Comments on: Crying foul http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/ The library voice of the radical middle. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/comment-page-1/#comment-28889 walt Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:47:52 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=580#comment-28889 Eli,

You’re assuming that I have any desire to comment on Cult of the Amateur…

Actually, thanks. I’ll take you up on the offer. I need to start reading books again. No rush…

]]> By: Eli http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/comment-page-1/#comment-28886 Eli Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:41:29 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=580#comment-28886 I just bought “Cult of the Amateur” and I’m willing to loan you my copy when I’m done …

]]> By: Kathleen de la Pena McCook http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/comment-page-1/#comment-28879 Kathleen de la Pena McCook Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:34:07 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=580#comment-28879 You are always miles ahead, Walt.
Have you seen the interesting things JL is doing at his website?
The Promiscuous Materials Project
http://www.jonathanlethem.com/promiscuous_materials.html
and then there is BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE–
‘My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts’
http://bushofghosts.wmg.com/press_kit.php

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/comment-page-1/#comment-28877 walt Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:15:35 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=580#comment-28877 Well stated–although for some blogs the lines aren’t that clear.

In any case, commenting on the substance of a multithousand-word essay when you’ve only read a fifteen-word blurb for that essay strikes me as outrageous. I have refrained from commenting on Everything is Miscellaneous or The Cult of the Amateur for a simple reason: I haven’t read them, although I’ve certainly read a lot more than 15 words about them.

]]> By: Steven Chabot http://walt.lishost.org/2007/07/crying-foul/comment-page-1/#comment-28876 Steven Chabot Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:37:28 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=580#comment-28876 “‘With hundreds of RSS feeds to digest, Walt, I just wanted a definitive parsing, ideally from you.’”

Something that people seem to forget:

Blog posts run, on average, about 100 words. Succinct, while not usually admitting of extended treatment of an issue. Essays can be anywhere from 1000 words or so and above.

Clearly, Walt at Random features blog posts, and Cites and Insights features essays (mostly). And while it is incumbent on him to read everything before commenting, what does he expect from a publication which explicitly offers itself in a format for extended and thoughtful reading (either on paper or “e-book”)?

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