Rebecca, who hires teachers for summer camp by day, and, times celebrities on the theater toiliet by night, runs the blog Trybecca.

Tell us about yourself.
I’m a New York City poet about to turn thirty. I just graduated with my MFA and enormous debt. I decided to start a blog–my answer to the mid-life crisis! Safer than riding a motorcycle.

What is your blog about?
Humor. I work for a summer camp provider as Director of Human Resources, in addition to selling candy at an off-Broadway theater. Sometimes I time celebrities on the toilet (Dustin Hoffman, Steve Guttenberg) and my readers guess how long they will take.

Are you the only author/contributor?
Well, my boss contributes by talking. He just doesn’t know it.

How did you get started?
I started Trybecca about 3 months ago. My boyfriend and I had broken up and I had spent all Fall unemployed and formatting my thesis. I needed to feel some sense of accomplishment, and blogging provided that. It was slow going. At first I was like “What’s a widget?” But I’ve been linked to Gawker a couple of times, so my readership is picking up. Last Tuesday I had over 3000 visitors.

Why do you blog?
I’m about to turn 30.

What is the source of your content?
My boss. Actually, I write about everything, from American Apparel models to sonnets to ordering from Staples. Occasionally I offer advice.

How frequently do your write/post?
At first I posted irregularly but now I write every weekday. That’s important and something I learned right off the bat.

Does your blog generate revenue?
No. In fact, it cost me $25 to print blog cards!

Who visits your blog?
My friends, my co-workers. It’s a cubicle friendly crowd. I’m hoping John Krasinski visits, but that’s wishful thinking.

Would you like to add anything else?
Please check out Trybecca and if you like it, drop me a line or subscribe!

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Stuart Rodgers contirbutes regularly to the ”Free Thought Association” at Right Brained’s.

Tell us about your team.
The core Right Brained team consists of Stuart: a graduating doctoral and law student, Fitz: a political science instructor and active participant in philanthropic events, Deezelboy: a British master of global history and skilled navigator of the web, Time: a man of experience and compassion, CrazyDoc: an Ivy League educated psychiatrist, Alexander: our resident right-leaning conservative who loves controversy, and Trent: a blue-collar Midwesterner with a revolutionary left-leaning outlook.

What is your blog about?
We will address almost any topic, but we usually focus on long-standing political issues or whatever is dominating the current headlines. Our most common topics tend to lean towards US foreign relations, election politics, religion, the nature of man and economics.

How did you get started?
This sprung out of late night conversations over a pitcher of beer or two with my fellow graduate student, Fitzharris. We eventually started taking notes, then having debates via IM and then the blog sprung naturally from that.

Why do you blog?
Well, it allows us to connect with people all over the world so we can inject their opinions into our debates and it also allows us a sometimes creative outlet for that which we find insane, inane, or informative.

What is the source of your content?
We produce some scholarly level pieces, some based off of web-based sources, some from newspapers and others are entirely the produce of the author.

How frequently do your write/post?
We try to post at least once to twice a week, sometimes more often. The pieces can vary from very in-depth research pieces to short commentaries.

Does your blog generate revenue?
We wish! No, so far we are keeping our amateur status to enter the blog Olympics!

Who visits your blog?
We get a wide range of visitors. Mostly British and Americans in the 20-50 age group who are interested in politics, economics and debate. We do get a lot of hits from Universities, law firms and real estate business firms as well.

Would you like to add anything else?
Blogging is a lot of work but we have seen some amazing ideas and fun discussions come out of our efforts and hope to be around for years.

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Busy Mom talks about better parenting through coffee in her blog BusyMom.net.

Tell us about yourself / your team. Brief introduction.
I am a 42 year old married mother of 3. When I’m not blogging, or, working in the health care industry, I can be found folding laundry. In the event that I’m not doing any of those things, I remain on the quest for the perfect purse.

What is your blog about?
I tell everyone it’s about parenting, but, it’s really just about whatever spews forth from my mind.

How did you get started?
A little over 4 years ago, I saw something about “blogs” on the news, and, thought, “Hey, I wonder if could do that?”, so, I signed onto Blogger (yeah, I know), and, wrote something about the kids playing a bunch of band instruments in the next room, and, to my utter surprise, someone read it, and, commented.

What is the source of your content?
The crevices of my brain, usually.

How frequently do you write / post?
I try to write something every day, but, I have no set schedule.

Is you blog revenue oriented?
Though I don’t write about money, I do generate a bit of revenue from a couple of different sources.

Who visits your blog? Tell us a little bit about your readers.
There are all kinds of people who visit. Even though my blog says it’s about “parenting”, I get parents, non-parents, men, women, and, those in between.

Do you consider yourself successful in blogging? How would you define “success”, as far as blogging is concerned?
“Success” in blogging. Hmm. That’s a topic frequently debated out there. I guess I’m successful in that I still blog, I have succeeded in keeping it up for over 4 years.
As for defining success, I think it depends on the purpose, or, goals of your writing. Do you want to make money online? Success might be measured by your income over a stated amount of time. Do you want to keep family and friends updated about your life? Success might be measured by how often you update, or, who is clamoring for you to “tell me more!”, or, more importantly, how you feel about what you’ve written.
“Success” isn’t always about comments and statistics.

Do you blog full time?
No, I probably think about it full time, but, I have that pesky job with benefits that gets in the way of my blogging time. My kids are funny about wanting food, clothing, and, shelter.

Any advice, suggestion, tips or a message you would like to give to other bloggers?
Write about what you know, or, what you enjoy. Interact online with other people both within your topic, and, outside of it, and, most of all, visit me every day at busymom.net.

You have a loyal reader base. What sets you apart from other blogs?
I have no idea, really. I’ve been doing it a while, and, I blog pretty regularly, maybe it’s just because I won’t go away.

Would you like to add anything else?
Thanks for having me!

Tags: Busy Mom, Parenting

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