Comments on: I’ve been to the ERPA https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Via Negativa » Blog Archive » On message https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2910 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:20:12 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2910 […] It is an ad for, I think, diamonds. I only spotted it at the last moment as we sped past, my mind on the Engineered Rock Placement Area — the mountain of toxic rubble that will soon begin to take shape a quarter mile away along the creek. […]

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2909 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:14:33 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2909 I just bookmarked Alex’s site. Thanks. One fine day I’ll do an overhaul.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2908 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:47:55 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2908 leslee – Thanks. I feel the same way about 3rd House.

bill – Hi. Nice to know you’re still reading! I do keep up with prairie point journal too, via Bloglines, even if I rarely comment.

]]> By: bill https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2907 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:24:53 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2907 I came here for the first time when you hosted the Festival of Trees. I’ve been returning more and more often though, and I’m looking forward to more in the furture.

]]> By: leslee https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2906 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:42:37 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2906 Shadow cabinet looks very nice, Dave. I look forward to going back and browsing when I have half a brain to take it in. It’s a nice idea. And thanks for your continued presence here and elsewhere – I can’t imagine my blog neighborhood without you in it.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2905 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:37:05 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2905 Oops, sorry, Dale – I missed your comment on the second read-through!

Glad to learn my posts aren’t as gnarly as they used to be. The way I experience it, though, is that saying anything of substance seems much more difficult than it did three years ago — or even one year ago. I’m not sure if that’s because my standards have gone up, or simply becasue I’ve gotten more indolent and more easily distractable.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2904 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:18:12 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2904 Thanks for all the kind words. A few responses…

Lori and Jean, I’m flattered that you both like what I’ve done with shadow cabinet so far. The marriage of template and photo was a happy accident, but I think it will inspire me to do the best job I can with the anthology.

marja-leena – It’s always gratifying to find myself in your virtual company.

Clare – Thanks. I’m very pleased to have you here. It makes the difference between the Appalachians and the high Arctic seem almost neglible! RE: “grand old men of blogging,” I was thinking that someone whould work out an equation to help us convert blog years into people years.

Larry – Thanks and you’re welcome. Yes, your blog is certainly a good fit with the others I read in this loosely knit community of genre-mixing bloggers. (And we’re writing the types of blogs that the self-appointed blog experts warn against, you know! If you want lots of eyeballs, you have to have a fairly tight focus, they say. Fortunately, blogging doesn’t have to be a numbers game.)

Peter – I was thinking in particular about various plug-ins that automatically generate a short list of links to related posts (from the archives) at the end of each new post; that produce link(s) to posts from a year ago (or three years ago, or whatever), either at the end of the post or in the sidebar; and that foreground categories or topics over chronological archives. In this last category, Alex King’s just-released Articles plugin is especially interesting. It automatically adds designated posts to a Favorite Articles page, organized by category/topic. (I’m considering switching to it and abandoning my chronologically organized “Best of” pages.) And it’s probably only a matter of time before King or another software developer writes a companion page that will list links to the readers’ favorite posts, as determined by a combination of links, trackbacks, comments, and page views.

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2903 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:16:37 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2903 “. . . the next major evolution in blogging will see a hybridization between blogs and static websites . . .”

You’ve got me thinking hard about WordPress plug-ins now!

]]> By: Larry Ayers https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2902 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:59:34 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2902 Thanks for recapping a bit of the history of Via Negativa and your writing — I’ve only been coming here for less than a year but your site is now definitely a part of my own “blog community”.

Your fine posts and photos have helped keep me motivated to continue writing and observing. Thanks also for the flattering inclusion of some of my output in your Smorgasblog sidebar.

]]> By: Clare https://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2901 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:49:07 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2006/12/17/ive-been-to-the-erpa/#comment-2901 Happy blogiversary Dave, and many more I hope. I think three years in the blogosphere qualifies you as one of it’s grand old men. I’m continually amazed that I occasionally show up in your smorgasblog, given the talent of the others that are there. Thanks for making me a part of Via Negativa. Keep it up.

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