Comments on CityKin: Evolving Urban Attitudes Online

Walking Green: Great Blog!

2009-11-07T16:52:09.003-05:00

Walking Green: Great Blog!

I would miss you very much -- you have a reasoned,...

2009-11-07T10:22:35.304-05:00

I would miss you very much -- you have a reasoned, considered, informed and perceptive sensibility that's rather unique, on topics I care about, that I haven't found addressed in any depth elsewhere. I've learned things here -- and I don't mean the odd little fact or news bit, though they have their uses too -- I mean things that have changed or furthered my thinking. And, as a plus, you have a very judiciously selected, carefully maintained blogroll I use all the time.

But it wouldn't be the first time one of the blogs on my regular route through the ether went on sabbatical or called it quits. It's a job/career in itself, blogging, and all of us have many other important things in our lives with claims on our time and attention that can't be denied.

Michael Berube wrote a post a month or two ago on Crooked Timber on the evolution of the blog world. The one-person shop is giving way to a group model that is more like a magazine. You're part of a larger trend, none of us get to live outside of history. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, and if you do bow out, many thanks for many happy hours of reading, thinking and viewing images.

Blue Ash Mom

Keep blogging, please. I, too, have found the inte...

2009-11-07T09:44:32.666-05:00

Keep blogging, please.
I, too, have found the intelligent conversation on blogs like yours to be a welcome relief from the Enquirer comment streams. Even the people that I agree with there piss me off to no end. I would much rather read in on your discussions here, whether I always agree or not.

I've just begun my own blog on issues of raising a family in an urban setting. Maybe you'd consider linking to it on your blogroll?

http://thewalkinggreen.blogspot.com

And I'm the neighbor who answered your post about the cloth diapers. Thanks, by the way... My son's bum thanks you, too.

Liz

I do love city-centric blogs but you can't dis...

2009-11-06T18:14:43.951-05:00

I do love city-centric blogs but you can't discount those blogs that speak of things larger then the immediate region.

Mike, I can understand that maintaining this site ...

2009-11-06T15:59:54.065-05:00

Mike, I can understand that maintaining this site is a burden to some extent, but your perspective is unique and invaluable, in my humble opinion.

Maybe a Facebook page, or even a Twitter account, could better serve to directly connect your fellow basin-dwelling parents to each other and to relevant resources, but the blog, especially its longer posts, serves a great function.

I hope you can find a way to balance everything that's on your plate, and maybe shift some of the burden to current or future CityKin co-bloggers.

I touch briefly on Washington Park redevelopment a...

2009-11-06T14:48:40.890-05:00

I touch briefly on Washington Park redevelopment and current status/timetable in my column in next week's Soapbox...so stay tuned.

This morning after posting this, I went in and org...

2009-11-06T11:50:44.003-05:00

This morning after posting this, I went in and organized a bunch of half-done posts, and ended up with several a week for the next month, so I guess I cannot stop even when I want to....

However, I do have some severe work deadlines that take priority. Also, I was reviewing my New-Years list from January and there are still a few things on that list I would like to get done before December 31st, and none of them are blog related.

I think the DIC issue is something worth discussing, and I usually avoid it. Julie is planning that her daughter will attend SCPA, and we are considering it for our kids too. My understanding is that the DIC is in the midst of some re-organizing and I've kinda lost touch on where the Washington Park re-development stands.

I think what the response to this post shows is that a longer, more thoughtful post generates lots more response than a photo or link to an article. Not that those don't have value, but there is no substitute for original content. I must be thick headed, because I keep forgetting that lesson.

AAAAAHHHH! First Queen City Survey and now you! I&...

2009-11-06T11:37:49.804-05:00

AAAAAHHHH!
First Queen City Survey and now you!
I've always enjoyed the blog Mike, recharge and I hope you come steaming back with a vengeance.
Will bsherm still be posting?

Mike, I hope you're back posting soon. I alwa...

2009-11-06T11:25:33.707-05:00

Mike, I hope you're back posting soon. I always find your blog worth reading, whether it's just a picture or a longer story. It's all good.

I see tremendous potential in the "worlds col...

2009-11-06T11:17:03.146-05:00

I see tremendous potential in the "worlds collide" scenario of SCPA + Drop-In Center (and other social service orgs in that area, my new home). Let's put those creative kids to work making art that matters to the community. Let Washington Park be their studio, their audience and inspiration, and let the school be a place where anyone can come and experience excellence, poetry, transformation, hope. Yeah, security will be an ongoing challenge, to say the least. But I see engagement--authentic, consistent, long-haul engagement--as the bigger challenge, on all sides. The payoff, though, could be incredible: those kids could accomplish something in OTR no condo development or row of snazzy storefronts could. Here's hoping.
And Mike, wherever you go with this blog, I'm with you!
Julie

Allow a grizzled elder to point out that you are, ...

2009-11-06T09:47:04.175-05:00

Allow a grizzled elder to point out that you are, as the father of school age children living where you do, in a unique position to observe, analyze, comment on, etc. the coming train wreck that looms as SCPA opens cheek by jowl with the Drop Inn Center. I fervently hope that you will start some investigative blogging to find out if either party is prepared to negotiate peaceful coexistence, or if there has even been any organized planning. This is a big story that has no narrator at present.

Good luck with everything. I can't wait to se...

2009-11-06T09:06:28.159-05:00

Good luck with everything. I can't wait to see what you decide to do next with CityKin. The site is a real asset and provides a great resource for urban families. Maybe you could continue to hone in on that.

I found myself slogging it out on Enq message boar...

2009-11-06T09:00:15.456-05:00

I found myself slogging it out on Enq message boards as part of a concerted effort whenever any streetcar or issue 9 article came up. I think we actually did a good job beating back the clay-eating mouthbreathers, but I'm going to retire the pseudonym for a while.

In any event, good post. I agree that the narrative has really changed for the better as far as the city is concerned. We are generating some decent momentum. Good idea to re-focus and recharge. See you around.

I wish--I sincerely wish--that the Enquirer would ...

2009-11-06T08:36:45.490-05:00

I wish--I sincerely wish--that the Enquirer would turn off comments on their news stories online. They serve absolutely no edifying purpose in their current form. Absolutely none.

But like passing by a grisly accident scene, I always have to just peek to see what kind of horrifyingly idiotic things are being said. And I'm never disappointed. Well--I'm always disappointed.

You don't go to the NYT and find such a wasteland of idiocy after every story. Why does our city, our community's paper, have to suffer such a childish cesspool? I can't figure out who at the Enquirer thinks it's serving any purpose. Or what citizen except the losers posting racist garbage on there, would care that the comments were turned off or cleaned up?

Oh well.

Anyway, I've been enjoying your blog for a couple years now. Hope to continue to do so in whatever form it takes.