Comments on: Blogging Is Re-Blogging http://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/ "One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." -- Arthur Koestler Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peterhttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3566 Peter Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:50:52 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3566 Does the no rules for arguing with Greenwald count for all of his sockpuppets? Does the no rules for arguing with Greenwald count for all of his sockpuppets?

]]> By: Peterhttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-40387 Peter Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:50:00 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-40387 Does the no rules for arguing with Greenwald count for all of his sockpuppets? Does the no rules for arguing with Greenwald count for all of his sockpuppets?

]]> By: Georg Felishttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3501 Georg Felis Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:09:50 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3501 Much of this is due to the "writing with your finger on a pail of water" nature of the blogosphere. Newspapers chisel their words on tablets of stone (well, shredded trees) and are immortalized forever in microfilm the the basements of libraries over the world, while that same informative blog post that you looked at yesterday has strangely transformed into a recepie for rhubarb pie today. So be polite. Mark your corrections. Even if they are embarassing. After all, even the New York Times does it. Sometimes. Much of this is due to the “writing with your finger on a pail of water” nature of the blogosphere. Newspapers chisel their words on tablets of stone (well, shredded trees) and are immortalized forever in microfilm the the basements of libraries over the world, while that same informative blog post that you looked at yesterday has strangely transformed into a recepie for rhubarb pie today.

So be polite. Mark your corrections. Even if they are embarassing. After all, even the New York Times does it. Sometimes.

]]> By: Georg Felishttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-40386 Georg Felis Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-40386 Much of this is due to the "writing with your finger on a pail of water" nature of the blogosphere. Newspapers chisel their words on tablets of stone (well, shredded trees) and are immortalized forever in microfilm the the basements of libraries over the world, while that same informative blog post that you looked at yesterday has strangely transformed into a recepie for rhubarb pie today. So be polite. Mark your corrections. Even if they are embarassing. After all, even the New York Times does it. Sometimes. Much of this is due to the “writing with your finger on a pail of water” nature of the blogosphere. Newspapers chisel their words on tablets of stone (well, shredded trees) and are immortalized forever in microfilm the the basements of libraries over the world, while that same informative blog post that you looked at yesterday has strangely transformed into a recepie for rhubarb pie today.

So be polite. Mark your corrections. Even if they are embarassing. After all, even the New York Times does it. Sometimes.

]]> By: uberVU - social commentshttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3473 uberVU - social comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:23:19 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3473 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by StAPress: Sound advice: Blogging Is Re-Blogging http://bit.ly/cq3yg3 (via @rsmccain)... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by StAPress: Sound advice: Blogging Is Re-Blogging http://bit.ly/cq3yg3 (via @rsmccain)…

]]> By: So, What Does It Look Like When You Get an Instalanche, a Beltwaylanche, a Surberlanche, and a Stacylanche—All in the Same Day? | Little Miss Attilahttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3462 So, What Does It Look Like When You Get an Instalanche, a Beltwaylanche, a Surberlanche, and a Stacylanche—All in the Same Day? | Little Miss Attila Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:55:10 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3462 [...] to Glenn, James, Don, Jenn, Stacy, and John. (I can’t find Jenn’s post, and I know John’s is just a roundup, rather [...] [...] to Glenn, James, Don, Jenn, Stacy, and John. (I can’t find Jenn’s post, and I know John’s is just a roundup, rather [...]

]]> By: Little Miss Attilahttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 Little Miss Attila Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:45:28 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3461 I'm only posting to fix that capital "i" problem in my I.D. for this account. CORRECTION: The name of my blog is actually "Little Miss Attila," rather than "LIttle Miss Attila." I’m only posting to fix that capital “i” problem in my I.D. for this account.

CORRECTION: The name of my blog is actually “Little Miss Attila,” rather than “LIttle Miss Attila.”

]]> By: Little Miss Attilahttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-40385 Little Miss Attila Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:45:00 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-40385 I'm only posting to fix that capital "i" problem in my I.D. for this account. CORRECTION: The name of my blog is actually "Little Miss Attila," rather than "LIttle Miss Attila." I’m only posting to fix that capital “i” problem in my I.D. for this account.

CORRECTION: The name of my blog is actually “Little Miss Attila,” rather than “LIttle Miss Attila.”

]]> By: LIttle Miss Attilahttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3427 LIttle Miss Attila Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:21:38 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-3427 Depends on what you mean by rewriting: when I'm rewriting a long-form story, I may take out entire paragraphs, which I wouldn't do to a blog post. But just editing?--spelling, grammar, word choice? That's fine. What one does want to do is acknowledge factual errors. And of course there are times when one follows tequila rules. Natch. (You know what those are, don't you?--"When you drink tequila, there are no rules.") Depends on what you mean by rewriting: when I’m rewriting a long-form story, I may take out entire paragraphs, which I wouldn’t do to a blog post.

But just editing?–spelling, grammar, word choice? That’s fine.

What one does want to do is acknowledge factual errors.

And of course there are times when one follows tequila rules. Natch. (You know what those are, don’t you?–”When you drink tequila, there are no rules.”)

]]> By: LIttle Miss Attilahttp://theothermccain.com/2010/02/11/blogging-is-re-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-40384 LIttle Miss Attila Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 http://theothermccain.com/?p=2334#comment-40384 Depends on what you mean by rewriting: when I'm rewriting a long-form story, I may take out entire paragraphs, which I wouldn't do to a blog post. But just editing?--spelling, grammar, word choice? That's fine. What one does want to do is acknowledge factual errors. And of course there are times when one follows tequila rules. Natch. (You know what those are, don't you?--"When you drink tequila, there are no rules.") Depends on what you mean by rewriting: when I’m rewriting a long-form story, I may take out entire paragraphs, which I wouldn’t do to a blog post.

But just editing?–spelling, grammar, word choice? That’s fine.

What one does want to do is acknowledge factual errors.

And of course there are times when one follows tequila rules. Natch. (You know what those are, don’t you?–”When you drink tequila, there are no rules.”)

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