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Re: A poll about “hard journalism”

Monica Guzman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:05:42 -0000

Who in their right mind thinks hard journalism isn't important? Seriously. This is a problem.

Re: Historical Documents

Jasonp107 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:49:34 -0000

Yeah, we do seem to have a collective obsession with our past. It always seems so much more fascinating than the present.

I have to admit though, I'm pretty well burnt out on WWII.

Re: Historical Documents

Monica Guzman — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:25 -0000

What a cool observation. We weren't always so concerned about historical preservation. There was a time, it seems, people let things age without much fuss. Now Europe spends millions making sure the centruies-old columns in the mosque in Cordoba stay the right shade of red. I bet a focused Google search could answer this question for you.

Re: Blogging your interests: diversify or consolidate?

Jasonp107 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:24:02 -0000

Thank you!

I think the problem I have is also that my current personal blog is
really poorly suited to pursuing any vertical, right down to the name
(which is: my own).

In theory, I'm talking about one or maybe two "horizontal" blogs that
I would blog the crap out of, while leaving for this blog things that
fall into no particular category other than my own amusement. I think
those choices should be siphoned naturally from the topics that
interest me here (first), and which prove themselves worthy of
dedicated consideration.

In other words, I agree, but the "tall and narrow" blog probably
shouldn't be this one, right?

Re: Blogging your interests: diversify or consolidate?

Monica Guzman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:35:57 -0000

Niiice post.

I think it really depends on who you want your audience to be. If you want it to be your friends or people who already are interested in, as you say, who is writing, the one-blog model is where you want to go. But if you want a diversified audience interested in the topic more than the writer, you want to diversify your blog.

Here's the caveat though. If you're trying to build credibility based on who you are, a good way to do it is to build it in one topic you're passionate about. Pick one topic, blog the heck out of it and build that credibility tall and narrow. Building it horizontally, across a spread of topics, can also get you there, but will likely scatter the construction and take longer to rise above the crowd.

Re: Seattle, the “science-fictiony town,” and myself, are sorry to see Arthur C Clarke go

Monica Guzman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:29:53 -0000

I dream of Rama. R.I.P. Arthur.

Re: Jason Preston is the top search term on Google?

Monica Guzman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:11:55 -0000

Awesome. Yay serendipity. :-)