There are so many good things happening out on the Internet right now that we can’t possibly write about all of them. But it’d be a shame not to share them with our readers, so we’ll regularly assemble a handful of links into a post. (Soon we’ll have these integrated in the blog’s new design […]
Entries Tagged as 'Metasite'
What We’re Reading
December 28th, 2008 by Bill Brown · 11 Comments · Metasite
Myrhaf I’m reading The Collected Short Stories of Maxim Gorky and The Lower Depths and Other Plays by Maxim Gorky. Gorky was a communist in Russia and an avid supporter of the revolution. He was also a great writer—quite fascinating, though a naturalist who focused on “the lower depths” of society. Gorky wrote, “For me, […]
What’s In A Name?
December 19th, 2008 by Myrhaf · 9 Comments · Metasite
Bill Brown sent me an email proposing we do a group blog. I thought about it a few days, then agreed. After that we spent a somewhat agonizing week trying to think up a name for this blog. I noted that blogs can have quirky names. Little Green Footballs, for instance; the name has nothing […]
Is Blogging Passe?
December 9th, 2008 by Myrhaf · 7 Comments · Metasite
According to Paul Boutin we just made a mistake starting this blog: Thinking about launching your own blog? Here’s some friendly advice: Don’t. And if you’ve already got one, pull the plug. Writing a weblog today isn’t the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and […]
