Dennis Fox’s Weblog

Last week I mentioned eTalkinghead’s Political Blog Directory with almost 300 listings. The site’s main purpose is its own political blog with postings by some two dozen contributors from varying perspectives. I’ve accepted their invitation to become a regular contributor, and just posted my first piece, about last night’s Bush-Kerry debate. I’m also posting it here, so you don’t need to go there.
Posting the same thing twice illustrates my uncertainty about how to integrate the different pieces of my growing web existence. Under eTalkinghead’s guidelines, my comments there will generally be less personal than some of what I post here, and they’ll usually be at least 500 words. In some ways these are more like traditional op-ed pieces, which I usually post on my main website, so I’ll likely post them there as well. That defeats the purpose of using easier-to-use blogging software, but it keeps my main site current, with just about every political and academic piece I’ve ever published organized more usefully than I know how to do with this blog.
I also maintain a list of people who have asked me to email them everything I publish so they don’t have to remember to go to my site.  I don’t overload them with everything I post just on this blog,  but I’ll probably send out my eTalkinghead pieces, since they seem more “published” than these informal entries. (To be added to the list, email me your name and email address).
If I were starting all over, I’d probably integrate my website into this blog. In the meantime, I’m confused.

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