> It may be my lack of discipline This is where the article lost me. If it feels like a lack of discipline, it probably is. By placing links in an article, th

> It may be my lack of discipline This is where the article lost me. If it feels like a lack of discipline, it probably is. By placing links in an article, the author asserts that those were intentional choices just as much as were any of the other writing decisions made while making the post. The same thing goes for decisions surrounding the theme of the blog and what DNS name the blog is found under. The author is presenting an idea; more or less effort can be put into this, but it will show if effort isn't put into it. Not spending time on links is the equivalent of not spending time on citations, arguably one of the most important parts of an academic paper. It is almost as important a part of the writing as the writing itself.