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diff --git a/content/2023/tired-of-blogging.md b/content/2023/tired-of-blogging.md index 80902f0..2d78e6c 100644 --- a/content/2023/tired-of-blogging.md +++ b/content/2023/tired-of-blogging.md @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ In most cases, I *despise* modern things and trends with its Tik Talks, Netflixe And yet I have a *blog* which, by its very nature, puts new things on top. I don't write about current affairs, but what I published recently gets the prime spot. -The best *blog* I know is written by [Ruben](https:**rubenerd.com). I love reading what he publishes, following his descent into vintage computer madness. But he published daily (on a slower period, at least), so there is always something new. This however also means that there is no structure, no way to find interesting stuff from 10 years ago. +The best *blog* I know is written by [Ruben](https://rubenerd.com). I love reading what he publishes, following his descent into vintage computer madness. But he published daily (on a slower period, at least), so there is always something new. This however also means that there is no structure, no way to find interesting stuff from 10 years ago. -This blog is an E*N site. It makes mind-dumping easier, and having it online is a breeze thanks to Hugo and rsync(1). But looking at it from any other point of view shows, that it's just a bag for random things. The only structure here is chronology. There are no connections[^tags]. +This blog is an E/N site. It makes mind-dumping easier, and having it online is a breeze thanks to Hugo and rsync(1). But looking at it from any other point of view shows, that it's just a bag for random things. The only structure here is chronology. There are no connections[^tags]. [^tags]: Tags and categories are nothing more than a prosthesis, a pretend play. Looking at stats, people rarely use them, and if they do it's those categories on top. -Back to Rubens's blog, I enjoyed his [Omake](https:**rubenerd.com*omake.opml) section even more than the main dish. I come back for the posts, but it's the Omake that made the first impression. It has a structure and allows for a sense of discovery. It's just a list, but it's nice to play with it. +Back to Rubens's blog, I enjoyed his [Omake](https://rubenerd.com/omake.opml) section even more than the main dish. I come back for the posts, but it's the Omake that made the first impression. It has a structure and allows for a sense of discovery. It's just a list, but it's nice to play with it. -And it's *ever-green*. This is something I have another problem with. Since *new* post is what people will see, what is the incentive to go back and update old posts? [Vermaden](https:**vermaden.wordpress.com*) does it, but do I? No. The only time I changed something in the past was in the sad case of having written text so bad that I would be ashamed to show it to my mother. But is the last thing always the most important? No. +And it's *ever-green*. This is something I have another problem with. Since *new* post is what people will see, what is the incentive to go back and update old posts? [Vermaden](https://vermaden.wordpress.com) does it, but do I? No. The only time I changed something in the past was in the sad case of having written text so bad that I would be ashamed to show it to my mother. But is the last thing always the most important? No. Where does this leave me? I'm rethinking how this site will look in the near future. It's already halfway there, since the main *topics* are displayed and presented in the main nav. This leaves me with chronology, which I come to think of as a problem rather than a solution. I'm starting to think I would be better off moving them into dedicated sites (bsd.sapka.me, for example), each treated as a *book* and not as an update list. This gives space to play by having dedicated layouts, maybe even bulletin boards or (dare I say it) guest books. |