I use MT...and I tend to use titles. But I don't have to if i don't want to as it is not a required field. I just prefer to as it makes my mental organisation better - it's a matter of choice not a forced upon decision by the blog software
2006-06-27EDT16:00:57+00:00
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On the one hand you say: "We don't need to recreate the newspaper or the magazine. We need to keep this medium running in a way so that people can write how they want to write, not how Matt Mullenweg or Ben and Mena Trott or Google or anybody else wants them to write."
But on the other hand you say: "You're writing a blog, not a damn textbook. Keep it short, keep it simple and keep it uncomplicated."
Which is it? Do I get to write my blog the way I want to write it, or do I have to write it "short, simple, and uncomplicated" the way you want it to be? Personally, I like to do both short, snarky posts and long, complicated ones.
It's one thing to advocate software that allows freedom, but another thing to turn that advocacy for freedom in software into a dictatorship of style and substance.
2006-06-28EDT21:54:58+00:00
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But on the other hand you say: "You're writing a blog, not a damn textbook. Keep it short, keep it simple and keep it uncomplicated."
Which is it? Do I get to write my blog the way I want to write it, or do I have to write it "short, simple, and uncomplicated" the way you want it to be? Personally, I like to do both short, snarky posts and long, complicated ones.
It's one thing to advocate software that allows freedom, but another thing to turn that advocacy for freedom in software into a dictatorship of style and substance.
I prefer short-form blogs. I think it's a slightly purer form than longer-form entries. The software should let you do both (most doesn't).
I'm advocating software that allows freedom. How people then use that freedom is up to them.
2006-06-28EDT22:44:19+00:00
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I'm advocating software that allows freedom. How people then use that freedom is up to them.
But once you start talking about something being "purer," you're getting into the establishment of an orthodoxy and that is contrary to your fundamental premise of liberty.
2006-06-29EDT03:55:37+00:00
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I don't think so. If one thinks that jazz is a purer form of music than hip-hop, one is not automatically bound to the conclusion that we should ban hip-hop..
2006-06-29EDT08:33:48+00:00
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Where ist the problem? (Look at my Homepage)
With Wordpress it wors fine, doesn't it?
2006-06-29EDT20:26:19+00:00
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With Wordpress it wors fine, doesn't it?
Torsten: no permalinks because the default Wordpress theme uses the title as the permalink. If you post title-less, you don't have a permalink.
2006-06-29EDT20:51:49+00:00
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You could use something like sabifoo to post mindless one-liners via your IM client.
2006-06-30EDT16:31:20+00:00
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Ah, because I prefer brevity, I'm mindless? I just knew there was something wrong.
But this ignores the key point. People shouldn't have to install anything special to make a short or untitled post.
Blogging and essay-writing are two different things. Both are valuable, but most blog software still favours the latter. Which is a bit odd, since it is blog software, not essay-writing software.
2006-06-30EDT16:50:12+00:00
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But this ignores the key point. People shouldn't have to install anything special to make a short or untitled post.
Blogging and essay-writing are two different things. Both are valuable, but most blog software still favours the latter. Which is a bit odd, since it is blog software, not essay-writing software.
