It’s been almost a year since I contributed a post to MCDM’s Flip the Media blog. This hasn’t been because I didn’t want to post there. Instead it’s because, just as the blog felt like it was reaching a groove of sustainable editorial policies encouraging quality content, decisions were made to change who was in charge and how work was solicited. Since that time, I haven’t really known who the editors are, how I should submit posts, or really anything else about the blog. I’m not even sure why I used to have an administrator account on it, why I don’t anymore, or when the change was made. It’s all a mystery to me, and with only a quarter to go until graduation I’m not going to try to unravel it.
Recently, the blog has begun adding features that, instead of being integrated with the WordPress platform it runs on, are hosted on Google Docs and displayed on the site in an iframe. This is the sort of HTML hackery that I help companies avoid or fix in my professional life, and which I wince to see my writing associated with on a site managed by the program in which I’m getting my Master’s Degree. It’s not my fault, but it reflects poorly on me.
Rumors that are going around have led me to suspect that Flip the Media’s days in its current form are numbered. Which might be a good thing considering its rickety state. But I’ve written some good stuff for the blog, and I don’t want to see it disappear in any sort of curatorial meltdown. So, using the RSS feed for my own posts, I’ve imported them to Blue Collar Rocket Science. They all appear with their original publication dates, and are in the category First Published on Flip the Media. I did discard one that was about an MCMD Wiki I set up, which never got any traction and is long since defunct.
My decision to duplicate my Flip the Media posts on to a blog I manage myself is tied to my decision some months back to archive all the Twitter posts I’ve made with my primary account as blog posts in the category Twitter posts. When it comes to curating your work, it’s best to take matters in your own hands.
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