National Blog Posting Month

Off to a Good (Early) Start

I'm using the blogroll to keep track of who I have left comments for. Tonight I hit everyone on the line-up that starts with a character that isn't a letter of the alphabet (the first several on the list). There were three that I couldn't get to, but I have started chipping away.

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Permalink Reply by Zee on October 31, 2007 at 4:31pm: Using the Blogroll is a great idea! I was just wondering how I'd keep track of the blogs I've encountered without having to look through the old comments to make sure I wasn't re-visiting w/o knowing. Hmm... Maybe I'll start at the end and work my way up. I just crunched the numbers and realized to get through all of them (as of 1630 PDT) I'd have to comment on 109 a day. Perhaps I won't get to all of them, but I'll at least try...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Snoskred Avalanche on October 31, 2007 at 5:45pm: 109 a day is a pretty big ask.. The most I did in a day last year was 140 but that was a long day of commenting. ;)

I think maybe an idea is to set a certain amount of time for commenting and see how many you can get done in that amount of time.

It's a good idea to open the blogs in tabs so they can all be loading while you're reading the first one.

Cheers!
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Permalink Reply by Zee on October 31, 2007 at 6:33pm: I agree it's too much to aim for. I'm setting my number way, way lower (I'll know at the end of tomorrow what it'll be) and hoping to go above and beyond that number. I work at a place that's... well, let's just say it's not very busy, so I'm hoping to get most of my commenting done there, leaving my evenings free to post to my blog. I'd love to steal your spreadsheet. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Snoskred Avalanche on November 3, 2007 at 3:16pm: Zee, I've been following you through the W's :) and sometimes I managed to get somewhere first! ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Snoskred Avalanche on October 31, 2007 at 5:43pm: Well done! ;) I'm going to get started today as well.

Last year I had the blogroll in a spreadsheet so I could tick them off as I commented on them. I'll make another one and upload it in case anyone would like to use it. Keep an eye out here for the file, I'll put a post with the link as soon as I have created it.

Cheers!
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Permalink Reply by OpenBookJen on November 3, 2007 at 12:49pm: It's doubtful I'll make it to every blog, but this commenting challenge is a great way to motivate myself to find new blogs to read through the NaBlo dealio. After blogging for so many years, I tend to get in a rut with my reading of new ones. I'm hoping this will shake that up a bit.

I'd use the radomizer, but it hates me. I think I'll go with the blogroll idea, too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jon Deal on November 5, 2007 at 10:36am: Y'all let me know when you get the "Rs" and I'll spruce the place up and make it suitable for company.

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Permalink Reply by Sherry Rowe on November 2, 2008 at 9:34am: This is a great idea! Too bad I'm not on the blogroll yet. How long does it usually take to get added? I sent my request in the proper format on Friday.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Melissa on November 2, 2008 at 1:42pm: Eden posted on Twitter yesterday that she had 475 people to add, so it might take a while.; ▶ Reply to This