Comments on: Typographical Internet Jokes http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/typographical-internet-jokes/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jason http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/typographical-internet-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-150 jason Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:38:45 +0000 http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/06/typographical-internet-jokes/#comment-150 Chris, on second reading, I realize that what I wrote about you may come across the wrong way (especially that "link-happy" bit and the fact that I left out "isn't" in "Excessive linking _isn't_ always meant as a joke"). I seriously enjoy and appreciate the linking you do in your posts. The links accomplish exactly what you are talking about... As someone who may not have read everything you've written, it's a concise way to get your whole opinion and perspective on the topic at hand. Both by linking to your past writings and by linking to things that are part of your "knowledge base" (websites and Wikipedia entries). I'm pretty sure that you don't always consciously recognize that you are putting 3 or 4 links in a row; you're really just trying to embed as much useful information as possible into your posts. I mean linking is what the "web" is all about. It's what makes a blog post better than a newspaper article (one of the things anyway). And it's incredibly useful. Keep it up. Chris, on second reading, I realize that what I wrote about you may come across the wrong way (especially that “link-happy” bit and the fact that I left out “isn’t” in “Excessive linking _isn’t_ always meant as a joke”).

I seriously enjoy and appreciate the linking you do in your posts. The links accomplish exactly what you are talking about… As someone who may not have read everything you’ve written, it’s a concise way to get your whole opinion and perspective on the topic at hand. Both by linking to your past writings and by linking to things that are part of your “knowledge base” (websites and Wikipedia entries). I’m pretty sure that you don’t always consciously recognize that you are putting 3 or 4 links in a row; you’re really just trying to embed as much useful information as possible into your posts.

I mean linking is what the “web” is all about. It’s what makes a blog post better than a newspaper article (one of the things anyway). And it’s incredibly useful. Keep it up.

]]> By: Chris Messina http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/typographical-internet-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Chris Messina Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:47:22 +0000 http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/06/typographical-internet-jokes/#comment-149 That's an interesting take... ;) I was talking to someone about this the other day -- and I realized that it's essentially "orthagonal" linking... or "writing along the z-axis". It's kinda like a variable that stands for something else... especially when I link to myself, it's a way of saying, in very few words, what I said before without having to repeat it all again. Heh. That’s an interesting take… ;)

I was talking to someone about this the other day — and I realized that it’s essentially “orthagonal” linking… or “writing along the z-axis”. It’s kinda like a variable that stands for something else… especially when I link to myself, it’s a way of saying, in very few words, what I said before without having to repeat it all again.

Heh.

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