Slow Blogging

The NY Times had an article on the concept of 'slow blogging'. At the extreme, there's a site that scans and posts postcards it's received via snail mail to answer the Twitter question 'what are you doing right now?'

That is obviously slow blogging taken to an extreme, but the rest of the article is more mainstream. The article references the Slow Blog Manifesto, which states It is an affirmation that not all things worth reading are written quickly. I find that to be so true!

I don't consider my blog to be a stream of consciousness, quickly written, poorly edited. I consider what to post, think about my topic, and proofread it before publishing. I'm less critical than I am when writing for work, but more critical than an email to a friend.

For one, I know that posts to the internet live forever, and especially because this blog is associated with my name, I want to be careful what is presented. Second, I often don't like reading posts that people have quickly slapped out. I much prefer a well thought out piece. Third, and this may be because I am late to the blogging party, I consider Twitter, Facebook, and instant messaging to be more appropriate for quick updates.

An interesting article! And now, when I don't post for a while, I can say that I am purposefully participating in slow blogging!