Yes, I find Austin’s mind maps to be endlessly fascinating. There’s always more to look at and think about. If you click the link under the photo, you can check out some more of them…

I too think that inviting the challenge can make us all do better work.

@ Trina and Ken – I think you’re both on target — you certainly weren’t offensive, Trina!

@ Melissa – Yes, there must be so many readers who don’t comment! Maybe we need to make periodic calls for introductions… ?

@ Lisa – I love that analogy! Blogs have an excellent way of showing the *process* of arguments and ideas…which is likely a major reason they were such a successful innovation.

My immediate reaction to this sentence is that the museum is the end of the trip, but the real journey is the process of getting there.

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You may have heard of Google Analytics (GA)? It is one of the Web2.0 tools that permits the blogger to mobitor visitors, where they come from and what the look at including time spent on the page etc. Post Rank is another with a different way of monitoring.

I’d recommend GA as a first app. It’s easy to install and gives a fair old array of different stats to look at. Here’s a recent page from my own blog showing just some of the things GA can provide on a single page – and there is more than I’ve summarised that you can peruse with that app.

Catchya later
from Middle-earth

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I love the image of the mindmap, by the way. I think I stared at it for about five minutes before I started reading.

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No you didn’t offend me. We bloggers tend to be a bit robust. I think it’s part of what comes as a commenter/bogger. I respect your ability to comment on a post – and it is an ability, some would call it the lack of hang-up about technology.

I watch my children (youngest is not quite 15) and see in them an attitude not too different than my own. They feel (rightly I’d say) that we are all entitled to our opinions and to express those provided we do it in a seemly fashion; of course, they wouldn’t use the words I use, but the fundamental idea is the same.

My belief (and I think Zoë would agree) is that we should all treat the venue (blog) in the same way as we do our meeting places/homes/hotels made accessible to us. Which means that we all welcome each other and we should each foster this welcoming.

I come to share with you, not to alienate you, not as in the falacious Star Trek spoof, “We come in peace. Shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill.” There is a lot who do that

Catchya later
from Middle-earth

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Zoe – When I read your ending question…” How else can we take advantage of these endless contexts?”… I really took the position of ‘take advantage’ in a positive constructive way, to look for different ways to get noticed. If my comment about advertising was taken in a negative way, again my apologies. Leaving a link back to ones own blog after commenting can be a way to ‘take advantage’ – in a positive way.

Best,
Trina