A Little Project We're Working On
Today we have something new to share. It's a little project we've been working on in our spare time (when it's too cold to go to the 2nd floor) that we've decided to share with all of you!
If you're a fan of home improvement like us, you've noticed that a lot more house-related weblogs have been cropping up. Keeping track of all these 'house blogs'--and even finding the newest ones--is a challenge.
So after talking about it for a while, J had a bit of a brainstorm...
HouseBlogs.net is a 'meta-blog' promoting first-person stories of the restoration, improvement and building of great homes.
Why should you care? Well, avid houseblog readers can use it to more easily find the latest stories posted on sites around the web. Houseblog writers can use it to promote your own site and share your adventures with a like-minded (and supportive!) audience.
As for us, we hope it's a way to stay on top of the latest sites and continue to learn from other people's experience...even as we continue to share our own!
For now, please notice that the new site is still in a 'beta release' as we continue to iron out the bugs. That also means that we're definitely open to suggestions, so don't hesitate to let us know what you think!
PS--Perhaps this little 'diversion' can be an explaination of why we haven't been posting to this site as often lately. For those who've asked, rest assured that we're definitely hoping to get back to a regular posting routine soon!
Postcript from JM-- That "J had a bit of a brainstorm" bit is somewhat misleading. I can't say how the idea started...probably when I began whining to Aaron about keeping up with the blogroll last Fall. He was tinkering with code and features since then, we took it to a domain about a month ago, and we've been Beta testing since then. So, Aaron deserves the lion share of credit here...the coding has been fierce!
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Comments
Very awesome guys. I'm totally a house voyeur, this site should make that worse. ;)
Posted by: LisaB | February 18, 2005 1:30 AM
thats so cool. i could never find the same ones twice. you could ad on that one maybe an ad for a table saw, i know you need one.
Posted by: Brian | February 18, 2005 8:24 AM
You're right; there's a growing and vital community here, and it's things like this that make it a "community" rather than just a bunch of disconnected events. Aside from continually producing one of the best sites, for this inspired act you guys just earned your crowns as King and Queen of this weird little world. At least to me.
Posted by: Nathan | February 18, 2005 8:25 AM
Fantastic! I use blo.gs to keep up with blogs but your new site is ten times better! Thanks!
Posted by: Chris | February 18, 2005 9:13 AM
okay but the coolest thing is how i can get it to feed to my sbc/yahoo home page...so all the new entries pop right up underneath today's news...that kicks ass
Posted by: merideth | February 18, 2005 10:29 AM
Ummm, thanks? I'm guessing this just means I'll be able to waste time more productively.
Posted by: dac | February 18, 2005 11:05 AM
This is such a great idea -- I'm so totally indebted to you for putting this together, although I predict my productivity on our house is about to plummet because of it. Sigh. :)
Any chance of getting added to a link list on that site since ours isn't a blog and doesn't have a feed?
Posted by: Brittney | February 18, 2005 12:06 PM
Duh -- answered my own question. Move along, these aren't the droids you're looking for...
Posted by: Brittney | February 18, 2005 12:16 PM
such a wicked idea! we've just started our own renoblog and are only getting family traffic right now, so this is great for us... now we wait!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Deb (kensingtonbungalow.blogspot.com)
Posted by: anm8rchick | February 18, 2005 1:31 PM
What a fantastic idea! I love visiting houseblogs myself, because at the end of a "hair-pulling" day, it's good to know there are other crazy people out there with nothing better to do than spend their money on their house! :)
Oh, our blog is pawpawvictorian.blogspot.com.
Posted by: Lisa Zeimetz | February 18, 2005 1:48 PM
Brilliant! and Thank You!!! (Of course, you'll now see a decrease in traffic on this site b/c I won't have to keep coming back to peruse your 'links' section.)
Posted by: Kim | February 18, 2005 2:02 PM
Kim--I think we're going to see a decrease in traffic because I won't keep coming back to our OWN site to keep checking in with the blogroll!!!
So, that's TOTALLY okay. We're more interested in sharing stories than site traffic based on the blogroll :)
And, to echo Dac's sentiments, I feel like I'm wasting time so much more productively now.
Signed, um, the Newly-Crowned Queen of Weird...I guess.
Posted by: jm | February 18, 2005 3:01 PM
It's a Very Good Wierd.
Posted by: Nathan | February 18, 2005 6:08 PM
Thanks Nathan :)
Posted by: jm | February 18, 2005 7:39 PM
Thank you!!!! Of course, now nothing will get done. It's not like I didn't spend a lot of time reading this stuff already...It truly is an obsession.
Posted by: elise | February 18, 2005 9:21 PM
Dear Jennie & Aaron,
I really appreciate the effort you guys have gone to in creating this site for folks like me to share what we're building and to learn (and be amazed by) the creativity and hard work of yourselves and others. I've just begun exploring all the blogs here, and guess now I can look forward to even more insomnia! Seriously, it's enjoyable and encouraging. Thanks!
Posted by: BethW | February 22, 2005 1:25 PM