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The Seven Link Challenge

by James Ogley on July 27th, 2010

Various people I follow on Twitter (RevdLesley, TheChurchMouse) have responded to the Seven Link Challenge – which is supposed to improve one’s blogging. There are seven categories of posts and you have to name one for each. I’ve been blogging for a long time (getting on towards ten years now, started on Advogato in 2001) so there’s a lot to choose from…

  1. Your first post – 25 Oct 2001
    Advogato doesn’t do post titles so it’s just dated. I’d registered on Advo and wanted to get it going. Posted about some coding stuff from work and my personal projects.
  2. A post you enjoyed writing the most – And the winner is…
    Someone posted a review of the three main GNOME offerings on SuSE at the time – two commercial options (SuSE’s own and Ximian’s) and my community packages. The best of the three was judged to be mine which excited me somewhat as at the time, I was putting in a lot of time to trying to produce the best possible desktop experience on SuSE Linux. This narrowly beat Accused of trying to con Nando’s which is just very, very funny.
  3. A post which had a great discussion – A Biblical approach to voting
    This category had a much smaller pool from which to choose. When I started blogging, people didn’t generally have comments enabled on their blogs. People on Advogato would respond to each other in referential posts (much as people do on Twitter now with @ replies) and discussions would happen on Planet sites like Planet SUSE or Planet GNOME. When it came round to this year’s General Election, I enabled comments on most of my election posts and this one generated some really interesting thoughts. I still default to not enabling comments as I don’t generally have the time to moderate and respond to them.
  4. A post on someone else’s blog you wish you’d written – London Bombs
    (And all subsequent posts on the subject) I used to work with Roger and he has a remarkable knack for getting under the skin of an issue, particularly when it comes to this kind. His perspective is generally opposed to what the authorities would want to propagate and I’ve commented in the past that he’s paranoid enough for all of us. He also runs Nightmare News (web/world) which does what it says on the tin.
  5. Your most helpful post – Importing the Lectionary into Evolution
    I keep going back to this post – because I have a bad memory and because I’ve never bothered to bookmark the lectionary download site. Plus the guide I provide is useful in and of itself.
  6. A post with a title you are proud of – You can taste the goat – or your money back!
    Post is nothing to do with goats. It came out of a conversation with one of our Church Wardens. Make of that what you will.
  7. A post you wish more people had read – Adam – male?
    Discussion of whether Adam (prior to Eve’s arrival) is male in Genesis. With funky Hebrew script.

So, what have I learnt? I’m pretty random, varied, diverse – take your pick. I post what I think and I don’t post as much as I used to (since Twitter basically). Maybe I’ll post more. Maybe not.

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