tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5727656432947671272..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Blog habits and the need for speedRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-22018905050114981462009-08-17T23:22:09.120-04:002009-08-17T23:22:09.120-04:00@Tim,
I use Emacs as a textual sculpture tool. I ...@Tim,<br />I use Emacs as a textual sculpture tool. I don't write a whole lot of elisp, though. Truth is, I write more python and VBA. :(smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-74288739612936893902009-08-17T23:14:46.499-04:002009-08-17T23:14:46.499-04:00What's the quickest way to link?
I noticed Sm...What's the quickest way to link?<br /><br />I noticed Smitty runs Emacs and am wondering if he has some Lisp snippet that makes him look productive when he is actually hitting the local watering hole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16420760866272796482009-03-19T10:04:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:04:00.000-04:00At the height of my reporting days, I was writing ...At the height of my reporting days, I was writing around 3,000 words a day. It was awesome.<BR/><BR/>That's why I like blogging - I get to pick my own topics, say what's on my mind, stretch the creativity, and it takes very little time, comparatively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-42603067486730960852009-03-18T19:42:00.000-04:002009-03-18T19:42:00.000-04:00My problem is that, after 7 years of writing for a...My problem is that, after 7 years of writing for a newspaper that didn't run anything over 600 words, I'm drunk on the luxury of (near) infinite length. Should write shorter, but the length is intoxicating. Plus other writing assignments, a book proposal and childcare means that I can't post as often as I'd like. Excuses, excuses...rick mcginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04238756880941710637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-58632004877741107072009-03-18T18:17:00.000-04:002009-03-18T18:17:00.000-04:00Is this Rule 6?!Is this Rule 6?!Pat Austin Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-19663364724266212662009-03-18T17:59:00.000-04:002009-03-18T17:59:00.000-04:00The part-time blogger who wishes to up his game ou...<I>The part-time blogger who wishes to up his game ought to keep in mind the importance of learning to work faster, of trying to write (and link) as fast as he can, so that the few hours he has to spend each week on his blog are as productive as possible.</I><BR/><BR/>*cough* me*cough, cough*Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-58940622178966666702009-03-18T17:52:00.000-04:002009-03-18T17:52:00.000-04:00The problem with some people is that they graduate...<I>The problem with some people is that they graduate college as good writers, experience early success on account of that, and thus never devote themselves diligently to the relentless quest for improvement that could make them great writers.</I><BR/><BR/>*cough* Ezra Klein *cough cough* Ross Douhat*cough cough*Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-1007777685592255022009-03-18T16:55:00.000-04:002009-03-18T16:55:00.000-04:00It is as if you were writing to me directly!One pr...It is as if you were writing to me directly!<BR/><BR/>One problem is that I'm a lawyer in my day job. My writing must persuade, and the quality of such legal writing is critical. (I know, I know, you wouldn't know that from the blog.) But that writing is usually produced over the course of days (sometimes weeks) with many, many read-throughs and edits.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, a blog post can't take that long. But when it comes to the blog, the quest for perfect writing continues to be the enemy of the production of decent writing. That's something I still have to overcome.<BR/><BR/>At least you've given me hope that all those unpublished drafts were not wasted time.<BR/><BR/>I tapped out that comment in about 90 seconds. How's that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-50735281833204532652009-03-18T15:17:00.000-04:002009-03-18T15:17:00.000-04:00What, you mean the occasional Stacy-a-lanche I can...What, you mean the occasional Stacy-a-lanche I can get just by linking you (I mean, you should see my referral logs for yesterday!), isn't enough to guarantee my success as an A-list blogger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-80096003502286163712009-03-18T15:07:00.000-04:002009-03-18T15:07:00.000-04:00Good advice, but I've found that once I write on s...Good advice, but I've found that once I write on something I get bored with it and my creativity and flow suffers, so its better for me to not write at all if I can't produce something that will go on record.<BR/><BR/>Because of ill health I can't produce more than 5-6 stories a day, usually 4 or so including a quote, but I find that is usually sufficient to maintain interest in readers.<BR/><BR/>It's getting <I>new</I> readers that I find the most trouble, although I've been working harder on that.Christopher R Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104605722684911443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-72588680011665861722009-03-18T12:59:00.000-04:002009-03-18T12:59:00.000-04:00One of the many reasons that the Drudge Report pul...<I>One of the many reasons that the Drudge Report pulls so many users is that it's always changing.</I><BR/>Let's refine that thought a bit. The <I>substance</I> varies at high frequency. The <I>style</I> has all the flourish of a George W. Bush speech. IOW, I know before the page loads that it's very newspaper-ish in layout. In terms of the technology on display, Drugereport is under-engineered <B><I>to a fault</I></B>. It will come up just fine in <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/lynx" REL="nofollow">lynx</A>, for Torvald's sake. <BR/>Drudge's non-commitment to the latest "shiny" technology is brilliant and bespeaks the finest conservative taste. Could the left ever do something so simple and effective? Let Drudge be a lesion to them.<BR/>Oh, and blogger has a decent preview capability, RSM. It's more gooder to make mistakes in private. ;)smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.com