Comments on: Would Thoreau Blog? http://www.whereproject.org/node/478 Life in Place. Life in the Network. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: #4 Illusions (Part 2) « Letters to Henry | A Reflective Journey http://www.whereproject.org/node/478/comment-page-1#comment-1227 #4 Illusions (Part 2) « Letters to Henry | A Reflective Journey Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:05:01 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=478#comment-1227 [...] search last night and found an interesting segment on you: The question was whether you would blog if you were alive today! A great question – would you? Something about the “green-ness” of paperless media tells me [...] [...] search last night and found an interesting segment on you: The question was whether you would blog if you were alive today! A great question – would you? Something about the “green-ness” of paperless media tells me [...]

]]> By: timlindgren http://www.whereproject.org/node/478/comment-page-1#comment-987 timlindgren Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=478#comment-987 Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. I think he probably would be interested in at least trying out the new media to connect with a wider audience. Tim Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. I think he probably would be interested in at least trying out the new media to connect with a wider audience.

Tim

]]> By: michael jameson http://www.whereproject.org/node/478/comment-page-1#comment-892 michael jameson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:20:24 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=478#comment-892 greetings, i do simple interpretations of thoreau's writings , he wrote for others to read,reflect and understand, he knew the nature of man and wished for all men to know themselves and their actions. and yes he would have used the largest form of media to educate as many people as possible to create a better world. what happiness would their be if we could understand as thoreau did and act accordingly!. michael jameson oldantiqueguy@hotmail.com greetings, i do simple interpretations of thoreau’s writings , he wrote for others to read,reflect and understand, he knew the nature of man and wished for all men to know themselves and their actions. and yes he would have used the largest form of media to educate as many people as possible to create a better world. what happiness would their be if we could understand as thoreau did and act accordingly!. michael jameson oldantiqueguy@hotmail.com

]]> By: bensheldon http://www.whereproject.org/node/478/comment-page-1#comment-119 bensheldon Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:39:21 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=478#comment-119 I think an interesting questions is whether Thoreau would openly embrace what really makes blogging unique as a contemporary distributive medium: * the hyperlink * the trackback I'm a little fuzzy on my Thoreau, but I'm pretty sure that he was an active letter writer, at least with other transcendentalists (I've read his correspondence with Emerson). Would Thoreau quote other thinkers of his day and link to their blogs? How would this interdependence of writers affect his underlying philosophies? I think an interesting questions is whether Thoreau would openly embrace what really makes blogging unique as a contemporary distributive medium:

* the hyperlink
* the trackback

I’m a little fuzzy on my Thoreau, but I’m pretty sure that he was an active letter writer, at least with other transcendentalists (I’ve read his correspondence with Emerson). Would Thoreau quote other thinkers of his day and link to their blogs? How would this interdependence of writers affect his underlying philosophies?

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