Anyway I've been thinking a lot about how the form is evolving. In my own house, I feel like this is less and less blog, and more and more something between a salon and skull practice. A third of the posting I do (like the one below) is to give you guys room to riff, the other third is just me thinking out a loud, and the last third is somewhere in between. I think we have a problem here between form and function. I have to say, though the changes are small, Andrew's new spot looks a lot more like what he actually does. I especially like the "Recent Threads" bar with along with his "Recent Keepers" (an older feature) allow him to keep conversation going across time. We tend to lose that over here -- especially with out book discussions.
As you might imagine, I hope he's fabulously successful. I find Andrew to be maddening sometimes. But I always find him to be sincere. I still miss him among our "Voices."
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/some-notes-on-the-dish/272823/
