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Sunday, November 17, 2002 |
Weblog Rust RemovalFeeling very rusty. I have not written a post in 12 days. That is the longest non-posting period since I started this weblog.
So I am posting, even though I have nothing to say. I am hoping these words will beget more words, get the writing juices flowing again.
I heard that Bill Murray, when writing for Saturday Night Live, used to insert placeholders in his scripts: "and then Gilda says something funny". This allowed him to keep writing even though he had nothing to say. This is what I am doing right now. It must make for some fascinating reading (not!) :)
I think a little bit of rust has been removed. I feel better now.
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Friday, October 18, 2002 |
Unintended Search HitsAgreed.It takes courage to blog.[Mathemagenic]This is scary: blog gives you publicity you probably don’t want. After your name pops up at the first page of search results you're kind of expected to provide high quality content.
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Thursday, October 17, 2002 |
Ethics Discussion DijestDoc Searls believes webloggers need a code of ethics (and hosts some discussion, too). Nick Denton agrees. John Hiler said bloggers should follow the same code as journalists (and journalist/blogger Ken Layne responded, "Never!"). And of course Rebecca Blood's Weblog Handbook proposes six rules for ethical blogging.[Blogroots]
But could a webloggers' code of ethics ever be accepted -- and somehow enforced -- widely enough that readers could trust a weblog more than they'd trust its publisher alone? Or is there a value to such a code without collective trust and accountability -- as a set of guidelines to simply encourage responsible publishing, perhaps?
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Sunday, October 13, 2002 |
I should have kept my mouth shut.I should probably explain a previous post. No mockery took place, if it was interpreted that way I apologize. It is a relief to witness productive prolific webloggers experience writer's block. Witnessing inhibitions in others often diminishes them within ourselves, that's all.
If you don't believe me, see this. Also see this. I should have kept my mouth shut.
[Blogging Roller]It's tricky?. I think my Blogging is Difficult post was a little corny, overdone, and maybe gave people the wrong impressions....
I'll stop the meta-blogging/navel-gazing now and return you to my normal disjointed ramblings. That is what I promised and that is what I will deliver.
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Saturday, October 12, 2002 |
Roller's Blogging BlockNow that Blogging Roller's creator finally has time to write, there is not as much to write about:
Blogging is difficult.Quick - write some more software so you can start blogging again![Blogging Roller]Blogging Roller made blogging easy for me
I'd just blog about Roller and related stuff
I hoped I that eventually, I would find my way to other voices
But blogging is difficult: I've got rules in the back of my mind
Don't blog about politics and start argumemts
Don't blog about family and day-to-day life, that'll bore people
Don't blog about work, because your employer may be reading
Censor yourself!
The bloggers that I enjoy reading are the ones that break these rules
I can't enjoy blogging unless I start breaking some of these rules
Repeat As NecessaryFrom the very funny How to Fail at Writing...
6. There are thousands of writing books. Better read them all before you start. One of them has got to have the secret. (Be sure to skip all the exercises.)
11. Whatever you do, don't finish anything. Just keep starting new fragments. (Any ideas prior to your latest suck anyway.) Or endlessly torture your existing manuscripts until you drain them of any vitality they might once have had.
12. If you do finish something, immediately share it with someone who can be counted on to tear it apart, tell you you're wasting your time, and imply you're an idiot for ever imagining you could write. Believe this person — s/he wouldn't say it if it weren't true.
13. Be sure you never actually submit your work for publication. Take the decision out of the editors' hands: reject it for them.
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Thursday, October 10, 2002 |
How Weblogs Foster QualityThanks [Radio Free Blogistan] for a Great Link, and thanks Seb for a great article, with an immense volume of heavy duty links for us to explore.[Al Macintyre's Radio Weblog]
Agreed, this (Personal Knowledge Publishing and its Uses in Research) is a great article. A Great article! If you find the length too daunting, read just a section at a time and savor each sentence. Start with section three: How Weblogs Foster Quality.
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Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
I am jotting this down because of a work-related project:
UseIt: Great points about Email Newsletters.[inluminent/weblog] via [Don W Strickland: software]Do you publish a newsletter? Are you thinking about it?
If so, read this article from UseIt: Email Newsletters Pick Up Where Websites Leave Off
You'll find some great information, and gain a better understanding of what's important in a newsletter by today's standards.
When you're done with that one, go read this one about writing headlines.
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