Comments on: Carnival of Personal Finance Thoughts http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Free Money Finance http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2371 Free Money Finance Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:31:43 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2371 Star Money Articles for the Week of April 10... Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: Five Cent Nickel bought a house and sold a house in under six days. Congrats! Blueprint for Financial Prosperity likes David Lorenzo’s Career Intensity. Consu... Star Money Articles for the Week of April 10…

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]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2349 Flexo Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:02:55 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2349 Thanks for letting me know about the link. It's weird that one transposition turns instapundit.com into isnt a pundit.com. Glenn has not once linked to a Carnival I've hosted, so I've stopped emailing him. I was always friendly and provided a clear link, but what can you do? Thanks for letting me know about the link. It’s weird that one transposition turns instapundit.com into isnt a pundit.com. Glenn has not once linked to a Carnival I’ve hosted, so I’ve stopped emailing him. I was always friendly and provided a clear link, but what can you do?

]]> By: FMF http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2348 FMF Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:41:04 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2348 1. The link to Instapundit is incorrect. 2. He does link to carnivals now (I just got one for Carnival of the Vanities) -- though it it sporadic. 3. I've had enough of the "politics" associated with PF carnivals and plan to only submit here and there from now on. It's simply not worth it. 4. The Carnival of the Vanities post I just did had 38 submissions. I've done carnivals with more than this as well -- and always include everyone unless the submission was off topic (i.e. submitting an investment article for the Carnival of Debt Reduction). It just seems like it's more in the spirit of carnivals. I agree with your position: "perhaps those who are unprepared for the time and effort needed shouldn’t volunteer to host." 5. If you want to minimize the time crunch on a Sunday night, start putting your post together as the entries come in -- starting on Wednesday or so. Granted, you'll get the highest number of submissions on Saturday, but any advance work you can do will make the final post a lot easier. 1. The link to Instapundit is incorrect.

2. He does link to carnivals now (I just got one for Carnival of the Vanities) — though it it sporadic.

3. I’ve had enough of the “politics” associated with PF carnivals and plan to only submit here and there from now on. It’s simply not worth it.

4. The Carnival of the Vanities post I just did had 38 submissions. I’ve done carnivals with more than this as well — and always include everyone unless the submission was off topic (i.e. submitting an investment article for the Carnival of Debt Reduction). It just seems like it’s more in the spirit of carnivals. I agree with your position: “perhaps those who are unprepared for the time and effort needed shouldn’t volunteer to host.”

5. If you want to minimize the time crunch on a Sunday night, start putting your post together as the entries come in — starting on Wednesday or so. Granted, you’ll get the highest number of submissions on Saturday, but any advance work you can do will make the final post a lot easier.

]]> By: Steve Mertz http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2328 Steve Mertz Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:37:52 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2328 Amen Flexo-this should be fun!Future hosts of the Carnivals can learn from last weeks mistakes! Amen Flexo-this should be fun!Future hosts of the Carnivals can learn from last weeks mistakes!

]]> By: RS http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2321 RS Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:00:03 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2321 This is a really tough call. On one hand, I agree with everything that Flexo has said above. On the other, it can sometimes be hard to read because there are so many submissions. Sometimes, I just don't have time to look through them all, so I end up just getting frustrated and skipping it all together for that week. This is a really tough call. On one hand, I agree with everything that Flexo has said above. On the other, it can sometimes be hard to read because there are so many submissions. Sometimes, I just don’t have time to look through them all, so I end up just getting frustrated and skipping it all together for that week.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2316 Amanda Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:16:47 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2316 I agree - let the host make the executive decision. It's unlikely that "everyone" would ever come to some agreement about creating a standardized "rule" anyway... I agree – let the host make the executive decision. It’s unlikely that “everyone” would ever come to some agreement about creating a standardized “rule” anyway…

]]> By: Nick http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2315 Nick Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2315 I'm really glad you chimed in on the subject, and you're absolutely right on all counts. Carnivals are a big time investment, but I imagine they're also a lot of fun to put together. I just hope that all future hosts continue to see it that way and put together some really fun to read carnivals with their own unique personal touch added in. I’m really glad you chimed in on the subject, and you’re absolutely right on all counts. Carnivals are a big time investment, but I imagine they’re also a lot of fun to put together. I just hope that all future hosts continue to see it that way and put together some really fun to read carnivals with their own unique personal touch added in.

]]> By: Financial Fruition http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2314 Financial Fruition Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:17:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/10/carnival-of-personal-finance-thoughts/#comment-2314 Makes sense to me. However, it was a little shocking last week. Word count, pulling it out of a hat, alpahbetical, whatever, let's just make sure it gets up on time and their is some organization to the posts. Anywho, I was unaware that instapundit didn't link to them anymore. Are the carnival author's still emailing him a clean link once a week when it is published on their site? He had no problem doing it for me, but that was a little bit ago. Makes sense to me. However, it was a little shocking last week. Word count, pulling it out of a hat, alpahbetical, whatever, let’s just make sure it gets up on time and their is some organization to the posts.

Anywho, I was unaware that instapundit didn’t link to them anymore. Are the carnival author’s still emailing him a clean link once a week when it is published on their site? He had no problem doing it for me, but that was a little bit ago.

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