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Oh, what a year (kottke.org)

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22 Feb 2006

http://www.kottke.org/06/02/oh-what-a-year

Jason Kottke decides not to be a full-time blogger for another year, in part because writing a blog all day long just isn't that interesting. A lesson for us all: don't blog for the sake of blogging.

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