However, this blog is not meant to be any one thing – it’s part digital conversation, part notes and reminders, part sharing thoughts and links to what I consider to be cool stuff. Some individual posts are planned much like a journal article, while others are quickly written (and not edited).

That doesn’t mean that all blogs are the same as mine. Hope that clears up some of the confusion!

However, this blog is not meant to be any one thing – it’s part digital conversation, part notes and reminders, part sharing thoughts and links to what I consider to be cool stuff. Some individual posts are planned much like a journal article, while others are quickly written (and not edited).

That doesn’t mean that all blogs are the same as mine. Hope that clears up some of the confusion!

I wonder if you would have proofread more eagerly if you weren’t just responding in a blog? Would that confusion have existed if you were writing for an electronic journal? Or would you have invested more time and effort in making sure you were absolutely clear before sending it off? Would you have communicated meaning by the use of caps? I wonder what your readers think? I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t.

I wonder if you would have proofread more eagerly if you weren’t just responding in a blog? Would that confusion have existed if you were writing for an electronic journal? Or would you have invested more time and effort in making sure you were absolutely clear before sending it off? Would you have communicated meaning by the use of caps? I wonder what your readers think? I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t.

I meant that I don’t write paper-based memos – I do email-based memos all the time. And many other professionals, in many walks of life, do the same thing.

As far as blogs being well-written and thought out – time will tell. Obviously, you can find poorly-written blogs, and I can find well-written blogs. The point? You’re confusing content with container. The container is the blog software – the content can be anything from a silly personal diary that wasn’t thought out to a full-fledged, year long book project that was extremely well-written and planned out.

Container vs content – they are different.

I meant that I don’t write paper-based memos – I do email-based memos all the time. And many other professionals, in many walks of life, do the same thing.

As far as blogs being well-written and thought out – time will tell. Obviously, you can find poorly-written blogs, and I can find well-written blogs. The point? You’re confusing content with container. The container is the blog software – the content can be anything from a silly personal diary that wasn’t thought out to a full-fledged, year long book project that was extremely well-written and planned out.

Container vs content – they are different.

I think it’s lovely that you don’t write memos. And I’m sure that your emails enchant and delight all your readers. But I did a little bit of research (it didn’t take me long) and apparently many people do write memos. So I don’t think you really addressed my point that most people spend more time and effort composing memos than emails because the container affects the content.

I think it’s lovely that you don’t write memos. And I’m sure that your emails enchant and delight all your readers. But I did a little bit of research (it didn’t take me long) and apparently many people do write memos. So I don’t think you really addressed my point that most people spend more time and effort composing memos than emails because the container affects the content.