Comments on: On the Special Nature of “Blogging” http://regex.info/blog/2007-01-20/365 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2007-01-20/365#comment-3116 Jeffrey Friedl Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:57:42 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-01-20/365#comment-3116 Just to be clear, Gustaf, I think it's totally expected that he promotes his books (heck, I have a whole web site on my own), but the way he does it... it just feels yucky to me. In my case, I'm happy to let satisfied readers say "buy this book!", but I would never say that myself. When asked about it directly, I say "check it out in the library or from a friend" and let my writing sell the book. I should also be clear that overall, this is a minor nit. His writing does certainly seem excellent. Just to be clear, Gustaf, I think it’s totally expected that he promotes his books (heck, I have a whole web site on my own), but the way he does it… it just feels yucky to me. In my case, I’m happy to let satisfied readers say “buy this book!”, but I would never say that myself. When asked about it directly, I say “check it out in the library or from a friend” and let my writing sell the book.

I should also be clear that overall, this is a minor nit. His writing does certainly seem excellent.

]]> By: Gustaf Erikson http://regex.info/blog/2007-01-20/365#comment-3114 Gustaf Erikson Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:10:37 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-01-20/365#comment-3114 Great post, good points throughout. Congrats for discovering Joel, he's a great blogger with many well-written ideas. I think you'll find that the "blatant" promotion of his books is simply part of what he does. He regularly boosts his own company, and why not? He's perfectly open about it. Great post, good points throughout.

Congrats for discovering Joel, he’s a great blogger with many well-written ideas. I think you’ll find that the “blatant” promotion of his books is simply part of what he does. He regularly boosts his own company, and why not? He’s perfectly open about it.

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