Blogs and blogs
Not long ago, Kelly noted the disappearance of Polyglottery. Now Aspiring Polyglot is going silent. That is to say, the old posts will remain but new ones won't be forthcoming. And they will be missed. Kelly hints a new blog might come one day, or that AP might be revived. We hope so and soon.
People only think blogging is easy. But in fact, every blog requires a mindset that will define how it is to work, after which the poor blogger has to follow through. I started the TurkeyBlog in 2002 and have been posting ever since. It is a jumble of news and center-right-libertarian commentary. At different times it has been updated as much as 4-5 times a day or as few as 4-5 times a week. Since it's not a newspaper, there's no point in updating if there's nothing going on that interests me. Still, if I haven't posted in a day or two, I have a sense that I need to comment about something, so that if someone visits they'll know it's still active.
I also have a blog, Wittgenstein's Bastard, where I blatantly defy his injunction that "That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence," by writing long bits on pretty much absolutely nothing. That blog gets updated every 2-3 months, when it occurs to me to write something new for it. I think it's mostly visited by people looking for Wittgenstein quotes. I'm not particularly concerned about keeping it current, since its subject has been dead quite some time.
Then there's this blog. I try to update at least once a week, first so that there will be something new for people to read, and second, because it means I have to do something with my language learning at least once a week so I'll have something to write about. I have to confess it's something of a selfish endeavor. One thing I have learned from writing the TurkeyBlog, however, is that not every blog post has to be new or original. If it's been long enough since I wrote about something, I assume my readers will have to, since they should be far less concerned with my writing than I am. Maybe that's a bit postmodernish or some other ismish. No matter. This is just to inform that this blog might not get any better, but it will continue on.
On that note, Omniglot's got a cool post on Terracotta Bureaucrats. Thanks to Omniglot for the daily post. And to Kelly, thanks for the memories.
People only think blogging is easy. But in fact, every blog requires a mindset that will define how it is to work, after which the poor blogger has to follow through. I started the TurkeyBlog in 2002 and have been posting ever since. It is a jumble of news and center-right-libertarian commentary. At different times it has been updated as much as 4-5 times a day or as few as 4-5 times a week. Since it's not a newspaper, there's no point in updating if there's nothing going on that interests me. Still, if I haven't posted in a day or two, I have a sense that I need to comment about something, so that if someone visits they'll know it's still active.
I also have a blog, Wittgenstein's Bastard, where I blatantly defy his injunction that "That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence," by writing long bits on pretty much absolutely nothing. That blog gets updated every 2-3 months, when it occurs to me to write something new for it. I think it's mostly visited by people looking for Wittgenstein quotes. I'm not particularly concerned about keeping it current, since its subject has been dead quite some time.
Then there's this blog. I try to update at least once a week, first so that there will be something new for people to read, and second, because it means I have to do something with my language learning at least once a week so I'll have something to write about. I have to confess it's something of a selfish endeavor. One thing I have learned from writing the TurkeyBlog, however, is that not every blog post has to be new or original. If it's been long enough since I wrote about something, I assume my readers will have to, since they should be far less concerned with my writing than I am. Maybe that's a bit postmodernish or some other ismish. No matter. This is just to inform that this blog might not get any better, but it will continue on.
On that note, Omniglot's got a cool post on Terracotta Bureaucrats. Thanks to Omniglot for the daily post. And to Kelly, thanks for the memories.
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