http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16720 Karen Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:11:51 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16720 I understand the system now. I did leave a comment at your site about how I missed the post descriptions and/or titles of the posts. The thing is this. I am heavy into debt reduction now. I tend to skip over the articles that are about retirement, or investing, or things like that. That's not b/c they aren't filled with great info, but just not stuff my brain is ready to process right now. Thanks for hosting. I look forward to the updates later this week! God bless! Karen p.s. sorry a little touchy. My 1 yr old neighbor is now in the ICU on a vent so I am very much on edge. :( I understand the system now. I did leave a comment at your site about how I missed the post descriptions and/or titles of the posts.
The thing is this. I am heavy into debt reduction now. I tend to skip over the articles that are about retirement, or investing, or things like that. That’s not b/c they aren’t filled with great info, but just not stuff my brain is ready to process right now.
Thanks for hosting. I look forward to the updates later this week!
God bless!
Karen
p.s. sorry a little touchy. My 1 yr old neighbor is now in the ICU on a vent so I am very much on edge.

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16637 NCN Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:53:36 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16637 If you all didn't like the format, a simple email would have been nice. I've hosted several carnivals in the past, and I've always used different formats. I simply tried something simple. There were over 70 submissions, and they were submitted from two different systems. I was unfamiliar with how to manage both systems at the same time, and several of the sites had copyright notices, so I didn't want to simply copy and paste little snippets from each site. I figured that you could simply click an article, read the first few lines, and then click back if you didn't like it. (My plan was, and perhaps I should have included this in the carnival itself, was to go back and highlight each section. In other words, every day this week, I'd talk about an individual section, make a few comments, etc. Over at the forums, I suggested that it would be cool if the carnival could push traffic throughout the week, and not just on Mondays... I wasn't going to highlight every post, but just the ones that caught my eye... that way, everyone gets the initial link, no one feels "left out" and then I can take my time to highlight the posts that I like...) NCN If you all didn’t like the format, a simple email would have been nice. I’ve hosted several carnivals in the past, and I’ve always used different formats. I simply tried something simple. There were over 70 submissions, and they were submitted from two different systems. I was unfamiliar with how to manage both systems at the same time, and several of the sites had copyright notices, so I didn’t want to simply copy and paste little snippets from each site. I figured that you could simply click an article, read the first few lines, and then click back if you didn’t like it.
(My plan was, and perhaps I should have included this in the carnival itself, was to go back and highlight each section. In other words, every day this week, I’d talk about an individual section, make a few comments, etc. Over at the forums, I suggested that it would be cool if the carnival could push traffic throughout the week, and not just on Mondays… I wasn’t going to highlight every post, but just the ones that caught my eye… that way, everyone gets the initial link, no one feels “left out” and then I can take my time to highlight the posts that I like…)
NCN

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16626 jim Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:35:41 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16626 Yeah, that list format was a little weak, especially when you consider BlogCarnival by default puts it in a decent (but not awesome) format in the first place. Oh well, hosting is quite a chore but you have to know that going into it... Yeah, that list format was a little weak, especially when you consider BlogCarnival by default puts it in a decent (but not awesome) format in the first place. Oh well, hosting is quite a chore but you have to know that going into it…

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16617 Karen Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:09:38 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/04/02/carnival-of-personal-finance-94-is-up/#comment-16617 I agree. Not fond of the format. Nothing to hook me in and make me want to read further. I skimmed through the names of blogs, but without descriptions I could be clicking for a long time before finding something that pertains to my PF situation right now. I agree. Not fond of the format. Nothing to hook me in and make me want to read further. I skimmed through the names of blogs, but without descriptions I could be clicking for a long time before finding something that pertains to my PF situation right now.

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