Comments on: Some Reflections on the Medium http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/05/11/some-reflections-on-the-medium/ Reading, writing, continental philosophy, documentary film, and, of course, fruit preserves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: From Word To Word » Blog Archive » Depth, Frequency, and Promiscuity http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/05/11/some-reflections-on-the-medium/comment-page-1/#comment-73 From Word To Word » Blog Archive » Depth, Frequency, and Promiscuity Wed, 14 May 2008 17:53:29 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=27#comment-73 [...] on my recent post, Some Reflections on the Medium, Dave Humphrey suggests that perhaps writing for the web has caused me to trade depth for [...] [...] on my recent post, Some Reflections on the Medium, Dave Humphrey suggests that perhaps writing for the web has caused me to trade depth for [...]

]]> By: David Humphrey http://vocamus.net/jlh/2008/05/11/some-reflections-on-the-medium/comment-page-1/#comment-72 David Humphrey Tue, 13 May 2008 23:48:27 +0000 http://vocamus.net/jlh/?p=27#comment-72 I think that something interesting is happening here: you're trading depth of post for frequency of post. Look at how many words you've written/published in the the past month with this blog; I'd bet it's more than you wrote last month, perhaps more than double. Also, I wonder if the web forces on you a promiscuous approach to writing, just as it does with reading. I wonder if it also elevates the amateur, who writes paragraphs instead of volumes about Illich, and seeks to create more of them. Dave I think that something interesting is happening here: you’re trading depth of post for frequency of post. Look at how many words you’ve written/published in the the past month with this blog; I’d bet it’s more than you wrote last month, perhaps more than double.

Also, I wonder if the web forces on you a promiscuous approach to writing, just as it does with reading. I wonder if it also elevates the amateur, who writes paragraphs instead of volumes about Illich, and seeks to create more of them.

Dave

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