Remarkable Blog Consulting and Coaching Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Colin Walker » If I’m not a blogger then what am I? http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89800 Colin Walker » If I’m not a blogger then what am I? Thu, 01 May 2008 09:16:08 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89800 [...] and deserved no advertising revenue - the backlash was hardly surprising. Michael at Remarkablogger questioned the term blog asking if it was unprofessional and holding us back and I asked a similar question of the term [...] [...] and deserved no advertising revenue - the backlash was hardly surprising. Michael at Remarkablogger questioned the term blog asking if it was unprofessional and holding us back and I asked a similar question of the term [...]

]]> By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89736 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:52:30 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89736 <blockquote>I find that if I call it my e-column (not to be mistaken for e-coli, but just as easily spread)</blockquote> Har har! :)

I find that if I call it my e-column (not to be mistaken for e-coli, but just as easily spread)

Har har! :)

]]> By: Trisha http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89733 Trisha Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:22:13 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89733 That's actually a pretty big issue for me, since all my branding clients either aren't online or only have one foot in the door. I don't call ComHacker my blog (except occasionally in my mailing list). I find that if I call it my e-column (not to be mistaken for e-coli, but just as easily spread), they get it. That’s actually a pretty big issue for me, since all my branding clients either aren’t online or only have one foot in the door.

I don’t call ComHacker my blog (except occasionally in my mailing list). I find that if I call it my e-column (not to be mistaken for e-coli, but just as easily spread), they get it.

]]> By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89672 Michael Martine, Blog Consultant Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:01:36 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89672 @Patrick - Email is interesting in a couple ways. For one thing, you never see the protocols used by email (smtp, pop), they are hidden from the user. And email truly is an electronic version of its analogue counterpart. But what is a blog an electronic version of? It's a specific form of publishing technology with a variety of uses. Diary? Sure. News wire? No problem. Serialized fiction? Have at it. I guess in the early days of blogging, they wanted a way to differentiate between this new thing and a "normal" Web site. @Chris - I'll take all the people on my "side" that I can get! :) @Thomas - What's ironic is that a blog probably a much better story-telling tool than a "normal" Web site. We get stuck with the words, but the meanings can and do change. @Sandie - Just send him a link to my post on how <a href="http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/11/twitter-is-like-sex/">Twitter is Like Sex</a>. :) @Meryl - There's a LOT of stupid words being made up and used for things now. A list of them would sound like the vocabulary list from the collected works of Dr. Seuss. @Dave - Yeah they sent me the C&D. I'll forward it to you. @Vijayendra - "Blogumn"? Now THAT's a stupid word. Haven't been to the forums much, lately, no. My <a href="http://remarkablogger.com/blog-consulting">blog consulting</a> business has taken off and left me with little time for it. @Patrick - Email is interesting in a couple ways. For one thing, you never see the protocols used by email (smtp, pop), they are hidden from the user. And email truly is an electronic version of its analogue counterpart. But what is a blog an electronic version of?

It’s a specific form of publishing technology with a variety of uses. Diary? Sure. News wire? No problem. Serialized fiction? Have at it. I guess in the early days of blogging, they wanted a way to differentiate between this new thing and a “normal” Web site.

@Chris - I’ll take all the people on my “side” that I can get! :)

@Thomas - What’s ironic is that a blog probably a much better story-telling tool than a “normal” Web site. We get stuck with the words, but the meanings can and do change.

@Sandie - Just send him a link to my post on how Twitter is Like Sex. :)

@Meryl - There’s a LOT of stupid words being made up and used for things now. A list of them would sound like the vocabulary list from the collected works of Dr. Seuss.

@Dave - Yeah they sent me the C&D. I’ll forward it to you.

@Vijayendra - “Blogumn”? Now THAT’s a stupid word. Haven’t been to the forums much, lately, no. My blog consulting business has taken off and left me with little time for it.

]]> By: Colin Walker » Can the leopard change its spots? http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89668 Colin Walker » Can the leopard change its spots? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:21:43 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89668 [...] over at Remarkablogger asked if the word ‘blog’ was holding us back. He argued that the very terms we use may [...] [...] over at Remarkablogger asked if the word ‘blog’ was holding us back. He argued that the very terms we use may [...]

]]> By: Vijayendra Mohanty http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89656 Vijayendra Mohanty Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:35:16 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89656 I once came across a blog by a journalist that the man himself called a 'blogumn'. Many still see 'blog' as a personal diary. Perhaps that is what is limiting it. Because of that, people fail to imagine (and therefore try and exploit) the immense potential blogging has for furthering business, social, and even administrative causes. PS: Read a few old posts of yours on Authority Blogger Forum. You are not frequent any more? I once came across a blog by a journalist that the man himself called a ‘blogumn’.

Many still see ‘blog’ as a personal diary. Perhaps that is what is limiting it.

Because of that, people fail to imagine (and therefore try and exploit) the immense potential blogging has for furthering business, social, and even administrative causes.

PS: Read a few old posts of yours on Authority Blogger Forum. You are not frequent any more?

]]> By: Dave Navarro http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89646 Dave Navarro Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:43 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89646 Personally, I refer to my site as a DaveJournal. (just kidding, I'm sure LiveJournal would sue me into oblivion) Personally, I refer to my site as a DaveJournal. (just kidding, I’m sure LiveJournal would sue me into oblivion)

]]> By: Meryl K. Evans http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89634 Meryl K. Evans Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:32:37 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89634 Interesting insight. Personally, I thought blog was a blah word. When I say it out loud, I feel like I sound stupid. Granted, I have imperfect speech, but not many words make me feel this way. Interesting insight. Personally, I thought blog was a blah word. When I say it out loud, I feel like I sound stupid. Granted, I have imperfect speech, but not many words make me feel this way.

]]> By: Sandie Law http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89633 Sandie Law Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:15:14 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89633 What a great post! My husband gets all caught up in the term "blog." He can't fathom why having a "journal" is so important to me. The same can be said of social media - he simply doesn't "get" it and I have no idea how to explain it (he's the teacher, not me). What a great post! My husband gets all caught up in the term “blog.” He can’t fathom why having a “journal” is so important to me. The same can be said of social media - he simply doesn’t “get” it and I have no idea how to explain it (he’s the teacher, not me).

]]> By: Thomas Clifford http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89626 Thomas Clifford Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:09:32 +0000 http://michaelmartine.com/2008/04/23/is-the-word-blog-holding-us-back/#comment-89626 Are the words "blog" and "blogging" holding us back from anything? You bet they are! From what? They're holding us back from telling our story. I wonder how many more people would be more comfortable with sharing their story if blogging were called "self-publishing" or some other friendly name? My bet? Tons more would "join the conversation." When someone asks me "if I do video" or "can you make me a video?" I say no but "I can capture your story on video and film." Big difference. Thanks for writing about the importance of language :-) Thomas Clifford -Corporate Filmmaker Are the words “blog” and “blogging” holding us back from anything?

You bet they are! From what? They’re holding us back from telling our story.

I wonder how many more people would be more comfortable with sharing their story if blogging were called “self-publishing” or some other friendly name?

My bet? Tons more would “join the conversation.”

When someone asks me “if I do video” or “can you make me a video?” I say no but “I can capture your story on video and film.” Big difference.

Thanks for writing about the importance of language :-)

Thomas Clifford
-Corporate Filmmaker

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