tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post4604049915836778552..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: more bookses, precioussssHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-50975923594698733842012-03-18T13:35:08.040+00:002012-03-18T13:35:08.040+00:00I too would like to see the insanely long e-mail; ...I too would like to see the insanely long e-mail; I'm reading <i>The Pursuit of Love</i> now and am curious to know what you said about it.languagehathttp://www.languagehat.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-88098371637461475452012-03-17T21:18:05.179+00:002012-03-17T21:18:05.179+00:00I am slightly afraid to look at that insanely long...I am slightly afraid to look at that insanely long e-mail, but maybe I'll dig it out.<br /><br />A friend told me he started blogging because it was a way of sharing links without sending them in e-mails, which put the recipient under pressure to click through. That was what got me started - people are free to follow a link if they feel like it. But it's true, I was also writing very long e-mails, normally to the same handful of people; it seemed entirely possible that some of the things we discussed would be of interest to people I didn't happen to know.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-26727441728392744492012-03-17T21:07:25.819+00:002012-03-17T21:07:25.819+00:001. One reason I blog was because I was writing th...1. One reason I blog was because I was writing the equivalent in emails anyway. Feel free to just blog the insanely long email that you sent.<br /><br />2. Regarding your second paragraph above, I like <a href="http://andrewgelman.com/2008/08/the_difference_5/" rel="nofollow">this</a> Michael Dirda quote: "Real readers always read for excitement; only the nature of that excitement changes through life."Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com