Hey, I got two whole weekend days to do almost nothing, after the frantic election season where, as some of you have noticed, I was INESCAPABLE on all media platforms. Is there a thought I had in the past four weeks that you didn’t hear? I doubt it.
So I really appreciated this story in the New York Times on the weekend about the new “slow-blogging” trend, which apparently was kicked off by a local guy.
I like this slow-blogging idea, although I think maybe Montaigne was the first to pioneer it. Imagine thinking before writing. What a concept. I’ll really have to try it sometime
5 responses so far ↓
1 Linda // Nov 25, 2008 at 3:07 am
Thanks for that link, Frances. I loved that article.
2 Todd Sieling // Nov 25, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Thanks for writing about the slow blogging article, Francis. I’m the local guy in question, and have re-launched the slow blog manifesto under my own site (it was hosted on a wonky Apple blog previously). I’m surprised by the interest it’s generated, and intend to develop it more in the coming months. But at the right pace 🙂
Since your writing addresses current events, you could start a separate blog dedicated to a slower approach, or create a category for it on the current one. Either way, the idea is to write when ready, not to keep up with the web.
3 Todd Sieling // Nov 25, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I suppose a link would be appropriate: http://toddsieling.com/slowblog
4 TM // Nov 25, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Well, there you go. All along, I thought I was: too busy, too lazy, too uninspired and too exacting to write more frequently. Turns out I’m cutting edge! 😉
Thanks for this – now I know it’s okay to post less often!
TM
http://www.bcandbeyond.wordpress.com
5 Brenton // Nov 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm
During the civic election I took notes on a notepad with a pen, of all things. I haven’t converted those notes to a blog post, but it’s on my list of to-do items. I like to call it anablogging (analogue-blogging). And while we’re at it:
http://brentonwalters.blogspot.com/