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At some point on William Gibson's now defunct micro blog*, he's about to embark on the book tour for Pattern Recognition (so circa 2003). I'll butcher his insi
by ethbr1 6mo ago
At some point on William Gibson's now defunct micro blog*, he's about to embark on the book tour for Pattern Recognition (so circa 2003).
I'll butcher his insightful phrasing, but he remarks to the effect of
> I think I'm going to stop blogging. The act of sitting at a laptop and writing these posts seems incompatible with my life as it exists on a book tour. The only free moments available for it to occupy would be ones where I'm sitting, momentarily caught between two scheduled activities and staring off into space. I have a suspicion these moments are crucial for my soul. So, until we meet again.
The comingled ambiguousness and specificity of the observation stuck with me.
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070123212506/http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/archive.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20070123212506/http://www.willia...
- throw0101c 6mo ago> William Gibson's now defunct micro blog Isn't that what X/Twitter basically is (was?), a "micro blog"? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging
- ethbr1 6mo agoHis posts were typically slightly longer than twitter. "Miniblog"? Topic + 2-5 sentences. Also, he's a published writer... so that's another substantial difference with average twitter.
- MollyRealized 6mo agoI have to admit, I had hoped that Bluesky would have countered that 300-character limitation and been a true microblog. I'm not sure why they chose to ape Twitter's limit.
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