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Blog interrogation: Principled Discovery

May/07 Filed in: *Dana Hanley

Welcome Dana to Blog Interrogation. Discovery is nothing new to you, so let others find out about your blog and your approach to blogging. Bombs away.

The hardest question first. What is the name of your website, and can you pick one feature or story to illustrate the flavor of the site to newcomers?

Dana Hanley, Principled Discovery. Representative post? Maybe this one about the efficacy of the education system.

This is a killer question if you are a perfectionist. In the history of the site, if there were one thing you could change, or one decision you could reverse, what would it be?

Hmm...maybe stayed more focused? But then it might not have been as much fun. Or chosen a different URL? Mine isn't the easiest to remember. Unfortunately, my first choice was taken, ironically by me. But I couldn't remember any of the information to get logged into it.

Would you ever consider changing the name of your site to reflect the passing of time? For instance, after reading The Onion, I compared the first posts with the latest, & the name Has Bean sprang to mind. What do you think in your case?

No. I like my title and it reflects well what I'm trying to accomplish. I could change my tag line: "200 years behind in my political thought and one news cycle behind in my blogging"...but it is a little long.

Back on track, how many has beens, I mean, writers, does it take to create your site? And how much do they earn per hour?!

One. Just me. Earnings? Does $100 in 6 months count as earnings? I'll let you figure out the hourly rate for that...math has never been my strong suit.

Finally, if you could get an article published on any website on earth, other than your own, which would it be, and why?

Any website? I'd have to go with the NEA. That would be a lot of fun for this homeschooler and NEA critic. Like Bush blogging on the Daily Kos. What more fun could there be? Thanks!

Ed extracts the bones from the blog interrogation

Thanks, Dana, for revealing those tidbits about your blog.

For anyone who hasn't visited your site, can I just say, be prepared! This is one deep thinking and erudite blogger who makes the thought processes behind The Pisstakers content seem a little befuddled and shallow. I hope that your reference to being more focused is a tongue-in-cheek jab at yourself, because I can't see what else you need to do within your chosen domain of principled discovery?

You had better not get involved in domain name sales, by the way, or any field of endeavor requiring passwords. And I bet the NEA wish you would forget the password of your current blog so your material doesn't get disseminated and cause people to think and question current practices. Thank you, de Bono on speed.

So, who is next up? eJabs for Knowledge is chomping at the bit, and has lots to say and share with you.

Please don't think your blog is too serious or too trivial to provide the answers to these questions. Everyone has a story to tell and the interrogation is a good measure of your understanding of your blog. You get backlinks for good measure too.