Tag: blogging

Federation, When

Posted by Ryan A - October 1, 09

via アニ・ノート

Steven says:

And as for certain people who just mail their comments to me instead of posting them, I really wish you’d register, log in, and post for yourself.

Okay, really now. Here’s a brilliant idea. Every blog should require registration to comment. That way we can have accounts on every single service just to achieve a fluid channel for communication1.

Here’s an even better idea, let’s reform e-mail so that in order to send to myemail.com you have to have an myemail.com account. No no no, it’s totally great this way! That way, you can have like 150 accounts to sign into and check and talk on, but you know all the cool kids are doing it so you know it’s good….

ESTABLISHING THAT MOAR POPULAR = BETTER.

Meanwhile, []2 I’ll continue my quest for Federation.

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Yes, That Is So

Posted by Ryan A - September 18, 09

From the Mellow_Bunny:

Zaitcev does it all the time. Yet others don’t seem to fathom how it works. Well whatever, I like the idea and it’s certainly more of a motivator to blog myself then leaving a comment is. I could spend years leaving comments on people’s blogs and never feel satisfied. My comments could get lost in the mire. I hate the mire. It leaves you with no control over your own words either.

Yes, indeed. I’ve probably mentioned somewhere in a post or comment long ago, that zaitcev’s format, is actually the standard on most blogs (not counting the disabled comments feature).

Blogger reads something, Blogger blogs it…. TRACKBACK.

Sunday Driving Season

Posted by Ryan A - April 15, 09

Reading Omisyth’s write-up on 1st episode droppage brought me to a nice conclusion about this thing many of us do as anime-bloggers (myself included). We make quite a lot of  断言 and 公言, but does every series/season need a definitive yes=watch, no=garbage?

wernotdoinitrit

Somewhere in the deep, dark, and confusing world of psychology there is a rule that goes like, “If we make declaration of an action, but do not do it, then it will be easier to not do next declared action.” Now before someone points the finger at me declaring Irnotdoinitrit, I’ll point out the importance of this statement, where the validity of the statement does not matter.

We make professions as humans, but we each have a varying degree of upholding our said professions. So the question is, if not every human has a high percentage of upheld assertions, how valuable are they without individual basing? Furthermore why do we do it? I’m curious.

Essentially, we are calling out the names of our attacks…. MMMMazinger. If we are going to call it out, let’s make it Kamina-sized! (he DID get himself Gurren)

The Complement

What is the value of doing an action we did not declare? Personally, I feel it is the spice of life to do thing without even mentioning them… it is the element of surprise. To Enchant! A trip to Juno, I never expected my little adventurous friend to jump from the bridge while we swam below; she didn’t say anything, but she did it… and everyone followed. The rush!

Given, whether we state we will [not] watch/blog a series is somewhat more trivial, but I find it much easier to accomplish things without profession (less weight). Or as a well-known slogan goes:

:D

That’s right.

Note

-This by no means attack on style or way, but a simple pondering as to whether either method is more beneficial? Stating, but not doing, or not stating but doing?
-Sunday Drive refers to the comment made on Omisynth’s blog, which implied we should just drive rather than reading road signs or making signs of our own.. going with the flow. ^_^

An Evening

Posted by Ryan A - March 12, 09

newcastle

Yes, I’m sitting at home, drinking some Newcastle on my Spring vacation and feeling rather down that I didn’t quite enjoy any anime or manga this week :( My own fault really, as I wanted to be less productive, but somehow managed to fire-up over an xul application. Anyhow…

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Our Future: オタク圏3

Posted by Ryan A - December 6, 08

In this final addition, I want to stress the solutions or actions we may take in order to build a future for the otakusphere, in order to not simply let it idle+die, confined to a very small subset of the internet, and still less attractive to the mainstream of fans. Briefly, it comes down to our stimulation, our lineage, and our unified spectrum, or how we appear externally.

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Bloglomerate Stance

Posted by Ryan A - October 2, 08

A one Mr. Mellow Bunny, posted over at mellowspace.com on the recent spring of group blogs, yet I think there’s more to the story, because group j-media blogging is not new considering the epic THAT had it’s 2 year anniversary last month (speaking of which, why when did I start this blog again…)

Particularly, I should bring attention to Oi, Hayaku! and ㊥出し. Why? Because these are evolutions from members of the otakuken. Why not mention the All Girl RR Thing? It’s a different approach, to put it shortly… bubble-gum and roller skates vs red white-collars on Wall St, and inadvertently, I did mention it.

Oi, Hayaku!

This one isn’t special because the “gatherer” of writers was kept in the dark for weeks, rather, the approach is seemingly aiming for professionalism. In terms of blog professionalism, I think it’d be good to take a glimps of well-known examples like engadget or stereogum. If you can picture an “anime” blog, not that they are purely-anime anymore, with the presence and pretty of one of these two, then the jig is up.

Oi, Hayaku! has potential already in specifically selecting authors. Point-of-fail: editors. Almost assuredly, a post coming from an engadget-level blog are checked a few times by numerous people before the post hits, because it is the professional way.

㊥出し

bj0rn’s new shibang is more like stereogum in the aspect of fun entertainment. I don’t think the overall purpose is a sheer professionalism, but in the music industry, le swag often sells. That being said, it’s okay to get the paws dirty, because it sells, and not everyone wants bad-ass, thought provoking creations, that cannot even be contained in the simplistic word, “post.” [see a|o or CAT].

The important part is summed nicely in the About section…

Let’s just say after many years of being in the anime community, we, a bunch of regular members decided to come up with this site to write about things we feel like and to share information and do discussions with others out there.

Simple + nice, where’s the money at?

General B

These are chess moves. While I’m sure others have grouped in similar fashion, just any multi-author blog isn’t going to come and play, no no no. The difference we are seeing is decisiveness, planning, scheming, and all those beautiful emotive moves one may encounter in the world of financial acquisitions (or Code Geass). Surely, I think these two are just a start…

Welcome to the rise of Bloglomerates!

Where the big picture is invisible.

…and so it begins.

Ryan Has El ノート, Blog Lensing

Posted by Ryan A - September 21, 08

How many of bloggers read other blogs in abundance, totali I know? I’m not sure where “reading other blogs more than writing your own” stands in the sphere, but I don’t find it negative, other than being extremely time-consuming.

Presumably, most who do are of the nu-school bloggers or writers of highly-meta blogs, such as the infamous アニ・ノート. While some of the big names (RC, Memento, Hop Step Jump!) may read here and there, I don’t think they have a large feed list (do they read their blogroll?).

Get Meta, with Google Reader

The great thing about アニ・ノート is that it acts as a [meta] filter for the otakuken. By paying attention to Author’s posts, a wide variety of the community is put into context, and much of the hassle about checking the reader for articles is taken away. Still, Author is one man, and the variety keeps growing.

I surely do not know the weight of Google Reader, it seems fine, but I definitely prefer software applications [opposed to cloud]. What interests me is the noting portal、or clippings; yes this is similar to Google Notebook, but more applicable for what I’m aiming at. For the bloggers who read blogs, it’s time for Notes.

RyanAround

This is Space Meta

What Google Reader enables one to do is make noise notes on entries, cut up the entries, and share them into a public feed. O_O! Think about that, reading and noting (not blogging). If there was a group of 5-10 people, each subscribed to 50 feeds, with 20% overlap, they can cover anywhere from 200-400 feeds. Mixing in the notes, if one were to subscribe to their note feeds, how much ground would they be covering, or filtering?

This is a meta-step back from commenting, I think that’s important, because a comment is a conversation within the context, and a note is more like a reflection about the context. In the case of finding what [and possibly more important] to read, with less effort, the outer-context is much more useful.

Implementation

Being feed crazy on Aloe, Dream, I decided to pin my own note-feed to things. Hopefully, those who read blogs may start noting as well, because I’d really like to see how condensed the information and variety can get.