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December 6, 2006

Char Polanosky Is a B.A.D. Blogger!

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 11:14 pm

Blogger A Day Call: Hello is Char there?

The first thing that Char Polanosky told me is that she lives in area of Virginia steeped in history. I said that having lived outside of Boston, I understood what she meant. She explained that where she lived was on a Civil War Battlefield. I countered that she had me there, and Then I said that I hoped she had a house in the package.

That was the light note that began our conversation.

Char told me that her life in technology began when she directed a center teaching kids about design and technology. We talked about how teaching is the best way to learn things. She mentioned that soon after that she was doing things for clients, designing for the web. That has obviously become her passion.

Char said her beginnings were in technical writing, but that’s not where she works now or wants to be. I said that’s not a place I would want to be either. We discussed the incredible detail and the hard work of techinical documentation. Char and I were soon talking about the romance of and her love for design and marketing.

Soon our conversation shifted slightly. We were discussing designing for print and designing for web. We discussed the differences between the two media and the differences between the clients who worked with each type of media. Char was much kinder to the print folks than I was. I told a few stories from my past in print. Char gave a why print wasn’t attractive to her. She also said the web is where she enjoys working most.

We both agreed that too many people don’t know how to find the fine line between something that is different and something that is wrong. Char said she prefers a client who strongly knows exactly what she wants, to one who wants to be told what to do. That made me feel better about having strong feelings about what I know.

The conversation turned to having ourselves as clients. We agreed that sometimes we are pickier on our design, yet in a strange balance we can be more forgiving of mistakes. I wondered whether that was because it seemed silly to try to read too much into what clients say, or to try to predict what clients might like beyond what they actually tell us.

Char and I talked about the traits of blogging during winter. I said lately I was thinking mine started in October, not November as it once had.

Before we hung up. Char and I promised to meet at Tuesday Night Comment Night that eveinng She helped me pick out a theme for us to talk about on. Thanks Char! It was a rousing success! Char is one creative, helpful, and enthusiastic lady.

Then she asked me what essential tools I use daily. I told her. She wrote a post about it for her blog. She got her post up hours before I got mine up. Char is also one efficient lady.

No wonder I like her admire her work so.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

Blogging works very well. It’s as if you start behind your shield of annonymity., and it lets you reveal parts of yourself as you want to. –Char Polanosky

Stop by Char’s Blog, Essential Keystrokes, and say hi!

Thanks, Char, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Want to be a B.A.D. Blogger see the. . . a B.A.D. Blogger? page in the sidebar.





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8 Comments to “Char Polanosky Is a B.A.D. Blogger!”

  1. December 7th, 2006 at 5:26 am
    Essential Keystrokes » Essential Tools: Successful Blog Style said

    [...] Yesterday I had a great conversation with Liz at Successful Blog while she was interviewing me for her Blogger A Day (B.A.D.) series. As we neared the end of our discussion, I asked her to give me her top three tools that she must have in her day-to-day operations for blogging and business. Here are her picks: [...]

  2. December 7th, 2006 at 6:03 am
    Casual Keystrokes » I am a B.A.D. blogger said

    [...] I am happy to say that I am a B.A.D. blogger at Liz Strauss’ Successful Blog today.  Earlier this week Liz and I had a nice long conversation thanks to Skype and learned quite a bit about each other. [...]

  3. December 7th, 2006 at 6:28 am
    Char said

    Thanks Liz! This was fun and you did a nice job capturing our conversation. I enjoyed getting to know more about your background and perspective on blogging, too.

  4. December 7th, 2006 at 8:19 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Char!
    I’m so grateful for the experience of getting to know you. It adds so much depth to what you say and what I read on your blog now. With every one of these BAD calls I find the blogosphere becomes a little more like a hometown where I might have grown up knowing everyone that I meet. :)

  5. December 7th, 2006 at 11:38 am
    Griffin said

    Congrats, Char! You are definitely a winner in my book!

  6. December 7th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Griffin,
    Welcome!
    Char has many, many fans around here. We all think she’s a winner of the highest sort!

  7. December 13th, 2006 at 8:26 am
    Essential Keystrokes » Essential Tools - PracticalBlogging Style said

    [...] After my conversation with Liz last week, I decided to make my Essential Tools post a weekly feature on this blog. I am very excited about it as I already have quite a few bloggers lined up for the upcoming weeks. [...]

  8. July 7th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
    Calling All B.A.D. Bloggers: A Few Tweaks, Buttons and Thank YOUs!! - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. said

    [...] Char Polanosky Is a B.A.D. Blogger! [...]

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