Blogging and writing style | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
I was invited to pay a visit this month to something called the Inkhaven Residency in California “to talk about the craft, advise, and give feedback on the writing.” It happens that I was already going to be in the area so I agreed to stop by Wednesday morning. As the organizer, Ben Pace, describes the program, “We’re bringing 40 writers to Lighthaven to write-and-publish an essay online every day.” So, it’s for people who want to blog. That sounds cool–I’m a big fan of blogging–beyond the evidence of the 12,000 posts and 200,000 comments here, you can see my various posts on the topic, including: Traditionally there have been four sorts of blog posts: My own blogging is a mix of the four: Nowadays, I get the impression that blogs (sometimes brand-named as “Substacks”) are focused on op-ed-style posts, without so much annotated lists of links or online diaries. The lists of links are less valuable now that there’s google, twitter, etc., and the online diaries . . . I don’t know why th