markjgsmith

2023/10/19 #

• Life is bread - I've been thinking a lot about the words, Vietnam, Britain and the buddist saying that Life is Pain, combined with my observation from the other day. So many strange coincidences. It's especially odd if you speak french. As it happens in RL I'm constantly having issues with bakeries atm. Perhaps Danny Boyle can figure this all out. It's doing my head in.

  Btw, I'm not a fan of the phrase Life is Pain. I feel it sets the bar rather low. Life is much more than pain. Even if you look at it from a purely scientific point of view. There are many other experiences possible, despite what some would have you believe. #

• Isn't it all just blogging? - I've been running a linkblog for over 10 years now. I did originally have a blog, but for whatever reason I didn't post as frequently as I wanted to. Then Twitter appeared on the scene, and it was clear that short posts were the thing. I posted loads. But I wanted my own site, and since sharing links is one of the best things about Twitter, I built my linkblog and started posting links there.

  But is linkblogging a seperate thing? For the longest time I saw it as a very seperate activity. But now that I'm writting blog posts, notes and links, as well as newsletters, I'm starting to return to the idea that it's all just blogging, we just have more tools these days, even if it's a challenge to get right sometimes. I've been doing this for many many years now!

  Bloggers post in different formats, short posts, long posts, links, newsletters, and other stuff too! :) #