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wait—what’s an anti-blog?

or, rationale, c. 5/1/02.

Let's just get this out of the way right now: This is the first and best anti-blog, bar none. As far as I'm concerned, it's the only anti-blog.

But what precisely is an anti-blog? Okay, it's basically just a weblog, except:

• It's a fairly weak variety of weblog, since I am too slothful (or otherwise busy) to update it every day or even every week.
• It resides on an "old-school," hand-coded website of original design, not some template-based, web-based-form-interface, cookie-cutter site. (Am I stupid or merely true to my craft? You decide.) Of course, the truly savvy way to do this would be to use an original design and a labor-saving, reliable back end system. [Eventually.]
• It started as an attempt to ironically transcend narcissism (and probably failed). (Note: though its jocularity disguises a painful kernel of truth, the preceding sentence is self-satire.)

Weak, I know, but I'm stuck with it until I can come up with something better.

The good news is that this site has helped me become a better writer and designer (this is roughly version 3). It might even help me get my next job.

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Todd C. Jenner is an excellent friend and an even better source of humorous concepts, such as the "anti-" concept. Thanks, Todd! [I still maintain that I independently devised the "anti-" concept in 5th grade, when I made a pin-on badge that sported the phrase "ANTI-BUTTON," but whatever.]

Copyright 2004 Jason L. Gohlke.

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