Comments on: City Blogs revisited http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Richard Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:54:10 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/#comment-2388 Personally, having just moved away from Birmingham up to the cold North of Yorkshire, I'd dearly love to read the intelligent ramblings of people like yourself on my old home city. It does have to be done properly though, that is true. But I've long held the view that Birmingham, even with it's recent higher profile, has been badly mis-represented. It's a vibrant big city, yet retains enough character and eccentricities to make it feel like home. (Possibly the reason all Brummies always call their city a town?) Personally, having just moved away from Birmingham up to the cold North of Yorkshire, I’d dearly love to read the intelligent ramblings of people like yourself on my old home city. It does have to be done properly though, that is true.
But I’ve long held the view that Birmingham, even with it’s recent higher profile, has been badly mis-represented. It’s a vibrant big city, yet retains enough character and eccentricities to make it feel like home.
(Possibly the reason all Brummies always call their city a town?)

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 Pete Ashton Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:43:56 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/#comment-2387 "invaluable" - you're right. A hint of hyperbole slipped in there I think. Corrected! “invaluable” – you’re right. A hint of hyperbole slipped in there I think. Corrected!

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Jez Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:30:22 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/11/city_blogs_revisited/#comment-2386 "potential ... to become an invaluable part of the wider local scene" Unachievable, because nobody and nothing is irreplaceable. Did you mean "a valuable part", because that's perfectly possible? You've nailed it at the end there. Just saying "I'm going to write about Birmingham" isn't enough. It's not even close :) People need to bring a definite idea, or to be given a definite commission: open ended - match reports from Pertemps Bees home games finite - visiting every licensed Zoo in the Greater Birmingham area one-off - By bus to Hagley, a photo-essay from the top-deck of the 109 repeating - reports from this years ArtsFest etc, etc I see no harm in syndication either. If somebody usually writes for the own or another website, there's absolutely no reason why some or all of that shouldn't be republished (copublished?). “potential … to become an invaluable part of the wider local scene”

Unachievable, because nobody and nothing is irreplaceable. Did you mean “a valuable part”, because that’s perfectly possible?

You’ve nailed it at the end there. Just saying “I’m going to write about Birmingham” isn’t enough. It’s not even close :)

People need to bring a definite idea, or to be given a definite commission:
open ended – match reports from Pertemps Bees home games
finite – visiting every licensed Zoo in the Greater Birmingham area
one-off – By bus to Hagley, a photo-essay from the top-deck of the 109
repeating – reports from this years ArtsFest
etc, etc

I see no harm in syndication either. If somebody usually writes for the own or another website, there’s absolutely no reason why some or all of that shouldn’t be republished (copublished?).

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