Prometheus 6   

 

Exactly what has been put on hold

Up until this point P6 has been a series of experiments. By now I think I've gotten the rhythm of what I want to do. I started out with the intention of clearly representing a Black partisan position. In order to do this I've found I must deal in both civil rights and human rights. I have to touch on a lot of things that are important to Black Americans but only indirectly affect our situation in the USofA…raising consciousness of issues native to Africa is a prime example of this. I need to promote a progressive political viewpoint, making it rational as possible even to those who don't agree with it. And I have to try to bring attention to those aspects of the neocon agenda that I can.

There's been a pattern to my posts by which I try to accomplish these goals. I do news clippings, making an honest attempt to honor fair use rules and still give an honest representation of the content of any article. I've decided not to link to the stories that EVERYone will be presenting unless

1. It's so large that it CAN'T be ignored
2. My perspective is significantly different from the prevailing perspective

I scan a significant portion of my blogroll daily and pass along links to

1. Major stories I personally skip
2. Major stories I would have missed entirely
3. Opinion pieces that impress me

I try to get in at least one fairly major original piece of my own per day. This is my content inclusion pattern; the content style is just Earl…I think surprises like Black English Month make folks curious enough to come back. Plus I need to have some fun with this once in a while.

Up until now my marketing efforts have been experimental too. Considering how little effort I've put into it I've been fairly successful, I think.

It appears my next move will be to Moveable Type. My current setup has limitations due to fate and time's conspiracy to make me, for the second time in my life, a Broke-Ass-Negro. John Constantine has offered to hold that conspiracy in abeyance until I can cancel its effects entirely. So I'll be fooling around, learning what can be done in short order, and in the near future Prometheus 6 will be moving to Moveable Type and a new address. I'll gain an RSS feed and trackbacks, probably categories and a couple of random coolnesses like blogroll categories and recent comments added to the sidebar.

Perl. ugh

posted by Prometheus 6 at 8/7/2003 08:10:55 PM |

Posted by P6 at August 7, 2003 08:10 PM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/42