Writing
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77. Stumbled upon – Libation
Navidrome on my home server might be the gift that keeps giving. In today’s instalment, I stumbled on Chris Abani’s TED Talk from 2008, saved from the podcast in iTunes, and on to my USB HDD where it has sat till a few days ago. It is a deeply emotive talk, one which explores humanity… Continue reading
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75. Re: The Cost of Having Been Everywhere
Thinker-at-Large/ public intellectual, Alan Jacobs, (my description, though I suspect he might shudder to think of himself as one) reflects on the cost of having been everywhere, which in the main is that though he has written nearly 20 books now, not one of them is the book he really wanted to write. In his telling, this… Continue reading
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70. Re: Reconnecting with Music
Richard Dallaway posts about reconnecting with music, highlighting his experience with (paying for but not using) music streaming subscriptions, and a new service being tried, Cantilever. In a similar vein, I have a Spotify subscription which has barely been used in the last three months. Cantilever is an interesting service, but one which I am… Continue reading
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67. Re: Re: AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more
Cafélog, who is on my blogroll, responds to a post at Vrypan.net, AI-generated blog posts images are not cool anymore . It is a detailed response which delves into their use of AI and the process involved in generating the images on the blog. As someone who also uses AI to modify pictures for use… Continue reading
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65. Re: To Comment Section or Not
James Zhan weighs in on the comment-section-or-not “debate”, ultimately justifying his decision to remove comments from his (Bear) blog. The key point which I can relate to is this: When I had comment sections on my blog, I found myself frequently checking for new comments and feeling somewhat disappointed when I saw none. It almost… Continue reading
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58. Joining JulyReply
The very productive Robert Birming (how does he manage to keep his online projects going?) is at it again, this time with JulyReply. It is another one of those initiatives which focuses on building community. The core idea is [r]eplying to others’ blog posts in a “Re:” format. As I have used the format sparingly… Continue reading
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55. JUnited, The Wrap
And so this year’s edition of JUnited comes to an end, a first for me. I missed a few days but gave it a good shot, I think.I’ll add a few more links over the next few days to make up the 30 for the 30 days of June. In going over the links, a… Continue reading
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36. Poetrying
Poetry has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember, reading, pretending to write some, and seeking out poetry podcasts such as Poetry Unbound and Read Me A Poem] from time to time. It was therefore a particular delight to discover Read a Little Poetry as part of JUnited.… Continue reading
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32. Re: Where do blogs go when they die
The prolific blogger (and initiator of JUnited), Robert Birming asks a particularly pertinent question, Where do Blogs go when they die? His experience of broken links and blogs entirely disappeared is one I can relate to, as would most people who have written on the web or been digital natives for any significant amount of… Continue reading
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27. Re: A Word to My Readers (To RSS or Not)
Beth Adams, who I have a lot of time for, and have read on and off since 2010, explores the question of subscriptions on the latest edition of her Substack newsletter. Within the essay she harks back to a time – before social media ruined everything – when blogging was fun and like minded communities… Continue reading
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