Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Chatter > General Discussion


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 04-12-2006, 01:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
Please touch this.
 
Halx's Avatar
 
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
Tilted Blogs

So, I want to develop TFP some more. A little poke at being more relevant.

Tilted Blogs

Yea, I know... a) every site on the planet has gone into blog territory and b) we already have journals.

Well, I sorta wanna redeem myself for the undertaking that never was, also known as Tilted Magazine. We wanted a periodical, but what we got was nothing but work. A few featured blogs will accomplish the same thing, I think, and provide content at a more constant pace too. Journals are great on the site, but they aren't FEATURES. They have no precedence in content.. they are an equal opportunity playground that anyone can get into. This will be different.

Here's what I'm looking for:

I want 10+ bloggers. I want each blogger to have their own focus. By that I mean something specific that they will document with each posting. For example, I have a friend who has a blog on MLBlogs.com and his deal is he collects baseballs at baseball games. He's not an ordinary fan - he actually has the record for most baseballs collected at games. That's what makes his experience and viewpoint unique and interesting... and worthy of a blog (an award-winning one at that). So I'm looking for people who do things fairly regularly that the average person does not do and may be curious about.

Are you involved in a program or a society that is exclusive or misunderstood? Do you have a job or hobby that allows you to experience noteworthy things? Are you trying to accomplish something that will take dedication and a lot of daily/weekly work?

You don't have to stand out with your lifestyle though, you could lead an ordinary life like the rest of us, but have a unique view of the world around you. Can you write interesting entries that are both stimulating and perceptive? Can you make people laugh with your powers of observation? Do you take photos, create sketches, or even record soundbytes on a constant basis?

I'm looking for subjects that are appealing from all sorts of standpoints. The main thing, though, is that I want a commitment to update at least once a week.

If you would like to contribute to this project, please send me a PM and pitch your blog to me. I'm looking for good writing skills above all. If I get enough response from this, I'll implement the changes needed to get this going and we can begin relatively soon. If you have anything to add or any opinions on the idea, please feel free to post...
__________________
You have found this post informative.
-The Administrator
[Don't Feed The Animals]
Halx is offline  
Old 04-12-2006, 01:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
Kick Ass Kunoichi
 
snowy's Avatar
 
Location: Oregon
Oh I like this idea!

I already have a food-oriented blog on Blogspot but an actual, ready-made audience would be just what I need to write more.

I'll be submitting my pitch to you soon, Halx.
__________________
If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
snowy is offline  
Old 04-12-2006, 05:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
The Death Card
 
Ace_O_Spades's Avatar
 
Location: EH!?!?
OO great idea. I can't wait to see some of the ideas people come up with.

Will there be an opportunity to add more blogs down the road?
__________________
Feh.
Ace_O_Spades is offline  
Old 04-13-2006, 01:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
Found my way back
 
healer's Avatar
 
Location: South Africa
I really like the idea. TFP has the biggest collection of smart, funny and interesting people I've ever come across and I'm sure this project will highlight that.

I can't wait
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Ok - can I edit my posts to read "what healer said"?
healer is offline  
Old 04-13-2006, 02:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
Submit to me, you know you want to
 
ShaniFaye's Avatar
 
Location: Lilburn, Ga
This sounds interesting, cant wait to see what people come up with!!!!

I like keeping my blog, but I dont ever focus on one thing....I *observe* wierd things lol
__________________
I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!
ShaniFaye is offline  
Old 04-14-2006, 11:56 AM   #6 (permalink)
Heliotrope
 
cellophanedeity's Avatar
 
Location: A warm room
I may be doing a blog for the sex-ed centre anyway, so if you want something like that, I'm willing to do it.
__________________
who am I to refuse the universe?
-Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers
cellophanedeity is offline  
Old 04-14-2006, 12:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
peekaboo
 
ngdawg's Avatar
 
Location: on the back, bitch
Being probably the oldest woman here (or least the one who admits to it), I could maybe offer insights to the finer points of growing older and the not-so-finer ones.
__________________
Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.
ngdawg is offline  
Old 04-15-2006, 09:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
 
roachboy's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: essex ma
i am thinking about this but wonder how public these blogs would be---what relation you see them having to tfp as a whole. the journal thing that i have been doing is less a journal than a long series of experiments based on the idea of a journal. i could write about lots of stuff, but need to think about it a little, and knowing how public these would be would help.
__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite
roachboy is offline  
Old 04-15-2006, 10:36 AM   #9 (permalink)
Please touch this.
 
Halx's Avatar
 
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
uhh.. as public as I can make them?

Aren't really getting much of a response on this one.
__________________
You have found this post informative.
-The Administrator
[Don't Feed The Animals]
Halx is offline  
Old 04-15-2006, 11:24 AM   #10 (permalink)
Registered User
 
I'd be interested in seeing a collection of links to existing TFPer's existing blogs. A blog is a personal thing, and reading through some of the replies here, there are more than one person who's blob I might look up, if it were pointed at in an easy to find way from the tfp.

I'm not sure what is gained by branding a bunch of blogs with the tfp name - yes it would mean they would find an audience here from the folks at the tfp, but without providing full cgi/formatting access, part of the blogger's art (layout, style etc) would be compromised.

If that is the case, then it's very kind of Halx to offer to host other people's blogs, but the end result would still have to be accessed via a collection of links - So, why not start off with that collection, just pointing to existing blogs written by TFP'ers, hosted elsewhere?

I would really like to see the full creativity of other TFP members, and it might be nice to have a central place in the TFP to access all that creative talent.

What do you think Halx?
nezmot is offline  
Old 04-15-2006, 02:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
rat
smiling doesn't hurt anymore :)
 
rat's Avatar
 
Location: College Station, TX
interested in the views of a chronic alcholic? been a drunk for 4-6 years now, depending on when you chalk up the "heavy drinking" starting, so most of my blogs deal with the loss and focus on improvement in my life. nothing great, but it'd give people a bit of insight into the dystopia of the jaded young adults of my generation.
__________________
Quote:
Originally posted by clavus
To say that I was naked, when I broke in would be a lie. I put on safety glasses.
rat is offline  
Old 04-16-2006, 12:33 AM   #12 (permalink)
Please touch this.
 
Halx's Avatar
 
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
People create their own blog sites so they can litter their page forwards and backwards with layout and design. They do this to express themselves, to complain about their lives, and to communicate with their friends. This is not what I have in mind for this project.

I am suggesting something along the lines of the publication of a periodical. Each blog author has an idiom... an angle.. that they incorporate into each post. This is what will drive the blogs - not their flashy photoshopped layout that takes up 95% of the page.

I do not want to create a directory of blogs, I want to create a home to compelling literature and social commentary.
__________________
You have found this post informative.
-The Administrator
[Don't Feed The Animals]
Halx is offline  
Old 04-21-2006, 05:23 AM   #13 (permalink)
Leaning against the -Sun-
 
little_tippler's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: on the other side
I don't think I'd have anything interesting to tell, but then I have always thought that. But I'd love to nominate a fellow TFP'er that I know everyone loves to read from - CLAVUS.
__________________
Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.


Fernando Pessoa, 1918
little_tippler is offline  
Old 04-21-2006, 08:15 AM   #14 (permalink)
Comedian
 
BigBen's Avatar
 
Location: Use the search button
There is a lot of talent here, and I think I would spend every waking moment reading TFP blogs.

I am in. I want it to be fun, and I will help in any way I can.
__________________
3.141592654
Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.
BigBen is offline  
Old 04-21-2006, 09:04 AM   #15 (permalink)
Americow, the Beautiful
 
Supple Cow's Avatar
 
Location: Washington, D.C.
And the chorus erupts...

BIG... BEN!! BIG... BEN!! BIG... BEN!! BIG... BEN!! BIG... BEN!!



*ahem*




...I think I would enjoy reading an official BigBen blog.
__________________
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
Supple Cow is offline  
Old 04-21-2006, 02:48 PM   #16 (permalink)
Please touch this.
 
Halx's Avatar
 
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
I'm gonna be going over some of the responses so far and give replies. Some are good ideas, some wont work. Either way, I'll be giving each one a response soon as to what I like and don't like.

That said, we need a lot more
__________________
You have found this post informative.
-The Administrator
[Don't Feed The Animals]
Halx is offline  
Old 04-24-2006, 01:28 AM   #17 (permalink)
rat
smiling doesn't hurt anymore :)
 
rat's Avatar
 
Location: College Station, TX
any updates on this Hal?
__________________
Quote:
Originally posted by clavus
To say that I was naked, when I broke in would be a lie. I put on safety glasses.
rat is offline  
 

Tags
blogs, tilted

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:12 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360