Earlier I said I was tired. I’m feeling much better. We had a great little event today with Light Force. I think some of the best events we do right now are free and this is no exception. Want to spend an afternoon hanging out and building relationships? Just tell people to meet you at the beach! Bring your own lunch and a ball… you have instant and free fun.
In other news… I’m a little miffed at a breach in blog etiquette. We all know that in a Web 2.0 environment that collaboration is the name of the game. And so it is no surprise to see something that you said or you wrote about popping up somewhere else. But the unwritten law of blogging is that you simply give credit with a link back. (Sometimes you see the phrase “HT to ____” which simply means, hat tip. Another way to do this is to say, “I saw this over at ____.”) Long story short, I wrote about something last week and someone “of a bigger name” wrote about the same thing on his blog today, read by many more people than will ever come to my blog, and failed to provide the proper HT or link back. How do I know that the person knew they got their post idea from me? I sent it to him! (Which is another rude thing. To take something that was my idea and not even give me the courtesy of responding to my email? Hmph…won’t do that again.) It doesn’t bother me one bit when it’s someone who simply doesn’t know better. But when someone is a recognized blogger, it’s being rude intentionally and a practice of superiority. To the contrary, Mark Oestricher is one of the most polite bloggers I know. All ministry types would do well to act as graciously with their blogs as he is. OK, I’ll stop ranting about it. I am over it…
That said, I’m starting to think about “Adam’s Blog Etiquette” to go alongside my “Rules for blogging.” I’m never interested in tearing people down… but instead I want to help the people I know use the internet more effectively… maybe even redemptively. Maybe I’ll even finally write a long thought about article about ministry snobs?
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