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Post-Modern Blogging[?]
2Feb2004 Filed under: LinkageI’ve realized that Electrolicious really isn’t much of a web log any more. I very infrequently post links to articles I’m reading or strange websites I’ve found. Does anyone miss the Linkage category of posts? It’s been an organic shift, but it’s definitely made my blog less of a blog and more of a … personal website.
But speaking of links: Google vs. Booble. HA!
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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megan
February 2nd, 2004 at 9:19 pm
personally, i especially enjoy the personal stuff.
leblanc
February 3rd, 2004 at 10:33 am
wait - what’s the difference? i thought a blog was a personal website.
Ariel
February 3rd, 2004 at 10:35 am
The traditional definition of “web log” is log of where you’ve been on the web.
Levi
February 3rd, 2004 at 12:07 pm
While a “blog” is traditionally as Ariel pointed out, a web log of where someone has been on the web, I have found that most “blog’s” I come across are really personal websites. One example of a “blog” would be http://www.february-7.com , and while I enjoy the links on it, it is extremely boring in itself. I prefer your style much more Ariel…it doesn’t seem that it’s not a “blog”, just that it’s an evolved version. Either way, does it really matter as long as you enjoy it, and so do we?
donut
February 3rd, 2004 at 1:31 pm
In general, I think linking blogs are totally played out.
allie
February 3rd, 2004 at 4:35 pm
I’m a much bigger fan of reading someone’s personal journey in life than finding out what funky links they may run across online… along the same token though, I’m not a big research junkie, so any fun links others provide on their websites is always good entertainment!
Philos
February 3rd, 2004 at 9:27 pm
Almost all of the blogs I visit are heavy on the personal journal side, light on the linking. I know I’ve followed links you’ve posted in the past and enjoyed reading whatever it was you linked to, but the reason I keep coming here is for your commentary and personal writing, not the links.