Blogger A Day Call: Hello is Cat there?
Last night I spoke to Cat Wentworth for the very first time. How much cooler can it get than to hear the voice of someone already pegged as a friend for life?
Cat was surprised at the sound of my voice. I was surprised at the sound of hers. I thought her voice would be lower. I bet she thought my voice would be higher. What if our voices got switched when we were babies? Hey, weirder blogger synchronicities have happened. Why not that? Hmmmmm?
I’d offer to trade voices, but I don’t suppose she’d want to hear people tell her that she should be doing 900-number calls as often as I hear people say that..
The conversation that Cat and I shared was like virtual window shopping. We talked about design, blogging, business, and our histories and our futures — all the while we were passing links to places and pages that we like on the Internet. We critiqued designs, discussed the ways we find new blogs, especially those we feature, and we spoke a while on why folks online seek out communities.
Cat said that originally she had no use for blogging or bloggers, partly because she thought she had nothing to say. HA! She was caught by the blogging bug when a cause came calling. Unethical behavior by a design firm got Cat blogging with an industry-wide group of designers, who wrote for days on end, about the logos the villains had been stealing and calling their own. Cat’s been blogging ever since.
We talked about workable business models and whether it’s harder to get started as a blogger now than 18 months ago. We explored ways to help designers getting started on their own without asking them to pay for things.
It’s amazing think that it took us until now to figure out that we both had Skype and could talk this way! It’s rare, but nice. when a first conersation seems like one from the middle of a dialogue that’s been going on for years and is still going on and on and on.
B.A.D. Blogger Quote
No offense intended. I’m also fairly passionate when selecting the brand of nuts I might eat. —Cat Wentworth
Stop by Cat’s Blog, Designers Who Blog, and say hi!
Thanks, Cat, 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
ROTFL!!! 😆
*gasps* Stop! You’re killing me!
Made you laugh!!!! 🙂
Hi Liz, thanks! It was a great chat. Hopefully next time I’ll be awake and not just propped up by two pots of tea.
(cat does not do mornings well)
PS: Yes, Liz could easily do 900-number calls 😀
(shoulders-shaking)
That sounds like a wonderful conversation. Did you make a podcast? I’d love to hear it!
Gawd, I sure hope there wasn’t a record of it! Like I said, I don’t do mornings.
When I do have to do something I try and prop myself up with caffeine.
And half asleep me on caffeine does not make a wide awake cat.
And I still have the one unanswered question as Liz brought up something I hadn’t thought of before. But, I’ll save that for next time …
Hi Katie,
No podcast . . . yet! 🙂
I hardly know how to carry on a conversation. 😉
Cat.
No worries, no record. I didn’t keep a recording of any kind . . . 🙂
Thanks for the great call. It was so like having you over for a leisurely afternoon chat. I just can’t get over that part of it. 🙂
I couldn’t do the 900 calls — I’d have to listen for them to work. I little voice over work could be fun though! 🙂
Hi Cat & Liz — I have to say that I’m VERY disappointed, I was looking forward to hearing, not just that exciting conversation but, also the chance to compare your voices.
Ah well, it leaves me something to anticipate.
Liz,
It’s too bad I’m not still in Brunei. One of my jobs was creating radio and tv ads so I was always looking for ‘the voice’.
Yours would be peachy.
There’s nothing like a sexy voice to sell British Education 😀
Hi Katie.
Sorry to disappoint. I’m not sure any one would call the conversation “exciting.” But you might have been able to compare our voices. 🙂
I guess I’ll just have to make due (in one case at least) with my imagination.
Thanks, Cat,
For the support. I’ll keep that in mind! I’m on the phone tomorrow with Wayne Turmel of the Cranky Middle Manager podcasing fame. 🙂
Katie,
Sometimes imaginations is BETTER than the real thing. 🙂
Oh, no! Impossible! Surprise, is possible, but not disappointment.
You’ve got me laughing now! Katie, what a great response! I can’t wait until your B.A.D. Blogger telephone call. 🙂
I can’t either, I’ll be keeping a list of things to ask. I can’t promise to be funny though that seems to come and go.
No need to be funny. No need to be anything but yourself. We’ll just talk about everything and see where the conversation goes!