{"id":1135,"date":"2008-11-25T00:18:50","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T05:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/julianlong.net\/wordpress\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2008-11-29T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T17:52:31","slug":"1135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julianlong.net\/wordpress\/1135\/","title":{"rendered":"slow blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been reading about slow blogging<\/a>, which Laura McKenna calls an oxymoron<\/a>. Some time back I discovered Michael Pollan<\/a> and slow food<\/a>. Here’s what Sharon Otterman says about it in The New York Times.<\/i><\/p>\n

The practice is inspired by the slow food movement, which says that fast food is destroying local traditions and healthy eating habits. Slow food advocates, like the chef Alice Waters<\/a> of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., believe that food should be local, organic and seasonal; slow bloggers believe that news-driven blogs like TechCrunch and Gawker<\/a> are the equivalent of fast food restaurants \u00e2\u20ac\u201d great for occasional consumption, but not enough to guarantee human sustenance over the longer haul.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I’m just slow.<\/p>\n

And I’m not sure I’m ready to make any grandiose claims for my writing and thinking, though I suppose it takes some hubris to keep posting, mostly for myself — though I protest I do have some readers.<\/p>\n

I’m aware of being old-fashioned and uncool. For some time I’ve written mostly about politics as the presidential election has caught my attention. But I like to write about other things, too; and I’m not above an occasional piece of fluff. Mostly, I think I search for common sense.<\/p>\n

[November, 28: I’ve removed part of the previous paragraph because after five days I didn’t like it.]<\/p>\n

So, slow blogging — it’s OK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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