One of the big principles of the 'net is something we vaguely call "community." Whether it's a virtual gathering place like Toaster or SoSH or Open Source software, there's a common approach that everyone on the net loves to extol.

I don't get it.

To me, I like the immediacy and the feedback. I like that my readers become friends and that we can communicate. I like that I can ignore people relatively easily. I don't have the time or inclination to virtually get together. If community is a place where we can all feel free to discuss something, fine. If it descends in typical internet fashion into a dick-measuring contest at a Viagra users convention, I'll take a pass.

But I remain open to being convinced otherwise.

Right now, the thing that's intriguing me most is marketing. I'll have a post on that later.