October 5, 2007
"the one"
["Please". New York, 1998.]
6 years and 4000-odd blog posts later, if I was allowed to keep only one blog post, it would be this one.
Which one of yours would you keep?
[N.B. The question was, which is your TOP ONE post from YOUR blog, not gapingvoid etc. Feel free to leave a link in the comments etc etc.]
[Note to Self: Like Linda Skrocki said on Twitter, this would make a good meme etc.]
That's not an easy question. Which post or which cartoon? Probably How To Be Creative for a post (not an original answer at all).
Cartoon... Love begets love or name your terms.
Posted by: Leah at October 5, 2007 2:13 PMI can't read and shouldn't comment before coffee. Of mine I would keep "best of becoming a Jew" a round up posts of what I think are my best writings about converting to Judaism.
You mean you get a choice? Well let's go back to 1997 MSN 1.0 or 2.0? which was it?
Oh, damn, microsoft doesn't have any archives. Silly Blue Monster with rapid action digestive tract.
Posted by: nancy at October 5, 2007 2:58 PMI have two (don't have the links to them)
1. If we can feel truly alive just for a single moment during the short time God gave us on Earth, then everything else becomes worth it.
2. The market for something to believe in is infinite.
Keep up the great work - I am huge fan!
Regards.
Posted by: Goyal at October 5, 2007 3:09 PMCartoon wise, Lying is my all time fave. I wish you'd it uploaded larger though... (hint)
Posted by: James Spinks at October 5, 2007 3:09 PMN.B. The question was, which is your TOP ONE post from YOUR blog, not gapingvoid etc.
Posted by: hugh macleod at October 5, 2007 3:19 PMDefinitely one called "So You Want To Make An Album? (part 14)". I practically felt like I was having an out-of-body experience when I wrote it:
http://www.keithhandy.com/internets/2007/06/01/so-you-want-to-make-an-album-part-14/
Thanks for inviting us to plug ourselves, I'm surprised other people didn't take it that way right off the bat! I'm very self-absorbed, though, so I got it right away. ;)
Posted by: Keith Handy at October 5, 2007 3:35 PMWell Hugh, it is all about ME! :-) My favorite post on MY blog? ALL of them ... I'm coming on two years and the first post is almost quaint and old-fashioned. I can't even believe I have a freakin' blog and that I created Manola, etc; Not to mention all the work and wonderful people I have met -- blog turned into cornucopia. All good stuff.
Posted by: latinbombshell at October 5, 2007 3:42 PMOhhhh, I see.
I don't know if it was ever MY blog. See google owns the server and software where i posted. In a way it is their blog, too.
As for the stuff I do or did on .mac, I'd let Steve decide. I am too biased about my own work. I respect his taste that much.
Posted by: nancy at October 5, 2007 3:58 PMMy one post would be: http://trustedtravels.blogspot.com/2006/11/are-you-kidding-me.html
It was one of my first posts and a fond memory.
this is acouple years old, but still immensely relevant in my life. link
Posted by: Seaside_Tyson at October 5, 2007 5:08 PMI have to say, I think for me it's gotta be this one. Sometimes when you just can't take it anymore is when the muse grabs you by the ears, you know?
Posted by: Sassy at October 5, 2007 5:21 PMI haven't written it yet.
Bloody hell, we're all so modest aren't we?!?
Posted by: Mike R at October 5, 2007 8:08 PMhilariously true lol; seems the one u most care about is the one who makes fun of you.
Posted by: Kalbintion at October 6, 2007 12:46 AM"How can one know better or beauty or appreciation or love unless one has known profound sadness?"
Posted by: Michael Pokocky at October 6, 2007 5:45 AMNow you've got me thinking. I haven't done an extensive review but I think it would be "Business is like Sex"
http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/03/20/business-is-like-sex-not-sports-or-war/
What a varied background your readers have.
How do you rank "the best"? Maudlin mixed with meaning? My personal favorite is an overlong summary of a year spent in Cambodia, teaching photography:
http://elizabethbriel.blogspot.com/2006/11/cambodian-reflections.html
Posted by: Elizabeth at October 6, 2007 12:56 PMMy best blog post (for me that is) was the most life changing one. The stories from Tajikistan have kept me doing this shit for some time now. It's also kept me broke - NGO work *and* a wife who wants a divorce makes an interesting venn diagram.
Nevertheless, it beats the hell out of working in a cubicle. My reason to get up every day is...
http://nightingalesangatwcc.typepad.com/tajikistan/2006/01/chained_to_pove.html
Posted by: Steven Buckley at October 6, 2007 9:32 PMMine would be, The Human Brand
Posted by: Maddison at October 6, 2007 9:46 PMI chose the one, that is coming to my mind more often than the other posts and it is not a coincidence that it was inspired by one of your posts.
the post is in greek language, and it is called "Global Neighborhoods"
Posted by: philos at October 8, 2007 2:09 PMI guess I've not yet written it.
Of the ones I've, I guess it'll be this: Life's best lived now / Qualiti over quantity
Posted by: ASE at October 9, 2007 10:15 PMHugh,
I got in the zone this morning and wrote this post
http://freddkambo.blogspot.com/2007/10/on-leadership.html
And then I remembered you asking which one would be "The ONE" So...yeah this is it. For now.....and thank you.
Posted by: Fredd Kambo at October 10, 2007 4:27 PM"How to be Creative" absolutely changed my life in the way a great song does. I've probably read a 100 times.
Posted by: Geoffrey Hickman at October 13, 2007 8:37 AMThis one: http://saranne03.blogspot.com/2006/02/ten-things.html