In the nearly three years that I have been blogging at Lead Quietly, there have been countless changes in the makeup of the blogosphere.“Change is inevitable. Change is constant."
Benjamin Disraeli
Yes, blogs come and go and most of this activity goes unnoticed. In reality, the loss of a single blog from among 126 million isn't worth mentioning. Unless it is a blog that you cherish.
I am saddened by today's "game over" announcement at Joyful Jubilant Learning.
I have never met or talked to Rosa Say but she has influenced my thinking immensely. It started when I cited her work in May 2007 in my fifth post on Lead Quietly titled, 12 Rules for Self Leadership. I was amazed that Rosa visited my blog on the same day and left a comment. At that moment I was hooked on the concept of blogging as a form of learning and community.
In the final post at JJL, Rosa asked us to share a favorite post. In her words,
Point to a post you fondly remember in our archives, and share what the reading of that post may have contributed to your learning.
In July 8, 2007, I posted "It's All About Learning" and in the link I cited 7 Wonders of Joyful Jubilant Learning, the JJL collaboration to assemble 777 learning links to commemorate the date 07/07/07. Nearly three years later, a review of the collaboration is still a great learning experience. Just as important to me, as a novice blogger at the time, this post introduced me to several great thinkers and communicators that I still follow today, including David Zinger, Joanna Young, and Phil Gerbyshak.
Thank you Rosa for leading and facilitating this important discussion. And know that I will continue to follow your efforts wherever it goes. It's all about learning.
Thanks for reading. Please Lead Quietly and keep Meshing Up
Don
3 comments:
Aloha Don, thank you so much for honoring our Joyful Jubilant Learning journey with this posting!
The blogosphere has changed a great deal, hasn’t it. I admit I haven’t always responded to others as quickly as I did to you back in ’07, and maybe not at all as the task to do so grew so large in that publishing explosion you refer to, but as is testament here, when I managed to do so it always proved so rewarding, and so lasting in some way. Amazing. Profoundly humbling, while very energizing.
I am thrilled to know that JJL was a catalyst connecting you to other leaders in our online world, for I am most proud of how it was consistently a place for lifelong learners willing to share the completely open goodness of the Aloha they had to offer. I could end the site itself knowing those connections will continue to thrive without it, and I am so very grateful and honored by your intention to keep connected with me at Talking Story.
Your voice has been important to me too. Your own ‘Leading Quietly’ advice has inspired my mana‘o (thoughts, beliefs and convictions) as well: We ho‘omau, and continue to learn together my friend.
As an aside, I do think we are seeing a kind of “return to the mothership” where long-time bloggers are returning to their publishing roots after dabbling in the toys of social media, and investing in many blog re-inventions… this is going to be a very interesting year.
It's wonderful to learn how these connections come about :-) That's what blogging is all about for me... making connections that help us to stretch, learn, teach and grow. Thanks Don
@Rosa and @Johanna
Thanks for visiting and always sharing.
I am honored by your response. I appreciate you insight and generosity.
Don
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