I wrote the following comment in response to a conversation between novelist Rick Moody and podcasting pioneer Chris Lydon:
Open Source » Blog Archive » In the Obama Moment: Rick Moody.
In keeping with the RERO principle I describe in that comment, the version on the Open Source site is quite raw. As is my habit, these days, I pushed the “submit” button without rereading what I had written. This version is edited, partly because I noticed some glaring mistakes and partly because I wanted to add some links. (Blog comments are often tagged for moderation if they contain too many links.) As I started editing that comment, I changed a few things, some of which have consequences to the meaning of my comment. There’s this process, in both writing and editing, which “generates new thoughts.” Yet another argument for the RERO principle.
I can already think of an addendum to this post, revolving on my personal position on writing styles (informed by my own blogwriting experience) along with my relative lack of sensitivity for Anglo writing. But I’m still blogging this comment on a standalone basis.
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I wrote the following comment in response to a conversation between novelist Rick Moody and podcasting pioneer Chris Lydon:
Open Source » Blog Archive » In the Obama Moment: Rick Moody.
In keeping with the RERO principle I describe in that comment, the version on the Open Source site is quite raw. As is my habit, these days, I pushed the “submit” button without rereading what I had written. This version is edited, partly because I noticed some glaring mistakes and partly because I wanted to add some links. (Blog comments are often tagged for moderation if they contain too many links.) As I started editing that comment, I changed a few things, some of which have consequences to the meaning of my comment. There’s this process, in both writing and editing, which “generates new thoughts.” Yet another argument for the RERO principle.
I can already think of an addendum to this post, revolving on my personal position on writing styles (informed by my own blogwriting experience) along with my relative lack of sensitivity for Anglo writing. But I’m still blogging this comment on a standalone basis.
Read on, please… Continue reading
Leave a comment | tags: 10-year rule, academic blogging, ADD, ADHD, aesthetic of the draft, Anglos, anti-book, Arianna Huffington, Atwater Library, author, authoritarian, authority, authors, authorship, autoritative, Baby Boomers, Baby Bust, Baby Busters, Bernard Arcand, blogwriting, books, canon, creativity, deconstructing, domain-agnostic, Eric Raymond, Exercices de style, expert bloggers, Gabriel Tremblay, general public, generation gaps, Generation X, generations, gourmand reading, Herbert Simon, Huffington Post, Hugh McGuire, indiscriminate, innovation, Intersubjectivity, Jakobson, LibriVox, Low-stakes, Malcolm Gladwell, Medici effect, novelty, organic collaboration, parents these days, Philip Ross, Pierre Assouline, pro-book, Psychology 101, Queneau, Raymond Queneau, release early release often, RERO, Rick Moody, rough drafts, snobbery, snobs, teen blogging, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Theodor Adorno, time to task, verve, wisdom of crowds, yulbloggers | posted in academics, advocacy, amateurs, arrogance, blog comments, bloggers, Blogging, blogosphere, blogs, Christopher Lydon, Clueing, comment-fishing, Empowerment, enthusiasm, experience, experimentation, expertise, freedom, geek culture, geeks, informal learning, informality, intellectuals, journalism, language ideology, learn by doing, linkfest, musings, new media, nostalgia, online publishing, open-source, opinions, Placeholders, prestige, professionals, Radio Open Source, ramblings, readership, Scientific American, shameless plug, social publishing, specialists, specialization, standardization, stereotypes, taste, teenagers, U.S. media, voice, writing, writing style