Comments on: Getting Inspired @ Blog School: The Joys Of Gender-Free Communication http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/ Tools to Lift Your Spirits and Help Focus Your Future Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:12:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simone http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-156 Simone Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:40:21 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-156 Hi Bob, Thanks for the visit and your insightful comments. I totally agree that emailing is an effective form of communication, especially when coupled with another form like a phone call (as you pointed out.) It's a great point about the truth. Cyberspace seems to both encourage and reduce the honesty between people... Thanks again, S. Hi Bob,
Thanks for the visit and your insightful comments.
I totally agree that emailing is an effective form of communication, especially when coupled with another form like a phone call (as you pointed out.)
It’s a great point about the truth. Cyberspace seems to both encourage and reduce the honesty between people…
Thanks again,
S.

]]> By: bob http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-154 bob Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:15:10 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-154 Hi Simone I think i can pretty much pick up the energy of people over the internet... e-mails or posts... We design jewelry for people over the internet and have never had a dissatisfied customer so that is what I use as our credentials.. (although i did have someone disagree with me recently in a post grrr) SOmetimes it requires a phone call or two but I find when people write regarding a custom order, they express themselves in the ways that are important for us to hear... since they are not rushed or confined to any external obstructions... we can really hear and they can really communicate the end result they are expecting.. sometimes they let the words flow from the heart, sometimes they can be very specific... I think external obstructions (locatiion, body language, prejudices, preconcieved notions etc) are replaced with a truth than cannot be had otherwise. and because this is "cyberspace" it's no doubt you will find men reading sites that may normally pertain to the opposite sex... It may be partly curiosity with bravdo hidden behind annonyminity that opens the door... and it's probably the same with women... going to an auto mechanic site for example asking questions she may not ask in person? just a oversimplistic generalization but I'm confidant you get my meaning:) Hi Simone

I think i can pretty much pick up the energy of people over the internet… e-mails or posts…

We design jewelry for people over the internet and have never had a dissatisfied customer so that is what I use as our credentials.. (although i did have someone disagree with me recently in a post grrr)

SOmetimes it requires a phone call or two but I find when people write regarding a custom order, they express themselves in the ways that are important for us to hear… since they are not rushed or confined to any external obstructions… we can really hear and they can really communicate the end result they are expecting..

sometimes they let the words flow from the heart, sometimes they can be very specific…

I think external obstructions (locatiion, body language, prejudices, preconcieved notions etc) are replaced with a truth than cannot be had otherwise.

and because this is “cyberspace” it’s no doubt you will find men reading sites that may normally pertain to the opposite sex… It may be partly curiosity with bravdo hidden behind annonyminity that opens the door… and it’s probably the same with women… going to an auto mechanic site for example asking questions she may not ask in person?

just a oversimplistic generalization but I’m confidant you get my meaning:)

]]> By: Simone http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-83 Simone Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:48:57 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-83 Hi Julia, Thanks for the kind words. Glad I inspired some thoughts of your own :) Love what you do and looking forward to reading more. S Hi Julia,
Thanks for the kind words. Glad I inspired some thoughts of your own :) Love what you do and looking forward to reading more. S

]]> By: julia ward http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-82 julia ward Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:09:56 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-82 GREAT post! I'm fast becoming one of your biggest fans. I even had to write a post about this one. blessings, julia julia ward - a BLINDING heart - a writer's blog GREAT post! I’m fast becoming one of your biggest fans. I even had to write a post about this one.

blessings,
julia
julia ward – a BLINDING heart – a writer’s blog

]]> By: Simone http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-81 Simone Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:44:18 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-81 Hi Glenn, Thanks for your insightful comment. I love that - "netiquette' - it sounds so complex and interesting! I think the blogging process is more like the pen-pals and diary writing I did when I was younger than the chat rooms or emails of more recent years. There is something intimate, yet public about it... I think it is lovely, though, to be able to write with a broad audience in mind, yet receive these wonderful personal and individual comments. S. Hi Glenn,
Thanks for your insightful comment. I love that – “netiquette’ – it sounds so complex and interesting!
I think the blogging process is more like the pen-pals and diary writing I did when I was younger than the chat rooms or emails of more recent years. There is something intimate, yet public about it…
I think it is lovely, though, to be able to write with a broad audience in mind, yet receive these wonderful personal and individual comments.
S.

]]> By: Glenn Nicholas http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-80 Glenn Nicholas Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:09:19 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-80 Our circle of relationships expands once we are online, and just like the physical world conversations occur on lots of different levels. 'The Art of Conversation' definitely needs updating now that the era of the blog is opening up so many more conversations. Our concepts of netiquette need to be updated, and to take into account the more personal nature of blogs, as compared to say email lists and newsgroups (where ideas of netiquette formulated). And I agree, gender influences conversation, just as it does in real life. Great thought provoking post Simone. Our circle of relationships expands once we are online, and just like the physical world conversations occur on lots of different levels. ‘The Art of Conversation’ definitely needs updating now that the era of the blog is opening up so many more conversations. Our concepts of netiquette need to be updated, and to take into account the more personal nature of blogs, as compared to say email lists and newsgroups (where ideas of netiquette formulated). And I agree, gender influences conversation, just as it does in real life. Great thought provoking post Simone.

]]> By: Simone http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-78 Simone Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:52:00 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-78 Hi Chris, Thanks for the visit :) You are right of course - I obviously have gender on the mind! Thanks also for proving that the bloggers we admire put their principles into action by commenting on little blogs like mine! S. Hi Chris,
Thanks for the visit :) You are right of course – I obviously have gender on the mind!
Thanks also for proving that the bloggers we admire put their principles into action by commenting on little blogs like mine!
S.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-77 Chris Garrett Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:55:09 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-77 Thanks for the link :) I wouldn't say gender is irrelevant but it is never a consideration when I am choosing what to read or where to comment. In my mind what is most important is the value (insights, ideas, entertainment) that a person is offering in their writing. Personality is a big part of what will make me return, but neither gender has a monopoly on good content or valuable comments :) Thanks for the link :) I wouldn’t say gender is irrelevant but it is never a consideration when I am choosing what to read or where to comment. In my mind what is most important is the value (insights, ideas, entertainment) that a person is offering in their writing. Personality is a big part of what will make me return, but neither gender has a monopoly on good content or valuable comments :)

]]> By: Simone http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-75 Simone Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:47:28 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-75 Hi Janet, Thanks for the feedback. I think there are a lot of men who have discovered the perfect medium to express themselves. Personally, so have I :) The freedom of blogging and the eternally interesting sites on offer make this the perfect tool to both learn and develop, particularly as a writer. Top marks for commenting! S. Hi Janet,
Thanks for the feedback. I think there are a lot of men who have discovered the perfect medium to express themselves. Personally, so have I :)
The freedom of blogging and the eternally interesting sites on offer make this the perfect tool to both learn and develop, particularly as a writer.
Top marks for commenting!
S.

]]> By: Janet Shaw http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-74 Janet Shaw Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:38:07 +0000 http://outfitinspirations.com/blog/getting-inspired-blog-school-the-joys-of-gender-free-communication/#comment-74 Hi Simone, This is a very interesting subject. Does the internet, and therefore commenters' invisibility, make us gender-less? Do men stay away from women's blogs? I've actually been surprised by the number of men who comment on my blog posts. And it's not hidden on my sites that I'm a female. But maybe the times are changing anyway. I did a radio interview about my autobiography, 'Beyond the Red Door', a few months ago here in Perth. I fully suspected that if they took any callers, they'd be female. Men don't read chick's autobiographies, do they? Wrong! The callers were men! The good thing about the internet, though, is that it does encourage more people to comment on blogs, because no-one can see or hear them doing so. For guys, then maybe it makes expression so much easier, no other blokes to have a dig at them for speaking out, encouraging someone else, or just being interested. Great food for thought! Hi Simone,
This is a very interesting subject. Does the internet, and therefore commenters’ invisibility, make us gender-less? Do men stay away from women’s blogs? I’ve actually been surprised by the number of men who comment on my blog posts. And it’s not hidden on my sites that I’m a female.
But maybe the times are changing anyway. I did a radio interview about my autobiography, ‘Beyond the Red Door’, a few months ago here in Perth. I fully suspected that if they took any callers, they’d be female. Men don’t read chick’s autobiographies, do they? Wrong! The callers were men!
The good thing about the internet, though, is that it does encourage more people to comment on blogs, because no-one can see or hear them doing so. For guys, then maybe it makes expression so much easier, no other blokes to have a dig at them for speaking out, encouraging someone else, or just being interested.
Great food for thought!

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