po-X-cetera

April 15, 2006

I recommend Bob Grumman’s site/blog:
http://comprepoetica.com/newblog/Index.html

Good stuff that’s making me think. And I appreciate Bob’s responses because they don’t assume I am arguing just for the sake of argument or out of bad faith, which has happened (the assumption, I think, and my knee-jerk reactions which warranted it) on an email list we both share.

The beauty of the blog format is that topics tend to start with more depth and conversations can just be stopped whenever either person feels like it’s time– email lists tend to encourage and over-value getting “the last word” in. It’s messier, but more real, and seems to inspire less ping-pong.

Bob’s way of working– no auto-comments, just as box that gets mailed to him and to which he can choose to respond (or not)– is “old school” but effective. He has time to think about responses (if warranted) and, as he points out, it is easier to synthesize and combine responses to several comments in one place.

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