Comments on: BlogCrush – Grace Boyle http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/ Musings and Ramblings from a Not-So-Average Girl Next Door Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Matthew Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-85 Elisa - you continue to be spot on with the blogs you feature. Grace is an amazing writer, thought provoker, and woman. I've yet to see a post she's written that hasn't inspired me to take a step back, think, and respond. Anyone who can continually engage their readers to the point where they WANT to start a discussion is doing something right. Cheers to Grace, she has been the source of my inspiration many times. Elisa – you continue to be spot on with the blogs you feature. Grace is an amazing writer, thought provoker, and woman. I've yet to see a post she's written that hasn't inspired me to take a step back, think, and respond. Anyone who can continually engage their readers to the point where they WANT to start a discussion is doing something right. Cheers to Grace, she has been the source of my inspiration many times.

]]> By: Elisa http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Elisa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:39:14 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-79 Sam - Most definitely! I think as a blogging community we need to do an even better job of directing people to quality writers in a way that isn't just a blogroll. I'm looking forward to your first #BlogCrush!<br /><br />Rebecca - And thus it's not really any surprise that you were my first 2 profiled ladies!<br /><br />Grace - It's easy to get caught up in the "work" of updating, designng, and keeping our blogs current. One of my favorite things about the #BlogCrush series is that I get to go back thru old posts and bio's and various things to portray bloggers as they are seen from the outside perspective. And thanks to you for writing such a great blog!<br /><br />Ryan - There are a lot of quality "new bloggers" that fly under the radar, so I'm really grateful to YOU for your Top 10 Gen Y Blogs. I actually started subscribing to a few that I hadn't before and have been pleasantly surprise. As for the same old blogs that are "the best," I think a big part of that is that they have been around for longer, have built more of a following, and have created a reputation that precedes them. There are some bloggers (Penelope Trunk, for example) that I have in my reader and really TRY to love and crush on, but I just can't. Then there are others (Seth Godin) that I eat up. Sam – Most definitely! I think as a blogging community we need to do an even better job of directing people to quality writers in a way that isn't just a blogroll. I'm looking forward to your first #BlogCrush!

Rebecca – And thus it's not really any surprise that you were my first 2 profiled ladies!

Grace – It's easy to get caught up in the "work" of updating, designng, and keeping our blogs current. One of my favorite things about the #BlogCrush series is that I get to go back thru old posts and bio's and various things to portray bloggers as they are seen from the outside perspective. And thanks to you for writing such a great blog!

Ryan – There are a lot of quality "new bloggers" that fly under the radar, so I'm really grateful to YOU for your Top 10 Gen Y Blogs. I actually started subscribing to a few that I hadn't before and have been pleasantly surprise. As for the same old blogs that are "the best," I think a big part of that is that they have been around for longer, have built more of a following, and have created a reputation that precedes them. There are some bloggers (Penelope Trunk, for example) that I have in my reader and really TRY to love and crush on, but I just can't. Then there are others (Seth Godin) that I eat up.

]]> By: Ryan Stephens http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Ryan Stephens Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:13:08 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-77 I love Grace's blog and like you Elisa, I didn't find it until it started showing up on every other ballot or so for the top 10 Gen Y blogs.<br /><br />Not just women though, anyone can extract tons of valuable information from Grace's blog. <br /><br />Every time I read something like this I feel less insecure about the fact that there's so many new bloggers getting highlighted instead of the same old blogs (who are perceived by many to be the "best.") I love Grace's blog and like you Elisa, I didn't find it until it started showing up on every other ballot or so for the top 10 Gen Y blogs.

Not just women though, anyone can extract tons of valuable information from Grace's blog.

Every time I read something like this I feel less insecure about the fact that there's so many new bloggers getting highlighted instead of the same old blogs (who are perceived by many to be the "best.")

]]> By: Grace Boyle http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Grace Boyle Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:33:18 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-76 Elisa, I'm blushing! Thanks for honoring Small Hands, Big Ideas and also citing such great information (that sometimes I don't even realize about my own content). <br /><br />I'm so happy we could connect and you're very right--Irish/Italian (either way;) girls gotta stick together. Thanks again for writing this, I'm very honored :) Elisa, I'm blushing! Thanks for honoring Small Hands, Big Ideas and also citing such great information (that sometimes I don't even realize about my own content).

I'm so happy we could connect and you're very right–Irish/Italian (either way;) girls gotta stick together. Thanks again for writing this, I'm very honored :)

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Rebecca Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:27:19 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-75 Oh, I love Grace too. She often provides inspiration for my own posts and I always feel like we're reading each other's minds too :) Great crush. Oh, I love Grace too. She often provides inspiration for my own posts and I always feel like we're reading each other's minds too :) Great crush.

]]> By: Sam http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/06/blogcrush-grace-boyle/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Sam Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:09:27 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=96#comment-74 First of all, I love this concept, and I might just have to try it out myself! Also, I would definitely say that Grace is one of my blogcrushes too. She's a wonderful person, and a very talented writer. Great pick! First of all, I love this concept, and I might just have to try it out myself! Also, I would definitely say that Grace is one of my blogcrushes too. She's a wonderful person, and a very talented writer. Great pick!

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