The Memex Method
Cory Doctorow,
Medium,
May 17, 2021
I am not the only one to note the irony of Cory Doctorow using a closed blogging service like Medium to tout the benefits of open blogging and the 'commonplace book' approach to writing (his open site isn't a blog at all, just a link dump without commentary). It's too bad, because the content of his post (aside from being the opposite of what he practices) is quite good. For example, "In the traditional world, an editor selects and then publishes... But for blog readers, the process is inverted: bloggers publish and then readers select." Also: "Traditionally, a writer identifies a subject of interest and researches it, then writes about it. In the (my) blogging method, the writer blogs about everything that seems interesting, until a subject gels out of all of those disparate, short pieces."
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