Ed Bilodeau

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# Notice (Oct 19/05): So ends my stay here on Blogger. This morning Google implemented an anti-spam 'feature' that forces me to answer a challenge phrase when I want to post to my own blog. No notice of the change, nothing. Worse is that it doesn't even work! I type the phrase, submit, "An error occured", post deleted. Damn you, Google. Chances are I will revive my blog somewhere else, sometime soon. I'll post the new coordinates here as soon as they become available. (BTW, I'm unable to post anything to my RSS stream, so I'd appreciate it if readers could spread the word and ask people to take a look at this notice)

Update (Oct 19/05, ~noon): After a frustrating few hours (and not just trying out alternatives to Blogger), I've decided that this is a good time to take a break from all this. A day? A week? Who knows. But I need to step away from it before I pass a heavy magnet over the whole mess.

Update 2: According to this post, the reason I'm seeing the CAPTCHA (challenge phrase) is that Blogger has classified my blog as spam. Thanks. User for five years and now I'm spam. I searched the Blogger site, but there is no mention of how to get the spam flag turned off. There is also no way of contacting anyone at Blogger. Wow. Spam they say I am, so spam I must be. Maybe it is time to take a break.

Friday, October 15, 2004

# Reading very few research-related blogs : Going through my blogroll, I noticed that a read very few blogs that are related to my research area. I'm not sure why that is. Part of it has to do with the fact that in my mind research and blogging are still two very different things. Blogs are not where I need to go for my research. They are not part of 'the literature'. Engaging with these blogs (some of which are admittedly good) in any real way would sap too much time and energy.

Also, the act of engaging with research-related blogs does take signigicantly more brain-power (i.e. they impose a higher cognitive load, to use the lingo), that I probably shy away from them during my blog surfing. Blogs are still much more of a diversion for me. A distraction. Procrastination. Entertainment.

All except my blog. This blog here is very serious, and well worth reading.

Comments:

FWIW, I am slowly finding and adding research related blogs to my blogroll. Even after only looking at a few, I can see how there might be a problem: too many things that I don't agree with, are not well explained, or well thought out. If I try to respond to all these posts, my time will be wasted. I think I'll focus only on linking to the good stuff (and even then, only the really good stuff). If you have nothing good to post, don't post anything at all.

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Quietloft : 9:49 PM

The whole piont of blogging is to blog whatever you want. You don't have to have incredible insight into any topic. So those who have a problem with or are impatient of people who are still developing an idea they might have, should just not read it then. But do not discourage people writing just because you feel they don't meet your standards. All great ideas start from somewhere, they never bloom out of no where.

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