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May 31, 2007

The First Submissions: Your Blogging Metaphors

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 12:48 pm

The Metaphor Project: What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?

What’s Your Metaphor?

When a nonblogger asks, “What is a blog?’ How do you answer? Have you tried using a metaphor? Would you mind sharing yours? A few bloggers have.

The first submissions are in. Like the blogs they come from, each metaphor is a unique representation of the writer. We see blogs almost everywhere. They are a County Fair. They’re underwater. They’re a line of koalas. Like life, blogging seems to lend itself to metaphorical explanation — maybe more easily than it does to a straightforward definition.

These are the first submissions to The “What’s Your Blogging Metaphor?” Group Writing Project. I’ve discovered some great new blog writers and fun ways to talk about blogs. Just look at the titles! Check them out and pass them along to your readers. The more ways we look at blogging the better we’ll be able to explain it when we need to.

Let’s find some more.

Because this project spread so quickly and not all links are making their way to me, if you’ve written a metaphor and you’re not on the list, please email me a link. If you’ve already done that before noon on May 31, please forgive me and send it again. (I had dental surgery yesterday . . .)

Be a Part of the Project

So, what’s your blogging metaphor? Join the project. There’s still time to be a part - I’ll keep adding to this list until June 5th at Midnight Chicago time (GMT-6hrs.) Here’s the original post for the background — the whats and the hows.

C’mon tell us. How would you explain blogging to someone who knew nothing about it? What’s your blogging metaphor?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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14 Comments to “The First Submissions: Your Blogging Metaphors”

  1. May 31st, 2007 at 2:56 pm
    Joanna Young said

    Liz, I’m planning to reply properly (once I’ve worked out my metaphor!), I just wanted to flag up that you’re last link (blog cocktail party) isn’t right. Couldn’t immediately see your e-mail address so just sending this via the blog
    Joanna

  2. May 31st, 2007 at 3:18 pm
    Char said

    I love how this project is really bringing out some creative answers!

  3. May 31st, 2007 at 4:36 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Joanna!
    Thank you! I’m always grateful when people look out for me (and the blog that I was trying to link to) :).

    Yeah, Char, isn’t it fun to read these. I so enjoy the new perspectives. :)

  4. May 31st, 2007 at 5:04 pm
    clkl said

    Thanks for organizing this project, Liz! It was a lot of fun.

    I hope the dental surgery went well, and that you heal quickly.

    All the best,
    CLKL

  5. May 31st, 2007 at 5:15 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi CLKL!
    Welcome! Nice to meet you!
    Your blog was one of the great find of this project. I’m feeling okay after yesterday. Thanks for asking. :)

  6. May 31st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
    clkl said

    That’s SO sweet! Thank you!

    All the best,
    CLKL

  7. May 31st, 2007 at 6:07 pm
    Robert Hruzek said

    This is turning into a great project, although there seems to be a preponderance of food-related metaphors. Hmmm… this is making me hungry for (fill in the blank), followed, of course, by KLONDIKE BARS!!!!!

  8. May 31st, 2007 at 7:31 pm
    clkl said

    Mmmm. Klondike Bars. Mmmm. Plankton.

  9. May 31st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Uh-oh Klondike bars and Plankton . . . hmmm Sounds like a whale posing as a shark might be in the vicinity. :)

  10. May 31st, 2007 at 8:39 pm
    Ellen Weber said

    Great idea here and it caught my thoughts today. So I added to your list with Bloggers, Brains and Metaphors at http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2007/05/blogger_brains_and_metaphors.html

    Thanks for the fun!

  11. June 1st, 2007 at 11:16 am
    Nic Darling said

    Thanks for the fun project idea. I always love a group writing assignment. Many of the results have been excellent.

    Here is my offering. Sorry for the long link text. http://www.marketingneophyte.com/blog/default.aspx?id=34&t=20-Blogging-Metaphors-Rock-Throwing-an

  12. June 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 am
    Blogging Metaphors Galore! : A Politically Incorrect Entrepreneur said

    […] has the first round of entries up, and man am I […]

  13. June 4th, 2007 at 7:26 am
    Blogging Metaphors said

    […] Romance Tracker’s recent post on 10 reasons why blogging is like dating has attracted quite a bit of attention and linkbacks across the blogosphere.  In a funny coincidence, I sent the post to Liz Strauss at Successful Blog without even realizing that she had recently launched a group writing project about blogging metaphors!  :smile:    […]

  14. June 5th, 2007 at 7:58 am
    Karin H. said

    Hi Liz

    How two simple ideas (metaphor and group writing project) can add another dimension to the blogosphere (sorry web-publishing world ;-))
    Still trying to catch-up with reading all the contributions, found some pretty good and fun ones already.

    Karin H. (Keep It simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

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