Comments on: Last-ish post: So long and thanks for all the fish http://stigmergicweb.org/2007/10/29/last-ish-post-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly - Michel de Montaigne Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Open Monologue » Official first post http://stigmergicweb.org/2007/10/29/last-ish-post-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-56129 Open Monologue » Official first post Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:33:50 +0000 http://stigmergicweb.org/2007/10/29/last-ish-post-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-56129 <p>[...] Semi-sonic that has a great line in it - Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. The other beginnings end has already been posted. It is, therefore, time to talk about this new [...]</p> […] Semi-sonic that has a great line in it - Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. The other beginnings end has already been posted. It is, therefore, time to talk about this new […]

]]> By: Alan http://stigmergicweb.org/2007/10/29/last-ish-post-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-56103 Alan Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:13:37 +0000 http://stigmergicweb.org/2007/10/29/last-ish-post-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-56103 <p>I'll be following you; gotta like any blog with nods to Douglas Adams.</p> <p>I wouldn't put much stock in what I blogged in 2003 ;-) I had to follow your link to see what I said.</p> <p>But I would disagree with Holt's point as far as thinking you know your audience. I am most confident the majority of a blog reader audience never let's you know they are there, where they are from, why they are there. Even if you are one of the few that analyzes server logs, that only gives you superficial data. How do you write for such a group? Well, you just take some best guesses, and only if you are really lucky you may get a comment.</p> <p>See ya around</p> I’ll be following you; gotta like any blog with nods to Douglas Adams.

I wouldn’t put much stock in what I blogged in 2003 ;-) I had to follow your link to see what I said.

But I would disagree with Holt’s point as far as thinking you know your audience. I am most confident the majority of a blog reader audience never let’s you know they are there, where they are from, why they are there. Even if you are one of the few that analyzes server logs, that only gives you superficial data. How do you write for such a group? Well, you just take some best guesses, and only if you are really lucky you may get a comment.

See ya around

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