{"id":433321,"date":"2010-03-16T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T12:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/?p=32574"},"modified":"2010-03-16T08:03:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T12:03:36","slug":"milestones-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/433321","title":{"rendered":"Milestones (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

PART TWO OF TWO PARTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have not read Part One, read it first: Milestones (Part One)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In that Part One, I mentioned the first post I submitted and also that first series of posts I submitted, The Kyoto Series.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I mentioned, I would compose the post and then send it by email to Ed, who would post them for me. After a while he gave me the facility to log in at the site and submit them directly. Along the way, he offered me help in virtually every aspect of blogging. He encouraged me to add images and he patiently guided me through every aspect of that, as well as in many other areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also asked if I might also submit posts in other areas not related to my series on electrical matters. He got me to submit posts on things concerning Australia, historical matters, political matters, things where we were similar to the U.S. and general aspects of life here in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our site also has a good list of contributors who primarily write for <\/em> other sites. In a similar vein, I then contacted an Australian journalist who has a blog site of his own as part of a huge media outlet here in Australia. That was Andrew Bolt, and he <\/span>contributes <\/em> one of his posts of our choosing across to our site each day, thus adding further to our list of contributors. We have been publishing Andrew’s posts now for nigh on 19 months now. Andrew’s blog is absolutely huge here in Australia, and his posts are often linked to in the U.S.\u00a0\u00a0 …\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Around\u00a0 that time, the Word ‘International’ was added to our Blog name, mainly because our blog had been getting International readers for quite some time now, in addition to having\u00a0International contributors, from Australia, Canada, and India, to name a few. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Currently the ratio of online visitors to our site is about 58<\/span>% U.S. readers to 41% International readers. Readers from Canada are at 7%, Great Britain 5% and my own country of Australia is 5% of the total. The rest of our online visitors come from 154 other countries. So we have a great diversity in online readership. What is interesting is this, especially for those of us in the U.S.<\/span> and Western, mainly English speaking Countries. That diversity of readership has also seen readers from well inside Russia, and the other 14 Independent Countries that used to make up the old USSR, as well as readers from Mainland China. For those readers to visit our site, and also for those in European Countries, they have to go to more work than just clicking onto our site. They have to come to our site via a separate tab that then translates our posts into the language of their Country of origin. So, when we see readers from those diverse Countries, that is heartening, and makes us realise that in fact, we do have something to say that they want to read.
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After that original Kyoto series, I had the idea that would be the end of it, and that, having contributed something so comprehensive in nature, then there would not be much left to say.<\/span><\/p>\n

I kept contributing posts, mostly general in nature, and then I found that the posts I had already contributed were not the finish of it. There was always something new to contribute in that area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ed also asked that in the run up to the U.S. election, might I also contribute posts in that area. I felt this might seem a little strange on my part, contributing from here in Australia on U.S. political matters, so those first few steps were tentative.<\/span><\/p>\n

At around the same time, Ed asked if I would like to assist with the submission of posts from Creative Commons (Permissible to republish), Public, and other similar sites. Again, this was another area where Ed helped me considerably. Those first few efforts at doing this were time consuming, mainly in fiddly little areas that did take up time.\u00a0 All my tasks became easier with time.
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I was now back looking seriously at the area of my expertise, the electrical field, as well as general interest posts, and also researching and re-publishing information, and other posts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 16 months ago, I also added the Sunday Music series to our line up of posts, one that is most satisfying for me, as I have a long and abiding interest in music.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January of 2009, Ed asked me to take on the responsibility of Editor-in-Chief. With this position, only the Administrator is above me.
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As huge as that honour might seem, I am under no such illusion that this is a big thing.\u00a0My tasks are easier than <\/em>the task of site management and site administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the night while you in the U.S. are all tucked up in bed, it’s the next day\u00a0here in Australia. I can then <\/em>review any breaking news and other developments as they are happening around the world. I submit my article(s) and other news and posts <\/em>for the early morning hours in the U.S. I start viewing the world’s event around 6PM ET USA, and do my last checking and post usually around 8AM ET USA.
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We have a dedicated group of readers who visit our site, and every morning we have those posts ready at our site for them to read, a cross section of opinion from numerous sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other posts do get submitted during the day U.S. time, and in the main, they are those that are not ready for me to see during the time I have available to work them up for our site.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, as much as it might seem I have a large role to play, that role is really a minor one. I’m just here to help out. Our valued readers are the major reason for this blog.
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Along the way, our blog has grown. Again I have no illusions that I have been the cause of that. I am just one cog in the wheel. Blogs are categorised loosely into seven areas from the huge blogs (The Majors) right down to the tiny blogs. Ours is in the second level, that of a Very Large Blog. Our list of contributors from other blogs include four of those Majors, so we have a good cross section of posts each and every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

We still have a very large readership, from those who have our site bookmarked and visit every day, to those who just visit for an individual post, <\/em>but our biggest readership is from off-site RSS and email feeds and from our Syndicated News feeds. <\/em> Our readership has been steadily increasing, and for that we thank those who do visit our site and receive our blog via feeds..<\/span><\/p>\n

This day may be a personal milestone for me, that of having been a contributor here for two years now. I have now contributed around 620 of my own posts in that time. True, the subject of expertise I have chosen may be a technical one, but it is nonetheless an interesting one that offers me the chance to show readers that the subject is not one that is a closed debate, and that any information can only add to the overall knowledge base. Along the way in submitting those posts, what gives me most encouragement is that other people are actually linking in to those posts because they offer information that has helped them to understand the matter a lot better. That makes me believe that in some small way, I actually am making a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n

I still comment occasionally at other sites, and sometimes I will even link to one of my posts with that comment, mainly to draw attention to the relevant information in that post. One thing that some people find a little incongruous is the fact that I contribute to a site based in the U.S. and that I do that from here in Australia. This is the only site I contribute posts to, other than those occasional comments at other sites. I have had a comment in reply that I should be doing a similar thing here in Australia with a blog of my own. That thought has never crossed my mind. My thinking on that is that the information I have is relevant everywhere, and even though it may ’seem’ to be centred around the U.S. it applies in all areas. Also, the opportunity I have at this blog makes me a medium sized fish in a huge pond, and to start all over here in Australia, I would be a tiny fish in a small pond. The main point is the relevance of the information, and being technical, then it applies the same here in Australia, as it does in the U.S.
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This is one occasion where Science has not married up with Engineering, and while people may have been blinded with Science that ’seems’ so overwhelming on the surface, the Engineering part of the equation has been ignored. My task is to highlight that Engineering aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know that my posts are in the main long, and detailed, but sometimes, a simple ten second sound byte just cannot convey the correct information, and in nearly every case, that ten second sound byte is completely misleading<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After two years, I may still be a minnow in the blogging scheme of things, and with each passing day, new information comes up that makes me want to continue doing exactly what it is that I’m doing now.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are looking for more people to contribute to our site. As our Ad in the left-hand column states “<\/em>We Are Looking For People With Opinions!<\/strong> …\u00a0 <\/em>No writing experience needed<\/strong>. Please email us at: gompgm(at)gmail(dot)com”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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