http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/ It's that simple -- and that hard. And that inescapable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:44:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1141 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:50:42 +0000 https://eoinpurcell.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1141 Thanks. I didn’t think you were being dismissive. There is alot of truth to the fact that memes are just another thing that gets passed around the net often with little or no thought involved. In my opinion some of these book memes are an exception but even then it is only an exception if people are really taking the time to think about them before they answer and when conversation is generated that leads to a greater appreciation of the person and opens up new ideas to the reader.

]]> http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1138 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:44:33 +0000 https://eoinpurcell.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1138 Hello Carl V.
No I think I was having a bad week and was perhaps a little too harsh on memes! Maybe! I, at least, should have considered the reasons why they are popular and not just dismissed them the way I did! I do like the idea of a themed reading list though, seems like a really exciting idea!
Eoin

]]> http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1137 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:35:56 +0000 https://eoinpurcell.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/links-of-interest-at-least-to-me-010906/#comment-1137 Hey, thanks for the nice thoughts. I went through and read your thoughts on memes. I see your point and yet I myself like memes for two reasons…one, it gets those who lurk on your blog but don’t feel like they have anything to offer the discussion the chance to answer relatively simple questions and maybe get some feedback which will hopefully open them up for discussions generated by other posts. Two, I love book memes. Can’t get enough of them. Gives me a chance to peddle the books I love to others, hopefully converting them and even more importantly I always find ideas for books to read that I hadn’t heard of or maybe just didn’t realize were something I might like to read. Just my opinion of course and I do see your side of it as being valid. Thanks again!

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