Rethink.

…and I’m bad at this. The old rule was linking to anyone and everyone. Now I’m pretty sure the blogroll is getting a solid number of visits. Before I stopped counting, quite a few people were using it. And this place is getting plenty of attention nowadays with more to come. So while I haven’t …

Not sure why the subscriber count jumped, but my thanks to all involved. It’s fun to be read. I realize this site is a mess in terms of organization. I also realize that I have quite a few entries which rant and make no sense. This blog is a continual work in progress. A few …

One number that has me taken aback: there are only 247 poetry posts on this blog. It feels like so much more: I don’t know if you feel the same. In chronological order, starting from January: “Precipice,” Jill Alexander Essbaum – some people like to write poems that are a word or two per verse. …

I said that while ranting on tumblr. Barely even realized it at the moment, but it was an expansion on another post of mine: “What does success on the Internet look like?” In that post, I focused on money and institutions as shaping a different sort of attention than the one I am seeking. In …

I’m a pretty dedicated SU user, but I don’t understand the direction they’re taking the site. Actually, I kinda do understand it, and it makes some sense. It’s just that what makes sense in terms of attracting advertisers isn’t always the best thing for user experience or even the long term future of the site. …

You don’t know how pumped I am about this. Every time I see that you’ve liked stuff from here on facebook or shared it on digg, reddit, stumbleupon, old dogg, chime.in, twitter – it means a lot. In retrospect, I don’t know that I would have wanted to be successful merely on my own. It’s …

Thanks to Teresa Strandquist for bringing this to my attention. There will be no quarrel. The question is the value of graffiti. Effective blogging – we can’t really call it good – takes a number of forms. You can use photos, videos, music, snippets of conversation, texts, comments, art – nearly anything – and it’ll …

I have lots written in my journal, but not much of it is useful for the current project. I want to write some entries that are no longer than 100-300 words on epigrams or parts of lyrics and poems. The idea is for people to take a thought or fragment with them to work and …

I owe all of you quite a bit – you’re promoting this blog like crazy, and it is bringing in new readers. I can’t express how grateful I am. I should say that I’m a bit confused as to what’s next. My feeling is that more traffic and publicity is not a bad thing, not …

There are a few comments about blogging that might be of interest in this interview I had with Crimson Soapbox. In fact, I want to take a bit of time to elaborate on some themes: Good blogs have some kind of personality. I’ve been doing this too long to argue otherwise. The information you give …