Clay,

I know exactly what you mean – I hate posting things that everyone else is posting because I figure everyone else has seen it. But, if this blog is helping me learn and reflect on my learning, why shouldn’t I? And, just as you and Justin say, it’s all about the sharing, right? “Repetition is a new form of publication” – I love it.

A bit different from Justin’s point–actually, I suppose something Justin just helped me learn–is how, as a blogger, i feel somehow guilty if i post s.th. everybody else is posting. if i go “viral,” i suppose is the lingo.

something about traditional (well, early modern to now) notions of authorship. proprietary. i shouldn’t copy others, take the videos they found, etc.

but that’s old school, isn’t it? it’s information we’re all eager to disseminate. repetition is a new form of publication etc. fascinating.

look what you’ve started.

On the web it is never too late or too early to post something. It’s all an illusion. For those of us who read and post often, it seem that there is always “something” that is catching people’s attention and prompting them to write. This excellent video is an exmple of this. However to feel that you are behind or late because you posted after everyone else would undermine the most important fact that you were sharing at all. If I had never heard of the video and I was one of your regular readers I would be thanking you right now!

Keep up the great writing and sharing!