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February 09, 2005
All ego, all the time
LoopDiLoop discusses blogging and the element of vanity required to think that the internet cares about what you think.
I've a blog for two main reasons:
- To keep track of all the things I say I'll get done, in the hope that I'll shame myself into actually doing some of them
- And to practice writing, in the hope I'll start doing that properly again. Or at least something creative.
I'm not that bothered by what the internet thinks I think about what the internet thinks, if you follow me.
You know Godwin's law, about newsgroup discussions? It says "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." I'm starting to think there's an analogous law for blogs, that goes something like "As a blog develops, the probability of a post discussing the pros and cons of blogging approaches one." One is approached much more quickly though, as I've actually just demonstrated. Oops.
Posted by Oliver at February 9, 2005 12:24 PM
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well i’ve already brought the nazis into the conversation on the loopdiloop post, just to prove your point.
links to other blogs you read would be a good idea for you, if you don’t mind the free advice
Posted by: fmk at February 9, 2005 10:18 PM
Godwin’s law comes true again!
A list of links is definitely something that’s on the list, along with a spiffy new look. I suppose I got a bit impatient with my slow pace in that regard. But I’m hoping to have different links for each category, which is a touch trickier than I supposed it would be.
Posted by: Oliver at February 10, 2005 09:57 AM
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