That was fast. Apparently Gabriel Gudding is a victim of Obsessive Self-Searching Disorder, else how could he so quickly find my comment about him using Google?

But he has made some amends for the weak post that drove me to distraction by posting an interesting snippet on “weak ties” and group innovation. Maybe the beginnings of a cogent argument in favor of all the back-scratching amongst poetry blogs. Check out the full article and then ponder how effectively, as Gudding suggests, the term entrepeneur might be replaced with poet. And how does the first paragraph function if you replace water cooler with poetry mailing list or poetry blog community?

Of course, I only noticed that Gabe had found his way here because I am a victim of Obsessive Referral Scrutinizing Disorder…

Incidentally, Gabe (doesn’t the familiar reference make it appear that I am part of the sinister poetry blog cabal I profess to despise?), you need to learn how to link references within your text so they are quicker to jump to. That way I could have more quickly searched Josh Corey’s weblog (in vain,as it turns out) for more info on the (half)-scathing exchange they had. And working archive links would be neato too.