(UPDATE JULY 30: I’ve just streamlined the process described here a bit more…)
I firmly believe that the point of weblogging is not merely to have your own blog, but to participate more fully in the public conversation. This means reading and commenting on other people’s blog’s ideally at least as much as you post in your own.
Personally, I comment often throughout the blogosphere so much so that I often lost track of what I’ve said, and where. As yet, the infrastructure of the blogosphere doesn’t make it as easy as it should to follow comments from a specific person.
Therefore, last night I decided to start a separate del.icio.us page: gahrancomments. There, I’m now storing and tagging links to blog entries to which I’ve posted comments. Like all del.icio.us pages, this one offers its own feed which I’ve now syndicated to the righthand sidebar of CONTENTIOUS. (See right and scroll down to: My Most Recent Comments.)
(UPDATE: My friend Koan Bremner just pointed out to me how I can accomplish this within my existing del.icio.us page, which is a simpler solution. So I’ll implement that later. Right now, I have to catch a flight to BlogHer!)
Why comment in other people’s blogs?…
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