In true-to-form style, Shawn Blanc has been thinking about the nature and anatomy of the “link post” way too much. He’s outlined the three primary type of link posts, and accurately categorized Geek & Mild as using “The Aside”.
My aside posts are just that: side-notes from the main blog content. The reason I post asides to my blog rather than to, say, Twitter, is threefold. The main reason is because I welcome and publish comments from my readers – and retain control over the discussion as the blog author/owner. Secondly, I like to, and can, post photos and video as asides. Finally, I’m not limited to a number of characters (or even content) on my blog, and so I can continue to ramble on about a subject – even in an aside post.
(Case in point.)