Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Machine
“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do” B. F. Skinner
Aeroplane
High up in the skies
Through the clouds it flies
The sheer size
Leaves you mesmerized
Well oiled machinery
Pulling together amazingly
“Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself” Pat Conroy
An Homage to Bloggers
The blogging day is done
And the time has come
To finally move along
Maybe, even with a song
So let’s all keep blogging
Even while jogging
Do not believe in flopping
And around the www keep popping
Blogging 201, Day Ten: Give ‘Em What They Want, II
“Blogging isn’t about publishing as much as you can: It’s about publishing as smart as you can” Jon Morrow
Blogging 201, Day Ten: Give ‘Em What They Want, II
Today’s assignment: create a poll and/or a survey to collect feedback from your readers on your site and its content.
Why do this?
– Because data deepens your understanding of what readers love (or don’t love).–
– Because data can illuminate traffic drops and boosts you might see in your blog’s stats.
First off, thank you a great many for this excellent and interesting Blogging201 event. The assignments have been of interest and even needful for myself and I really have learnt a lot and gained new blogging buddies during the process too!
That being said, regarding today’s assignment:
I have had the illusion, in which blogging can be everything and nothing. You can be either a professional blogger or a writer posting your own thoughts, images, what have yous.
As for myself, I am mainly writing for myself. As for what ever else I do, photography, videography, songs, poetry, etc, I am truly happy if anyone else enjoys what I have to offer, but, I absolutely will not change my direction, my style or the things I do if there are those who do not like them. I will always try on new things, but that usually comes from within, not by suggestion. Well, that is not entirely true, someone may suggest something and I will pick up on that, but still do it my own way. I love prompts, but I usually do not follow the guidelines exactly, rather add my own twist to them.
Of course I am interested in statistics and how many likes I get, who wouldn’t be! But then again, you cannot always please everyone every time.
To summarize my ranting, polls and surveys are not for me, not for my current blog at least.
Related posts:
An Homage to Bloggers (Repost for Blogging 201)
Photography and Poetry
&
Posted in Fav Foto Friday #21
Share each Friday, on your own blog, one photo…or maybe even a gallery of some of your favorite photos that you have taken during the week, that make you smile or that was a great photo capturing opportunity…anything really! And as photographers are often known to say, “The best camera is, the one that you have with you!”
“No more camouflage, I want to be exposed and not afraid to fall”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015-12-18 /#21
For this week’s favourite photograph, I chose the one I posted for the Blogging U Poem a Day challenge, aptly titled “Camouflage”. The poem written for the same, can be found behind the related post link.
Enjoy!
Related posts:
Camouflage
Writing 101, A Poem A Day, Day 8: Graffiti
Poetry & Photography
“It’s Porvoo style – whoomph whoomph, whoomph, whoomph – Porvoo style!”
Graffiti Porvoo Style
I’m spraying my graffiti
Where ever it fits me
On the walls of suburbia
Bringing a sense of hysteria
There is no mystery
Of who I am
Just read my life’s history
Come and catch me if you can
Writing 101, A Poem A Day: Day 9: Camouflage
Poetry & Photography
“Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we conceal.” — Russell Lynes
For today’s poem, take inspiration from camouflage — you may apply it in any way you like, whether you write about visual or social dissimulation, or focus on the way we hide our myriad emotions, actions, and reactions. What would be your ultimate smokescreen, concealment, or mask?
“I need camouflage that works in such a way that when I wear it, you disappear.” Jarod Kintz
Camouflage
I need a good disguise
I really need to hide
From the prying eyes
So very hard I tried
To fit in the system
Trying each position
But now the resistance
Almost my mission
Is to get away
To disappear
I know it’s a cliche
I am facing
The final frontier
My heart racing
I am finally fading
My shell visible
Slowly trading
Becoming invisible
My camouflage
Now complete
Blogging 101, Commenting Bootcamp, Day Four: Try Respectful Disagreement
One of the best things about reading blogs is being exposed to ideas, experiences, and viewpoints you might not otherwise encounter — at some point, you’re bound to read something you disagree with.
Today, leave a comment that disagrees with a post’s premise or challenges a post’s ideas… but respectfully!
If we never engage with difficult ideas, we shrink the internet down into our own little echo chambers. Disagreement helps us hone our viewpoints, and can change a mind or show people their common ground.
Of course, disagreeing needn’t (and shouldn’t!) be mean-spirited. Visit The Commons for some guidelines on how to disagree in a kind, productive way. And if you’re not sure whether your comment is helpful or respectful, your co-bloggers in The Commons will happily provide a second opinion!
“Blogs are whatever we make them. Defining ‘Blog’ is a fool’s errand.” Michael Conniff
Respectful Disagreement?
Left a few comments
I tried to be honest
Even though I did promise
No one to torment
“I cannot agree with thee
I cannot see the same you see
Don’t be too angry with me
I was on a commenting spree
They said the truth will set free
I realize now it upset a wee
So let’s just agree to disagree
And maybe go out for a cup of tea?”
Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
“Being glamorous is about strength and confidence It’s black and white – dramatic You have to be strong” Catherine Zeta-Jones
White
White or off-white
The white knight
Of the floral world
Traditionally pearled
Fully in bloom
Filling the room
With light
Ever so bright
“By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it” William Scranton
Throwback Thursday 2015-12-17
Today is time for a walk down memory lane again and dig into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind since the beginning of time. Well at least from the beginning of this blog 😛
Here are a few featured today:
It’s About As Funny As A Root Canal (Repost for TBT)
I am Out of Order for Today (Repost for TBT)
Let the Rantings continue!!!
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” Joe Girard
I am Out of Order for Today
Call it
A writer’s block
Or a total lock
My mind just
Put up the sign
“Empty room
For hire”
I will not pine
Somewhere
The fire
Can be found
Lifting me
Off the ground
To unblock
I will catch
The hook
To unlock
My writer’s mind
Rantings Of A Third Kind 