tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post8076727750426096599..comments2023-10-30T06:47:54.342-07:00Comments on Rambling Chicken: Ramble: Blogging: Letters, and blogging, and the return of writingMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-54158437426359954532010-02-28T12:43:09.781-08:002010-02-28T12:43:09.781-08:00Hey, LCN!
Yes, it is fascinating to see what hap...Hey, LCN! <br /><br />Yes, it is fascinating to see what happens when _anyone_ can "publish". They may or may not get an audience, but the words are out there. It's going to be very interesting to continue watching what people say, and what people want to read.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-7728685367522325782010-02-27T06:02:47.958-08:002010-02-27T06:02:47.958-08:00Hey CF-- yes, you bring up a really beautiful thin...Hey CF-- yes, you bring up a really beautiful thing that's happened: when people have a forum for their ideas, they put them out there. It's actually quite wonderful if you think about it. <br /><br />I like the thoughtful distinction you make, however, that it used to be that letter writing, as time-consuming as it was, was usually intended for only one or a handful of people. This The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-88552504480649758372010-02-26T22:40:49.340-08:002010-02-26T22:40:49.340-08:00Hey, Melody!
Yeah, it's hard to tell. On the ...Hey, Melody!<br /><br />Yeah, it's hard to tell. On the one hand, the blogs are digital, so they're expiring out of existence right and left. <br /><br />On the other hand, they're replicated in many many locations, and there are things like the WayBack machine, so perhaps we'll have _more_ permanent data about ordinary people than we had before?<br /><br />On the other other handMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-19913205919006061782010-02-26T21:36:16.389-08:002010-02-26T21:36:16.389-08:00Thanks, flittersniffer!
I'm impressed at your...Thanks, flittersniffer!<br /><br />I'm impressed at your correspondence history, and vaguely jealous of the postcards. That sounds cool. :) I pretty much never got into any letter writing.<br /><br />Yep, I wouldn't want people to stop reading, and I must admit that keep an eye on readership stats, but I firmly smack myself if I threaten to blog _for_ readership stats. (And nothing about Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-39350607876217638142010-02-26T21:34:54.750-08:002010-02-26T21:34:54.750-08:00This is a great blog post. I've often wondered...This is a great blog post. I've often wondered how our entire view of history will change from the death of letter-writing traditions.<br /><br />About 5 years ago I read a biography of Mozart that was pretty detailed. You learned so much about his life. The reason that historians know an enormous about Wolfgang Mozart is that he wrote constant letters to his father, and friends too. We knowMelody206https://www.blogger.com/profile/03952070046122971250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-45147933328377767772010-02-26T04:04:24.346-08:002010-02-26T04:04:24.346-08:00What a great summary of how writing has evolved! ...What a great summary of how writing has evolved! That is exactly what is occurring.<br /><br />As an 11 year old, I had 40 penpals all over the world whom I purchased for a small fee from an organisation in Finland. I would write long letters on airmail stationery with attractive stamps to children in the US and Australia, Africa and France, and it was fun learning about their lives.<br /><br /Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com