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Re: Starting Over

fpettit — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:34:14 -0000

She did drink Shasta didn't she? Who on earth would drink that stuff? Do they still sell it?

Re: Toluu Invites

fpettit — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:07:22 -0000

Yes I have invites. I just sent one your way.

Re: Starting Over

fpettit — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:06:15 -0000

Thanks Shey. I have 26 drafts in my queue. Time to complete some posts.

Re: Starting Over

fpettit — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:55:12 -0000

Thanks for the welcome. I am very excited. The atmosphere seems great.

Re: Checklist for getting beyond today’s hot panicky topic | Broadcasting Brain

fpettit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:17:56 -0000

I totally agree. The sky is not falling. Remaining calm is the best course of action.

Re: Apple Annoucements | FPettit.com

fpettit — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:08:22 -0000

Yeah I am intrigued by the Nintendo DSi. I can not wait till my daughters
are old enough for one.

Re: Apple Annoucements | FPettit.com

fpettit — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:19:19 -0000

No certainly not given up. Just busy doing other things.

Re: Initial thoughts on the Palin nomination (Scripting News)

fpettit — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:56:34 -0000

In your opinion. Rhetoric is rhetoric. In your opinion. You make broad generalizations that might have truth but are not by your simple statement made true. This is your blog and you have every right to say what you want. I just want to point out this is your opinion. Not fact your opinion.

"They say she's as qualified as Obama, but that's wrong." In your opinion. You may be right but maybe not.

"Republican women are pro-choice. Americans are pro-choice. A woman candidate who is pro-life, no matter how attractive, doesn't have much appeal in this country," Again this is not fact this is simply your opinion.

You are entitled to your opinion as each citizen. What is it they say about opinions?

We all have them and they stink. Sorry but this is drivel and in my opinion this stinks.

Re: FriendFeed on My Blog

fpettit — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:13 -0000

It worked great Thanks.

Re: Are You Stream, Digest or Something Else?

fpettit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:42:16 -0000

First, thanks for the mention. Excellent post. :)

Second, its always very interesting to see how you are perceived by your peers. I would mostly agree with your assessment of my FriendFeed style. I would agree and place myself in the Digest box most of the time. But, you are correct that I do write from the historian point of view. Perhaps I need to be a little crankier and trend toward pundit.

Re: The HTML Fieldset

fpettit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:52:05 -0000

I do not know for sure but I bet it has something to do with Google Reader's
CSS or how Feedburner creates my feed. The Fieldset isn't a perfect
solution I just like the simplicity of the coding.

Re: Down with FriendFeed Etiquette

fpettit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:16:02 -0000

Mark, just wanted to reiterate that you were trying to solve the problem of the content originator getting credit for the content. Perhaps the FF devs will help with this in the future.

I suggest some way of linking to the original posting by the author. All the re-shares would point (link) at the original.

Hutch Carpenter suggested the Link centric versus Person centric approaches way back in April. http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/proposal-t...

Re: Down with FriendFeed Etiquette

fpettit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:10:08 -0000

Shey, thanks for the comment. You are exactly right on and that is my point put simply,
"use the service however you want to, but if you're a jerk about it, you'll
suffer the social consequences one way or another." That is exactly what I
mean.

Re: Down with FriendFeed Etiquette

fpettit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:09:04 -0000

I hope it does not deteriorate. We shall see.

Re: Declaring Your Social Media Independence

fpettit — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:42:06 -0000

Rachel, yeah I can see how the farm life would certainly put things in
perspective. It must have taken some adjustment after growing up in the
city and suburbia.

Re: Declaring Your Social Media Independence

fpettit — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:45:08 -0000

I am simply saying that GMail is an example of a web application that I am
addicted to.

Re: My FriendFeed Stats Top 10

fpettit — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:31:37 -0000

They have increased by about 20 to 25 subscribers. I do not expect them to go back down but that kind of depends on me.

I realize to keep an audience requires effort via interesting content.

Re: My Blog Has Been Louis Grayed!

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:22 -0000

Sure thing. Your blog is great. Thanks.

Re: My Blog Has Been Louis Grayed!

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:57:07 -0000

Thanks.

Re: My Blog Has Been Louis Grayed!

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:57:05 -0000

Thanks.

Re: My Blog Has Been Louis Grayed!

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:37:06 -0000

Thanks David. It is just a matter of time before the <a href="
http://www.KnightKnetwork.com/">KnightKnetwork</a> gets a mention as well.

Re: About

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:04:33 -0000

I am over in Spartanburg.

Re: louisgray.com: July's Jewels: Five Obscure Blogs that Sparkle

fpettit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:54 -0000

Louis, thanks for including me on the list I am honored.

Re: You Choose the Target!

fpettit — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:58:08 -0000

I am tab junky as well. I love Tab Mix Plus and force everything to a new tab. The open in a new window does not bother me in the least. I also use Colorful Tabs addon to help distinguish one tab from the next.

BTW I also middle click all links which goes to a new tab.

Re: Write When and What You Want To: The Rest Is Bologna

fpettit — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:56:04 -0000

Let's start again. David, your two points were that:

1- Luck, does not play as big of a part as I stated.

2- Posting timely can help.

I agree with Ben in part. You did kind of miss the point. When you try all the blogging gimicks out there its easy to lose sight of why you are blogging in the first place. My point is that what you can control is blogging not for SEO but because you want to. You can also control the quality of the content you put out.

Which leads me back to the luck part. It is not easy to predict which content will be successful and which content will not. Certainly there are factors involved that increase your chances but then you risk losing perspective. Are you really adding that much content value to the blogosphere if you are just posting to be successful. I do not think content should be geared solely around SEO.

My point was and still is write good content about what you want when you want and the audience will arrive.

The rest as I said is just bologna.