I call the feedback I get from blog “blogback“. Occasionally I like to share snippets of recent blogback with my readers so that you can get a feel for the kind of things that people react to when reading my blog. Here’s just a few:
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Blogback #1: “I’ve been following your blog for awhile now — great forum for extra
information going in Eden Prairie. I was hoping, either through a direct email or through your blog entries,
to describe the work on Valleyview Road just east of Prairie Center Drive. As a further suggestion, maybe you could include more regular periodic updates about the road and other construction going on in the city.
Thanks.”
Scott said: I followed up with the request directly to tell the writer what was happening on Valley View Road.
Blogback #2: “I was reading your entry about the goose problem, and I was wondering if you
ever considered landscaping to prevent geese. It’s so effective; they did
it at Como Park and I used to see huge amounts of geese and now I don’t
think I’ve seen a single goose all summer. Basically, geese like expanses
of lawn and you just need to create barriers around water and throughout the
lawn like shrubs and native plants to deter them. I’m surprised no one in
your community has thought of this, it’s not like it’s an unusual or
expensive solution. I think you’ll find this an incredibly effective and cost effective long
term solution.”
Blogback #3: “Why can’t we take steps to increase the amount of water available to pump
per day? Bloomington has no watering restrictions because they got out front
of the problem and secured enough water. We do not have to have watering restrictions year after year if the proper planning is put in place. I think the Community Center should be run by a private (for profit)
company - supplying water is a service that should be managed by the city.
You should increase our water supply instead of advertising false shortages. Thanks for your time,”
Scott said: I assured this person that the City was not creating false water shortages. I told him that our water supply is controlled by how much water we can pump out of the earth, and that is regulated by the State of Minnesota. Bloomington is in a different position because they have a water system interconnection with the City of Minneapolis which uses the Mississippi River as its water source.
Blogback #4: “Hi Scott, I have been reading the Eden Prairie Blogs for a while now. Even though I
do not live in EP I find them interesting to see how another see is doing things. I have never commented before but after reading Andrew Sullivan’s guest blog I have too. He needs his own blog! Who would have thought he could make new water meters that funny. I think there might be some space on the page
with Dan Carlson’s departure…. Keep of the good blogs
Scott said: I thanked this fellow for reading the blog, and passed along his praise to Andrew Sullivan, which, if you haven’t read it, is a wonderful essay on the pleasures and dangers of reading water meters. If you haven’t read it, use the search function on my blog to go back to the middle of 2007. Read it. It’s pretty good. In fact, I recommend reading all the guest bloggers I’ve had this year. They are insightful and provide a nice change of pace from my writing style.