I wrote this original post, when I was mad. I’ve calmed down now, and learned my lesson – never blog when you’re mad. I’ve apologized, but still waiting for one from her. She hurt me, so I swung back, I think we were both childish. I was the one who swung last, and was the most angry, so I was the smaller person. But that doesn’t belittle her original thoughts. Basically, all she did was belittle my blog in a few different ways. I ranted. As, she even says “I only read you, cause I like disagreeing with you”.
This paragraph has been edited, sorry to the purists out there – the original is gone forever,
Someone important to me, that has yet to find the value I have found in the blog-o-sphere, has had some negative comments to say about some posts I have written. She reads me. But, she chooses to use verbal communication, and doesn’t leave comments online. She comes a crossed, at least to me as, generally confused about the blogging world, even though she is a blogger herself. She admits, she only has a blog so that she can share ideas regarding her design project – in an asynchronous fashion. That is, she has yet to participate in very many communities online. She talks sometimes about threatening to blog about the people writing blog posts, and about people who blog, and what’s wrong with them, and what they do. She has either pointed out grammatical or structural flaws as well as blatantly or sarcastically pointed out mistakes in my logic, which are completely my own opinion – guess what – My opinions are right, because I say so – they are just opinions. I called her a wannabe blogger, because I see a real blogger as someone that is part of a community. She isn’t part of one yet. But apparently she doesn’t want to be, so It’s not really appropriate to call her that.
Below, is the value I have found through blogging…please read the rest, it’s more valuable then the mess I made above.
The rest of the post is still in it’s original posts:
Today, I made a +50% trade in 7 minutes because of new blogger friend.
Today, I saw a unique piece of art, and made my girlfriend smile with it. It was a video of super balls, because of my friend Julia Roy, and her blogging friend/boss Josh Spear.
Today, I learned that a smart fund runner thinks there is still potential for investing in Coal, I saw an entertaining movie why he thinks so.
Today, I learned how I could outsource anything handmade via Alchemy, a service through etsy.com
Today, I got an e-mail from Joe Dowling. Could be a fake Joe, but none the less, my life is a little more interesting now.
…Those are just the things I learned, that have a punchline, today.
My point is, if I’m exuberantly not so humble, it’s only because I’m so confident, in how much opportunity and value is out there in the world, and the blog-o-sphere puts it in reach. So I’m shouting it from a roof-top, because I’m happy and want to spread it, and want my real-life circle of associates to enrich their lives along with me. My blog is a place where I can time stamp a thought. Let what people know I’m thinking. Share information with whoever wants to know. Maybe someone will leave a comment here, and tell me something innovative, that will change my fate – I encourage you to! That’s all so very powerful. Stop hating folks, and maybe you’d realize I have a point.
Don’t ask me why I’m sharing this, but cool kids, are lame kids. They need people to reassure themselves. They need people around them that think the same way, about the same stuff, and at the same jokes. Leaders are not born from cool kids, it’s the weirdos that make tomorrows leaders. It’s the ones that think, independently.
I guess I should work on being loud, and staying humble. This post wasn’t it. Maybe next time. Maybe never.
Now go Blog. Go read blogs.
Oh, and check out STV, that was sweet today
that alchemy thing is cool. thanks. Keep up the hard work. hate is good unfortunealely in the blogging world. it sucks.
Howard – it’s all you, you’re the reason I’ve found and started looking for so much value. I started BlueMoat, cause I wanted a job in finance, or start my own fund, never really explored other blogs until I stumbled onto yours. …it’s turned me onto the networking/communicating aspects of it, and it has been completely because I started reading you.
Turned out to be such an eye-opener.
I owe you a HUGE thanks.
Also, A Zebra In Lion Country was Amazing, Thank-you! Any other books you recommend will be automatically bumped to the top of my reading list.