February 20, 2004

Compulsion to Blog

The compulsion to quote and link is too strong.... Being stuck in an airport last night without connectivity, I found myself ripping the pages out of a print magazine so that I could refer to them later and quote from them. Soon I'll resort to creating links with scotch tape and thread.

8:04 PM

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Must... Blog. from Oliver Willis: Like Kryptonite To Stupid on February 20, 2004 11:03 PM

This happens to me a lot: Compulsion to Blog. I often read things and try to memorize names so I can plug them in Google News, or hope that there's an affiliated website to link to. "I'm Blogging This", indeed.... Read More

Get this man some bluetooth! from atmaspheric | endeavors on February 21, 2004 9:36 AM

With a bluetooth phone and enabled laptop this could be avoided...The compulsion to quote and link is too strong.... Being stuck in an airport last night without connectivity, I found myself ripping the pages out of a print magazine so that I could ref... Read More

If I'm Insane about Blogging, at Least I Have Company from Joe Grossberg on February 23, 2004 4:14 PM

"I found myself ripping the pages out of a print magazine so that I could refer to them later and... Read More

http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/002574.html from Peter Van Dijck's Guide to Ease on February 24, 2004 4:21 PM

Anil Dash: Compulsion to Blog. I know what that feels like. "The compulsion to quote and link is too strong.... Being stuck in an airport last night without connectivity, I found myself ripping the pages out of a print magazine... Read More

Tape and thread from hypulp on March 25, 2004 4:37 AM

[Anil Dash] Compulsion to Blog: the compulsion to quote and link is too strong.... Being stuck in an airport last night without connectivity, I found myself ripping the pages out... Read More

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