Doug Belshaw was the first to enlighten me on this self publishing principle, and encourage me to set up my own site, and publish out from there. Every drawing should have it’s own canonical link he’d say. Unambiguous words, and I’m glad I listened. This rang true again when working with Jim Groom and Reclaim Hosting on the articulation of a Domain of One’s Own, in a learning context. But the immediate feedback of social media can make one (me) a touch lazy. Reading Kin Lane’s post on the Personal API, I’m reminded of just how important this principle is to those who would publish…

Bryan Mathers

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