Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel tonight
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know
this feelin ain’t right (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
[Roy Orbison, Only
the Lonely]
Blogging can be a strange endeavor. Sometimes you post something that you
know – you JUST KNOW – is going to be a big hit. The post is going to get lots
of comments. A ton of other folks are going to link to it. You are going to get
rich and famous as people offer you interesting opportunities after reading your
brilliance. You get the idea.
But then you get bupkis. Nada. Nix, null, the big goose
egg. Some folks read it, but you get nary a comment, nary a link. Your post is
lost in the Twilight
Zone of the blogosphere. (And, then, of course, sometimes a post will
surprise you and get lots more activity than you ever expected.)
So… let’s give some lonely posts some love. Did you post something on your
blog that was really, really good but didn’t get much traffic? Did you run
across a great post somewhere that you thought deserved more commentary? Do you
know of a post that’s just itchin’ for some good conversation? If so, post the
URL below as a comment (please use TinyURL or
SnipURL) and let’s unearth some of these
hidden gems?
C’mon, each one of you can think of one or two. Take the time to share
‘em with us…
P.S. Speaking of hidden gems, remember that it’s never too late to recognize
a great commenter!
Scott, thanks for the offer (and the Roy Orbison reference). I was proud of this observation on my blog a couple of weeks ago: http://tinyurl.com/224q5r.
I posted a link to the funniest student produced video I have ever seen and no one watched! Thanks for giving these talented students some press.
http://tinyurl.com/2rwjpp
I totally get this Scott-there are times when I post and think “yes–that gets right to it”, usually about bigger picture ed stuff in New York and NOT ONE person will comment. Glad to read that I’m not the only one who’s had the experience–shows no matter how well we think we know our readers, they’ve got a mind of their own.
I was chuckling the whole time I was reading your post.
This rang so true!
I think it’d be a great idea to feature “great posts” around the blogosphere once a week or once a month.
Anyway, here’s my humble contribution 😉
http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/uncharted-territory/
Scott,
One of my favorites…
http://preilly.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/the-power-of-the-spider/
pete
Straight from the graveside of Lazurus, here are my picks for a “milk carton” billing (did I use enough metaphors?):
Recent stuff:
I was surprised that I didn’t see this, http://tinyurl.com/2vfyc5, pop up on the edublogosphere given all the revelations about conflict of interest in the DOE, etc. I’m sure that Doug Noon, http://tinyurl.com/2spr5b, is cooking something up.
I recently posted a comment, http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/05/internet_in_a_b.html, with this, http://tinyurl.com/34vpzh, link but I’ll include it again.
What can I tell you, I’m a sucker for a well done analogy.
Posts or comments from me way back:
Okay, this, http://tinyurl.com/379c3w, post was great because of all the different intersections it came from, and led back to. First, there was the whole editing your blog after the fact issue that came up from Miguel’s post. Then, there was the whole discussion on the analogy, whether is was appropriate, and minds were changed (always a nice thing IMO). Then there was my feeble attempts to revive the discussion on political organizing among edubloggers (which generated a couple of comments), and all my links back to prior discussions on that issue. A meaty series of posts and links, no?
This one, http://tinyurl.com/2ro5og, is really “dead Jim”, but I think deserves another chance. What say we have a data party this summer folks?