One more comment on the Blog Conference:



As I mentioned during the conference, one of the major themes was libel. This should give any amateur blogger at least a moment's pause. Maybe I should take that class on First Amendment law before I graduate.



In related news, Nick Daum, a classmate here at YLS, has started a blog that he fittingly calls, "On his Permanent Record." Nick's musings about blogging are on target.

The title refers to a big mystery about blogging. Why would anyone want to do this? Why make public a bunch of ill-considered, half-baked, sometimes badly-written thoughts? I mean, isn't this the basic fear of that you have as an elementary school student, that everything you do will go down on your permanent record? Why wouldn't most people opt to not make these ideas public? Aren't we all more risk averse than that?



I guess part of the answer is that people care even more about seeming smart than seeming embarassed, which may be why blogging is so popular among people who put a big value on seeming smart: lawyers, academics, pundits.

Already off to a great start, Nick.



Nick's got some really good stuff. We've added him to our blogroll.

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