Comments on: Do we need more Vancouver blogs?

By: Raul

Raul — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:11:59 +0000

My audience went up almost four-fold since I Blogathoned (and on Mexico’s Independence Day I had 57 hits YAHOO!!!!) … but I still don’t think I’m mainstream though I do read some of the mainstreams as indicated in Sean’s comment.

Since Blogathon, though, I’ve been invited to talk to people over at Green Table (still hasn’t happened but the interview is forthcoming, I promise!) and been graciously invited to guest-blog a post here at Miss604 (thanks for that Rebecca! I hope the list was helpful!)… so I guess my point is that there are all sorts of blogs.. newbies, up-and-coming and main-stays.

And I love reading you all, hehe

By: countably infinite » Hyperlocal Growing Pains

countably infinite » Hyperlocal Growing Pains — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:05:26 +0000

[...] post also inspired Rebecca aka Miss604’s Vancouver version of this post. I personally would have modified the list slightly for a west coast feel. Maybe more references to [...]

By: Jonathon Narvey

Jonathon Narvey — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:57:19 +0000

Greetings, y’all. I am the one Conservative friend who you always describe as being your â€œone Conservative friend”.

By the way, I’m pretty depressed about getting left out of Sean’s list of Vancouver blogs. That’s what I get for occasionally blogging about Zimbabwean currency troubles.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:10:03 +0000

Damn, I’m a mainstay? Thanks, Sean!

I think there are gazillions of blogs out there written by gazillions of Vancouverites who like gazillions of different things and come from gazillions of different backgrounds.

I think most of them don’t get a ton of attention, though, either because that’s not why they’re blogging, or because they have no idea how to network/connect/whatever the right term is. That said, I think there’s a place in the Vancouver blogging world for anyone who wants to blog in Vancouver. Bring the diversity!

My content doesn’t revolve around Vancouver, and there are still people who read my blog that express shock when they figure out that’s where I’m from. Then again, I have people who used to live in Vancouver who come to my blog for a taste of their hometown. Huh?

I just write about what I write about. And 60% of my audience is actually in the US. I do love my city, though. And I think I get linked to by the group blogs now and again (mostly Beyond Robson) — I don’t think MetroBlogging ever has, though. Have they? I guess I could check.

As to the list? I uh… meet one of the qualifications. Almost?

I’m just a steak-eating, pub-going, hockey-mental, shampoo-loving, beach-hanging, transit-taking, non-hipster Vancouver girl with everything from Justin Timberlake to The National on my iPod. I don’t think I fit in many of the stereotypes some people might associate with the city (although I have to admit a scary love for Whole Foods, and I would rather be on a patio than anywhere else.)

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:35:24 +0000

Hey, Sean! No insecurities here — I cribbed the list from The Hipster Handbook, but Canadian-ized a few of the items.

By: Keira-Anne

Keira-Anne — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:25:44 +0000

Though I do use some Vancouver-specific content as filler, I’m very proudly an “Island Blogger.” I figure that Vancouver has enough great bloggers to do the city proud. I’m daring to deviate across the Straight.

By: sean orr

sean orr — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:47:11 +0000

“No more indie band youâ€™ve never heard of PLEASE!” So, you only want to hear about bands you’ve already heard about?

By: colleen

colleen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:25:10 +0000

i used to write for beyond robson. i quit because my views and posts were too “mainstream” for BR. I rarely read them anymore – I skim through a reader. I don’t even consider myself a Vancouver blogger, even tho i live in van, i talk about van, and I am a blogger. Do we *need* more “Vancouver Blogs”? nah, not unless we’ll see a DIFFERENT perspective. No more indie band you’ve never heard of PLEASE!

By: NetChick

NetChick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:07:22 +0000

We’re lucky here in Vancouver — We’ve got the largest adoption of blogging for a North American city… Or, at least we did 2 years ago when I looked up a few studies for a project that I was working on.

I have absolutely no problem with the diversity of my reads. In my 10 years of ‘blogging’ now, I’ve been constantly surprised at the number of well-established blogs that I’ve come across in this beautiful city that we share. All have their own flavour, and all have a different tone.

Honestly, I don’t read a lot of aggregators — I’d prefer to visit the blog directly (yep, old-school-like) to get a true sense of the blog’s footprint on the web. I’m not a huge fan of group blogs either, although you will see me commenting on one from time to time.

By: sean orr

sean orr — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:15:43 +0000

While a few of those points rang true for me (namely the record labels) it also reeks of insecurity. The indicators also describe a huge cross section of the population. That being said, I don’t think Vancouver is guilty of this. Between The Only, Beyond Robson, Metblogs, The Tyee, and the blogging mainstays (Darren Barefoot, Meg Fowler, Vancouveriste, JustaGwaiLo, Audihertz, Public Eye, David Schrek, Paul Wilcox, Walter Schultz, David Berner, SillyTech, Poppy, Urban Diner, Matt Good, and of course Miss 604), the spectrum is wide (and colourful).