Commenting on Blogs

I don’t frequently comment on many blogs – usually only when I read something particularly interesting. The best blog posts I have read have been ones where a lot of discussion has followed the initial post. Very rarely does it stay entirely within the subject of the first post, but for the most part it [...]

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Springboard Reading, or Chain Letters.

While I was reading last night (The Mission Song, John le Carre) I daydreamed my way into a reading project for the year. Springboard reading.
In essence, it goes like this. Once I have read a book, I pick up one of the things touched on in it and follow it up with the next book [...]

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Bad name for blogging?

Let’s face it. The ‘Blogosphere’ (irritating phrase, but handy) has the reputation for consisting of nothing but inconsequential drivel. It’s a common view, like it or not, but why?
Well, put it this way. I just did a Google blog search for learning French, because I’m about to start doing it. A third of the links [...]

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WordPress Tag Surfer

Am I the only one finding the WordPress Tag Surfer friggin’ useless now? It seems to be a list of spam every time I look at it.

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