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04-30-2008, 12:42 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Fairbanks
, Alaska
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 237
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Do you have a website or blog?
I was just wondering if there are others here that have their own website/blogs for their travels? We full time and think it was indispensable to have one...what do you guys think? How about sharing them here on this thread?
Also, are you happy with your sites/blogs? do you want one?
I have been designing while on the road -- have yet to hit the loterry...
Here is the latest one I did for a member of Airforums, here: Airstream Travels With Scrapirony
SYDTR
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04-30-2008, 12:50 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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There are many who blog and have web sites. Most put the address in their signature line below their user name here.
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04-30-2008, 12:52 PM
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Rivet Master
2008 30' Classic S/O
Dearborn
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,403
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really enjoyed your site... great pix from Mesilla, NM... thanks for sharing...
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04-30-2008, 01:45 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2013 27' Flying Cloud
Currently Looking...
Livingston
, Texas
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 91
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I enjoy having a record of where I've been with pictures.
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04-30-2008, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 8,812
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we are here on earth to fart around. don't let anybody tell you any different. k.v.
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04-30-2008, 02:37 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,026
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Yeah, I keep just informal stuff on mine. There are a couple of travel thingies on it, but not a lot. I guess I should really do up my own instead of spending so much time on clients' websites. (But, then, clients pay me; myself doesn't pay worth a durn.)
Lynn
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04-30-2008, 03:12 PM
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Miss Rivette
1965 17' Caravel
Hell
, Michigan
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,644
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I blog, just started it yesterday!
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04-30-2008, 04:26 PM
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Restorations done right
Commercial Member
1962 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Vintage Kin Owner
Currently Looking...
Baltimore
, Maryland
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,545
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I love to blog. My DSL was out... I went to my neighbors house and highjacked it while they were at work for my last post... My blog is all about my airstream life. check it out please.
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04-30-2008, 04:29 PM
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Restorations done right
Commercial Member
1962 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Vintage Kin Owner
Currently Looking...
Baltimore
, Maryland
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,545
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sorry, one more thing... my blog is commercial free for you reading pleasure. no pop ups no flash no requests to buy...only airstreams and airstreaming
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04-30-2008, 04:47 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 21,276
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We use the forums to blog about our trials and tribulations. Sometimes it even contains useful information...
(shameless plug here):
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f314...ins-32395.html
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04-30-2008, 05:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,702
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Personally, I prefer a " free-wheeling" nature of a website over a blog which tends to " have to be" updated. Blogs seem to be very chronological & lineal in nature where as our websites are organized more topically. The downside of not committing to a blog IMO is that sometimes months can go by between updates...but it's not quite so obvious with a website ~ Websites better suit my style ~ although I admire those that can dedicate themselves to a blog.
I do use the forum in more of a blog style...quick updates, not a lot of detail, more conversational. I go into much more detail on our websites...more of a one-sided documentation of the project w/o the distraction of chit-chat.
I've actually stopped maintaining the "GlobeTrotting" travel section of our Maxwell website...it's kinda like watching someone else's family slide show...TMI, I really don't want to go there anymore. If I had more time...maybe, but it's a low priority for me right now.
Shari
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04-30-2008, 05:45 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Fairbanks
, Alaska
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 237
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Keep these answers coming! I just think it is awesome to hear how people use/don't use blogs, why and whynots etc... and it's gona give me lots of reading too Thanks for sharing, maybe I'll do one page with everyone's Airstream blog on it
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04-30-2008, 06:06 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Florissant
, USA
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,083
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I have a blog that will be following me to Afghanistan even though I won't have the Airstream.
Streaming Soldiers Blog
Needs to be updated pretty bad...maybe you might motivate me to do it!
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04-30-2008, 06:28 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Fairbanks
, Alaska
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 237
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Also, I think there is a big difference between "a personalized" blog, and a generic blog, AND I don't really think posting on the forum can be considered "blogging?"
what do you think?
I have been surfing through the many blogs and websites listed here..and I think it is fair to say that a lot of these seem to lack a number of features and "koolness..." and most important lack total personalization... Is it because we're all a bit afraid to "jump in" or simply because we don't have the right resource/direction? I am just intrigued by this topic... and would love true user feedback. Of those who blog, and those who dont. Thxs!
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05-01-2008, 12:29 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Excella
Abernathy
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 865
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blog...no.
flickr...yes
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05-01-2008, 04:36 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Fairbanks
, Alaska
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 237
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Awesome pictures! Why no blogs?
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05-01-2008, 08:26 AM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,026
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It's true that some of the blog sites I've looked at are so generic that they're a waste of time. Just yesterday, one of our yahoos sent out a message through the CofC about her new and presumably local blog site. I looked. And left. It was full of junk from all over creation, having nothing at all do to specifically with Angel Fire. Duh.
Lynn
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Originally Posted by gypsychris
Also, I think there is a big difference between "a personalized" blog, and a generic blog, AND I don't really think posting on the forum can be considered "blogging?"
what do you think?
I have been surfing through the many blogs and websites listed here..and I think it is fair to say that a lot of these seem to lack a number of features and "koolness..." and most important lack total personalization... Is it because we're all a bit afraid to "jump in" or simply because we don't have the right resource/direction? I am just intrigued by this topic... and would love true user feedback. Of those who blog, and those who dont. Thxs!
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05-01-2008, 09:05 AM
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Naysayer
1968 24' Tradewind
Russellville
, earth
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4,954
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Website: yes, photography only. Comming soon, a personal site with travel stuff and the slow to hit the cyberstands travel mag.
Blog: no. Even I dont care what Im doing that much.
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05-01-2008, 09:09 AM
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Getting Back Into It...
1975 Argosy 24
St Petersburg
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 34
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I had a blog, but then I found out that a fellow blogger lost his job due to a former pissed off co-worker who found his blog and used it against him.
Now I'm not usually too paranoid about these things (and perhaps this particular blogger "deserved" what he got), but these days I'm using Microsoft Word and creating my own little diary of events and thoughts - totally local to my world. It'll never get lost by some defunct blog service provider, used against me, or otherwise used maliciously.
I totally believe in the value of information that sites such as Airforums provides, and I'll certainly keep enough information on the 'net for old buddies to be able to find me (and it works!), but I try to keep most other 'personal' stuff off the 'net unless it serves a very specific purpose and I feel like it won't be used against me.
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05-01-2008, 09:50 AM
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Trailerite
1971 23' Safari
Riverton
, Missouri
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 65
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I don't need a blog. I have a life.
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