Comments on: Slow Blogging http://www.crucialminutiae.com/slow-blogging it's the little things... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:43:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Gandin Le http://www.crucialminutiae.com/slow-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-38960 Jennifer Gandin Le Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:24:23 +0000 http://www.crucialminutiae.com/?p=1828#comment-38960 I have grown to love the pace of Crucial Minutiae, for many of the reasons that Sarah mentions. (Thank you so much for chiming in, Sarah!) Personally, I feel like it's taken a while for me to embrace the slow blogging (which we tech nerds have always called "long-form blogging", but I like that it's getting a catchier name now) that I do here, mostly because contemplative thoughts and posts can't be forced into a weekly schedule quite the way that quick trendy pieces can. Of course, I don't know that we ever truly wanted to be just a trend site. Thanks for making the connection between that article and CM -- I skimmed the piece but did not make that link, and it feels nice to have a name for what some of us do here on this blog. I have grown to love the pace of Crucial Minutiae, for many of the reasons that Sarah mentions. (Thank you so much for chiming in, Sarah!) Personally, I feel like it’s taken a while for me to embrace the slow blogging (which we tech nerds have always called “long-form blogging”, but I like that it’s getting a catchier name now) that I do here, mostly because contemplative thoughts and posts can’t be forced into a weekly schedule quite the way that quick trendy pieces can. Of course, I don’t know that we ever truly wanted to be just a trend site.

Thanks for making the connection between that article and CM — I skimmed the piece but did not make that link, and it feels nice to have a name for what some of us do here on this blog.

]]> By: Courtney Martin http://www.crucialminutiae.com/slow-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-38912 Courtney Martin Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:12:23 +0000 http://www.crucialminutiae.com/?p=1828#comment-38912 Thanks Sarah, great to hear on all accounts. Good luck with your own writing! Thanks Sarah, great to hear on all accounts. Good luck with your own writing!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.crucialminutiae.com/slow-blogging/comment-page-1#comment-38875 Sarah Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:45:35 +0000 http://www.crucialminutiae.com/?p=1828#comment-38875 Courtney- I loved that article too, and it totally made me think of Crucial Minutiae. I think it's great that there are sites out there like The Huffington Post, etc, being updated constantly, but I find myself quickly browsing that site, whereas with Crucial Minutiae, I always look forward to a more leisurely and substantive read. I think it's incredibly important in this age of Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and countless snarky blogs, to have a forum that encourages a thoughtful and reflective exchange of ideas. I've been trying some slow blogging of my own these past few months (www.maketheatre.blogspot.com) and I think that if I put the pressure on myself to post every single day, I wouldn't be able to do it, so I'm very thankful that there is support out there for slow blogging. And I am ever so thankful for Crucial Minutiae! Courtney- I loved that article too, and it totally made me think of Crucial Minutiae. I think it’s great that there are sites out there like The Huffington Post, etc, being updated constantly, but I find myself quickly browsing that site, whereas with Crucial Minutiae, I always look forward to a more leisurely and substantive read. I think it’s incredibly important in this age of Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and countless snarky blogs, to have a forum that encourages a thoughtful and reflective exchange of ideas. I’ve been trying some slow blogging of my own these past few months (www.maketheatre.blogspot.com) and I think that if I put the pressure on myself to post every single day, I wouldn’t be able to do it, so I’m very thankful that there is support out there for slow blogging. And I am ever so thankful for Crucial Minutiae!

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