I never get tired of poring over these things and seeing what The Commissar's done to various blog names to make them into place names.

And this is the first time I've been on the first draft of a map. Look, Ma! No nagging required!

Furthermore, the Divine Marxist links to a post of mine as an example of how to accomplish the nagging in a polite way.

I couldn't be happier; nice to be there with Rusty, the Llamas, and all the other cool kids. It's also good to see SondraK on the first draft; she's often underappreciated.

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1 Re: your exemplary post. The idea of the maps seemed pretty simple to me. Traffic & link building. It seemed stone-obvious, if you want a mention, do a trackbacked link. Nonetheless, I continue to get whiny comments and emails. Your post was greatly appreciated, as are witty, bitchin-and-moanin posts that do the same thing.

Posted by: The Commissar at November 12, 2004 11:21 AM (jNXzj)

2 Fair enough. Traffic is traffic. I remember how thrilled I was when I got my first really hostile comment. "Cool!" I exclaimed. "This is almost as good as hate mail!" Same principle, on a different scale: attention (links even more than comments, of course) is the coin of the realm.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 12, 2004 11:27 AM (SuJa4)

3 ||Suggeston|| You need an "About Page" And abstract on who the author of the page is, and what drives them. A quick 10-30 second read to satisfy what curiousity a lame-passer-by, such as myself, would have. I like what I see; the graphics and color schemes are attractive; the words are pleasing to read, and down my socio-political realm. But I don't know *WHO* you are. *Sticking your URL on my Newsreader, just in case*

Posted by: Jeremy at November 12, 2004 03:57 PM (NgoAe)

4 I think Jeremy's prolly right. I have resisted writing an about-page for myself mostly because I can't write in the first person worth a damn. I used to rely on my work to stand on its own, but with archives going back to 2000 and over a thousand posts, there's just too much. Sooner or later I'll probably take the time to assemble a dossier on myself and link it from the front page. Not today, mind you. Prolly not tomorrow, either. But someday. So yeah, Jeremy's probably onto something.

Posted by: Jeff Harrell at November 12, 2004 04:54 PM (UAuME)

5 I'm looking into it. Maybe I'll write a post tonight that will serve as an intro.

Posted by: Attila Girl at November 12, 2004 05:02 PM (SuJa4)

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