http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/03/06/two-wasted-years/ A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/03/06/two-wasted-years/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Nosemonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://martinstabe.com/blog2/?p=565#comment-62 Just noticed this - somewhat odd - you started just one day after me... Then again, I didn't post much (at all) for the first 18 months, and there are over 6 million blogs in the world, so I suppose it's not actually that amazing... Just noticed this – somewhat odd – you started just one day after me… Then again, I didn’t post much (at all) for the first 18 months, and there are over 6 million blogs in the world, so I suppose it’s not actually that amazing…

]]> http://www.martinstabe.com/2005/03/06/two-wasted-years/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Geyv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://martinstabe.com/blog2/?p=565#comment-63 Surely only part of the blog phenomenon is ruthless self-promotion. The other part is having somewhere to write what you want on a semi-anonymous basis, safe in the knowledge that people are only likely to track you down with a serious amount effort. Of course, it does help if you don't publish it on your own website. Surely only part of the blog phenomenon is ruthless self-promotion. The other part is having somewhere to write what you want on a semi-anonymous basis, safe in the knowledge that people are only likely to track you down with a serious amount effort. Of course, it does help if you don’t publish it on your own website.

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