writing

A Defense of Blogging

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
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Yesterday Rebecca Thorman contested that “bloggers are not writers” and “blogging is not writing.”

I happen to disagree, but this not really about disagreement. This is about rethinking our basic understanding of writing.

This is about boiling down the underlying implications of Thorman’s ideas in an effort to hold them, to examine them, to test them.

I’m deeply indebted to Thorman’s post and presentation as the start of this conversation, so first: Thank you Rebecca. And now to our point of departure…

Guest Post: Writing as a way of thinking

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

I had the opportunity to guest post over at Srinivas Rao’s personal development blog, The Skool of Life. Stay tuned too, because tomorrow my interview in the “Up and Coming Bloggers Podcast” airs on the same site. But to wet your appetite today, here’s a snippet from my post on The Skool of Life:

Rarely, if ever, do I start a blog post knowing exactly where it will end. Some have told me this is a weakness. I tell them it’s writing.