{"id":1426,"date":"2008-08-19T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/08\/the-art-of-blogging\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:12:53","slug":"the-art-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/08\/the-art-of-blogging.html","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SKrBjnEOtYI\/AAAAAAAABKI\/8ovQYUQUI2k\/s1600-h\/monkey-typing.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SKrBjnEOtYI\/AAAAAAAABKI\/8ovQYUQUI2k\/s400\/monkey-typing.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/waiterrant.net\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve Dublanica<\/a>, probably my favorite non-spiritual (that\u2019s an interesting phrase, isn\u2019t it?) blogger has just posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/waiterrant.net\/?p+504\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reflection on the differences<\/a> between blogging and writing a book.<\/p>\n<p>In that post, he gives some interesting definitions of what a blog might me.<br><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><br>A blog is defined by the hive mind over at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blog\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia <\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic\">as \u201ca website usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.\u201d I have to admit, however, that the definition <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=blog\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Urban Dictionary<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic\"> cooked up is often more apropos. \u201cA meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life. Consists of such riveting entries as \u2018homework sucks\u2019 and \u2018I slept until noon today\u2019.\u201d<br><\/span><br>And here I was, about to talk about my breakfast\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Oh Well\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-7476830109842485522?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Dublanica, probably my favorite non-spiritual (that\u2019s an interesting phrase, isn\u2019t it?) blogger has just posted a reflection on the differences between blogging and writing a book. 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