Sunday, January 15, 2006

Why create this blog?

Yes, I already have a blog Liberal Common Sense and I'm not going to stop posting articles there. However, Liberal Common Sense intially started out more as a National Blog but has gradually started to focus more on Local Politics. I wanted to branch out more on topics related to our part of Ohio and start doing more indepth interviews/research yet still maintain topics of interest for those who are national visitors. Hence the decision to branch out and make a companion blog to LCS that would have a Northwestern Ohio focus.

I also wanted to provide an easy to use listing of online resources, which you can see I have started to develop on the sidebar. While this is of course a personal blog I would like to focus more on overall politics for our area rather than focusing on promoting my political beliefs.

If you have any ideas or suggestions or a link you'd like me to add please feel free to comment or email me at glasscityjungle at gmail.com.

8 comments:

historymike said...

Nice looking blog, Lisa.

It's a difficult call; I spawned off the restaurant review blog for much the same reason - wanting some coherence and thematic unity of the blog.

As a person who - like me - has a wide variety of interests, it is difficult to keep everything in one blog without seeming schizophrenic.

I have toyed with further "splintering " into other blogs (historical writing, citizen journalism, neo-Nazi essays), but you run into time constraints. If you have three, four, or more blogs, you feel the need to post something every day on all of them.

The net result, though, is that you have better organization and more a more targeted audience for the respective blogs.

Valbee said...

As someone who's still trying to determine what my blog is supposed to be (other than an effort to get back into the habit of writing for public view), I'm impressed that both you and Mike have enough topic material in your brains to need a separate blog! :)

And I like the looks of this place, too.

Unknown said...

Thanks guys, though I'm still playing around with a logo design I like the rest of it.

I think this will be a better situation since my national readers are not for the most part are not going to be interested in where I am planning on going with the local issues.

If if flops? At least I have quick access to local resources since my computer favorites list needs an overhaul - lol

:-)

Frank Szollosi said...

good luck, we certainly will give you plenty of material. I like the diamond plate skin, too.

Unknown said...

Why thank you Frank, I was going for that "urban" feel.

:-)

Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny) said...

Ms Most Prolific Blogger,

Welcome and congratulations!

Now, as far as I know, Bob has three blogs, so what will your next one (or more) of yours be about?

:-)

Seriously, congrats!!!

Unknown said...

lol - I think I'm fine with the two, more than that and I would have problems.

As Frank so aptly pointed out there is almost enough just on Toledo alone.

:-)

Unknown said...

Wow, thank you Paul, that means alot.

:-)