tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116070612738513641..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Bloggers in Balibibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1161139855260644942006-10-18T10:50:00.000+08:002006-10-18T10:50:00.000+08:00Blogs - the great levelling field, transforming a ...Blogs - the great levelling field, transforming a lot of things into dinosaurs at a theatre near you.<BR/><BR/>As for stalkers, tell me about it! (Long story lah)kimsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301090680444995916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160969400200101452006-10-16T11:30:00.000+08:002006-10-16T11:30:00.000+08:00thanks alex. i did mention the interactive aspect...thanks alex. i did mention the interactive aspect of blogging in the panel - just didn't write it here. i love the way that blogs also become shaped by their readers - this one certainly has. i learn all the time from the folks who drop by and leave comments.<BR/><BR/>i could have waxed on by myself for the full hour about what makes blogging an amazing medium!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160932325087265432006-10-16T01:12:00.000+08:002006-10-16T01:12:00.000+08:00I am glad that the Ubud Readers and Writers Festiv...I am glad that the Ubud Readers and Writers Festival had a panel discussion on blogs and bloggers. <BR/><BR/>I am also happy to read about your many positive (and one negative) views about blogging in Malaysia.<BR/><BR/>Blogging is here to stay and in a way leveled the playing field for all writers- established ones and wannabes. <BR/><BR/>One feature of blogging which you have not mentioned is that it is interactive. A printed media is not. An author of a printed article may not know what their readers are thinking unless it had stirred up a storm.Alex Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160893053095056282006-10-15T14:17:00.000+08:002006-10-15T14:17:00.000+08:00"I'm very happy if my writing gets picked up and q..."I'm very happy if my writing gets picked up and quoted elsewhere - provided that I'm credited."<BR/><BR/>Then you should be up in arms against paid media stealing stuff from your blog without credit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160892951633663732006-10-15T14:15:00.000+08:002006-10-15T14:15:00.000+08:00Have we gone from "Blogs will take over the newspa...Have we gone from "Blogs will take over the newspapers" to "blogs will complement the newspapers" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160839285561379372006-10-14T23:21:00.000+08:002006-10-14T23:21:00.000+08:00agree entirely. the blogs are a very important sou...agree entirely. the blogs are a very important source for news and information. the litblogs are the best source of info after the guardian and the n y times and the book pages of some of the other local papers. before this we were pretty much starved of literary news. another intersting thing is that previously we always looked to news from the west but litbloggers elsewhere are also important - i particularly love some of the indian litbloggers some of whom i came across via your blog - especeially kitabkhana and jabbeerwockbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160832479438356822006-10-14T21:27:00.000+08:002006-10-14T21:27:00.000+08:00Interesting post on blogging and bloggers. In fact...Interesting post on blogging and bloggers. In fact, these days, the best source for, say literary news, are the literary blogs like yours that act as superlative aggregators. I'm sure the same thing is happening for other areas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126007565300598871noreply@blogger.com