Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte
Hello. Welcome to the weblog of Sean Sperte. This is an article originally posted on August 17, 2009. Read more →
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.)
Interesting. I had never known such great considerations had been taken about linking to other information, and I’d always been curious why you differentiated asides from posts.
I post links occasionally on my site, but still many on twitter/facebook. The main reason for this is audience. Many people who’ve responded to links I post on social media don’t even know what a feed reader is, despite how much I try to suggest that they use one.
That usually leaves my site reserved for linking to technical or internet related items. I realize however, that may limit who reads my blog, or who would follow once feed readers become more ubiquitous. Just reading this may very well influence what I decide to link.
§ Chuck Skoda · 17 August 2009
I once heard a wise man say, “Email sucks. So does RSS.”
§ Chris · 19 August 2009