Secondary storage

mbp makes some good observations about how search engines are the new interface to the web, and that any particular web site isn't read deeply but rather the whole web is read broadly. I like Martin's thought processes.

He does ask this question though:

I ask: why are you publishing anything at all? Because you want people to have the information, and/or to have the information from you.

I'd answer that by saying that the reason I publish is for my own selfish benefit. My head is small, and fills up too quickly. My website is secondary storage for my brain. If others benefit, great. If via my website I can find the exact reference to that very interesting thing that I can't find via google, then my website has achieved its purpose.

tech/blog | 18 Aug 2004 | #