Re: no more "mea culpas"?

**T* M* G* J* <i*@mainegardenjournal.com>**

I'd love to hear about the Wordpress Plug-ins. Don't lose that thought.

Lisa Colburn
The Maine Garden Journal
PO Box 125
Orono, ME 04473
(207) 866-3861

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>________________________________
> From: Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>
>To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org> 
>Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [GWL] no more "mea culpas"?
> 
>My experience online is that things ebb and flow (Crap!  when I say that
>I'm reminded of how long I've been doing this online stuff and if Net-years
>are the same as Dog-years, I have serious age issues) ;-)    When new, a
>medium tends to produce tons of excitement and traffic and when something
>else newer comes along, a crowd moves to "newer" leaving other systems
>behind.  If you remember, there have been forums, several different email
>systems, and now LinkedIn, Facebook, some Twitter chat and a Google+ group
>was started as well.  Everything has cycles.  Some stay on the older
>systems - some move.
>
>With an infinite online universe of choices, there's (happily) something
>for everyone and we all gravitate to the system we're most comfortable
>with.  IMHO - there is no "one best solution" but we each have preferences.
>
>Personally, I want to enroll in the curmudgeon-corps that seems to be
>forming here.   I find the business aspect of this list refreshing and the
>side-comments can be quite amusing.
>
>For me - the signal to noise ratio is perfect and if I need some info - you
>folks are my first choice.
>
>This list has been quiet over the past while as others have noted.  Some of
>you are quite comfortable on FB or LI- and the bulk of the list members
>have never participated here but successfully lurk. :-)
>
>It's easy to change that. ;-)  Post some interesting links you've found -
>no conversation necessary - simply share.
>
>For example, I've been evaluating different Wordpress plugins on my test
>site - and can tell you a ton of interesting ones (and some serious duds)
>but I've not shared that data.  If you're interested, I can do that.
>
>But by the same token - you folks run into tons of stuff I never see in
>gardening, photography or tech - that we'd all be interested in.
>
>So - if you want an active list- it's in your hands.
>
>And as I'm about to go offline until we arrive in Savannah - let me wish
>you all a very Happy New Year and may 2013 bring bountiful harvests.
>
>Doug
>
>
>On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 8:35 AM, <ealicata@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> You can also choose to receive zero email notifications and check the
>> Facebook writers group when you have time. Another advantage.
>>
>> Facebook is a source of information like any other to anyone who works in
>> media full-time, as I do. It's not perfect; it's not Satan.
>>
>
>
>
>Doug Green
>Helping a million readers a month
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