Comments on: Blogging - time vs content

By: jyoti

jyoti — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:36:43 +0000

The common convention is to notate change is to put *Update* in square brackets to let readers know the entry has been modified in some way.

By: Kelly Underwood

Kelly Underwood — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 02:53:09 +0000

Boing Boing (http://www.boingboing.com) put “Update” on their posts to cross reference. Should they make a correction they do not delete what was previously posted, but instead use strikethrough to cross out the incorrect text and then insert the corrected text.

By: Maybe

Maybe — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 04:15:19 +0000

When I’ve written a wiki-page related to someone else’s blog-entry - Is there a way to “manually” send the blog a trackback that points to the wiki-page?

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:48:30 +0000

Thanks guys - I’m still thinking about the nature of blogging, future findability, and managing related content, but for now have written a new post and pointed from the old post.

By: vanderwal

vanderwal — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:44:43 +0000

The common convention is to notate change is to put *Update* in square brackets to let readers know the entry has been modified in some way. After doing this you can put a link to the new entry. Another option is to put it a comment pointing to the new entry also (it is good to do this inconjunction with the Small Paul suggested method).

By: Hanni

Hanni — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:30:34 +0000

I’ve often used the method described by Small Paul, but I do think that you were right to worry and to ask the question.
It could make an interesting debate.

By: Donna Maurer

Donna Maurer — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 04:40:59 +0000

It sounds so simple now…makes me wonder what I was worrying about

By: Small Paul

Small Paul — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:30:26 +0000

Why not edit the old blog entry, just adding a simple link to the new blog entry? What would be wrong with that?

By: Abhay S. Kushwaha

Abhay S. Kushwaha — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:18:17 +0000

I would update a blog entry only if the date posted is very recent, or if the dicussion in comments is near edit date. Otherwise, I would post a new blog entry and point to my previous entry. Something like:

I have previously written about ACME Machines. Recently, I’ve had the chance to look at these in more detail.

[New content here]

Given the nature of the world (best illustrated by your book example), I would then follow up by posting a comment to my previous blog entry: “I’ve written more about ACME Machines”. This will ensure anybody who comes to the old post also finds a way to the new content.

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