Like Geof, I’m going to set up daily linkdumps from del.icio.us tonight. I’ve only just signed up for an account there so don’t have a history of links, but we’ll play this little game and see where we get.
I never really saw the point of it before, but today I came across a page about setting view options on OS X .dmg files that looked moderately useful in the future, and instead of bookmarking it I thought I’d try out this del.icio.us thing. So there you have it.
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#1 by Geof F. Morris on March 14th, 2006
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You know you want to be like me, Brad. It’s okay to admit it! ;)
[Insert joke about Canadians beating Americans at their own game here.]
#2 by Brad on March 14th, 2006
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No comment. :)
Now I just have to work on formatting…
#3 by Geof F. Morris on March 15th, 2006
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… and not excerpting your feeds. :cry:
[No comment?! THE HELL! I gave you a huge opening, Brad. HUGE, I tell you.]
#4 by Brad on March 15th, 2006
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Yeah, I’m going to change that. I thought excerpting was a good idea, but it’s not really for these daily links posts.
#5 by Geof F. Morris on March 15th, 2006
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I personally abhor excerpting and tend to unsubscribe from such feeds. I’ll stick with feeds for folks I know or really like, but … that’s about it.
#6 by Brad on March 15th, 2006
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I did it because I wanted people to visit my website to read the story. I’m rethinking that opinion.
And you’d hate the CBC’s feeds because all you get are the story titles!
#7 by Geof F. Morris on March 16th, 2006
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I’m sure that I’d hate it. ESPN has at least started excerpting [most of the time]. Professional journalists know how to write an engaging lead, so it’s usually okay. Most of the rest of us suck at writing leads … myself chief among them.