Comments on: Game 28: #2 Seed I’d Rather Be Writing Versus #5 Seed Men With Pens

By: Poewar Giving Away $250 to the Guest Blogger Who Brings in the Most Traffic | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson

Tue, 20 May 2008 18:00:49 +0000

[...] the way, a couple of weeks ago, John wrote a really funny basketball metaphor play-by-play analysis of my site compared with another. I gleaned some good pointers from his constructive criticism: (1) [...]

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:16:41 +0000

Joni & James,

Thanks,

There are still some kinks to be worked out, but it’s a start.

By: James -Men with Pens

James -Men with Pens — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:57:38 +0000

Hot damn, John! Check you out!

By: JoniB

JoniB — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:41:04 +0000

Off topic: Love the new look!

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:14:06 +0000

@ Tom — It is difficult to keep up with comments sometimes. They can come at you pretty quickly. Don’t forget to read your round one and round 2 contests.

http://www.poewar.com/writing-blog-madness-the-elite-eight/

@ James — Good to see you’re gonna get with the program. I’m looking forward to those recent posts! I’m also looking forward to when you drive by.

@ Karen. I’m glad you got to expand your horizons. There’s a lot of good blogs out there. The Madness is all about community.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:03:50 +0000

MWP is my team but it’s nice to visit other courts too. Thanks for the intro to a great technical blog I would have missed. This post game analysis had me on pins and needles, geez I thought playoffs were tough! Great job on the write-up and you deserve a trophy for the amount of work you’ve put into these posts. Go MWP!

Karen

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:24:34 +0000

John, thanks for such a detailed analysis of my blog and Men with Pens. This caught me totally by surprise. I had no idea I was even in the running, much less a number two seed.

You’re dead right about my lack of responding to comments lately. I’ve found that I just can’t keep up. And this past week I’ve been busier than ever. Anyway, I’m sorry for not being more attentive to the community around my site.

My design is also something that needs improving. I’ve been eager to move away from the 3 column Limau-Orange theme I’m using and find something else. I agree that I have a lot of clutter in my sidebars. I’m just not sure where to put it all.

I’m glad you enjoyed my post about the WordPress Codex. I kind of needed to write a guide anyway for the presentation I’m giving at a conference in Vancouver next week. I’m planning to eventually put it into a more attractive graphic format.

You really entertained me with your basketball narrative. I actually love playing basketball and am also watching a playoff game tonight (Jazz versus Houston, 3-2).

Thanks again for your post.

By: Tei - Rogue Ink

Tei - Rogue Ink — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:39:56 +0000

Yay for Men with Pens!

By: James -Men with Pens

James -Men with Pens — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:19:14 +0000

Okay, if that wasn’t suspense, I don’t know what was.

*slumps in relief* Thank god it’s over.

Oh wait. It’s not over. Wait, that means… Hey! Coolness! We won!

Tom, thanks for being our competitor. I’d taken a look at your blog and I knew it’d be close – I think that equal competition is the best kind you can have, and I appreciate that you were ours. Best of luck.

John, I’ll give you your freakin’ Recent Posts. K? K?! Sheesh.