JWN sidebar: what do you think?
In my relentless desire to improve the sidebar here at JWN I spent a bunch of time today doing just that. I rearranged some things, instaled a proper search button, did a littl minor editing... But the main thing I did was install my De.icio.us tagroll there, right under "Recent posts". It's still not working perfectly... Actually, I think it's Delicious itself that's not working perfectly since it keeps cutting off the "notes" that I write there (the text in black).
Anyway, I'm hoping the tagroll will work well there. It might cut down on the main posts I feel I need to write since it performs the archiving function for me and also allows me (or should allow me!) to make notes on each item of-- as they promise-- "up to 255 characters in length." What the tagroll doesn't allow, of course, is comments and dicussion. So I'm thinking of it as very much a subsidiary to what happens in and with the main blog posts and their subsequent discussions, etc.
So as of now the sidebar gives you links to the 25 most recent blopg posts and the eight items that I've most recently tagged for "jwn". Does this balance seem about right for you? Are there sidebar features that I've moved down that you would rather see back up in their old positions?
Tell me what you think.
Helena
I like it.
It might point me at something I missed in the morning trawl through the UK, French, German, Iranian, Russian, Lebanese Israeli and US press.
A book of the month section might be fun.
here is a candidate for addition. Claire Spencer has a thought provoking piece on British Middle East Policy.
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/index.php?id=52
I commented on the lack of comments on your recent China piece. People might find it fun to know where to find sources on the upcoming excitement in the Caspian, Caucuses and Central Asia
There are a number of good books on the Legal Regime in the Caspian which is under no circumstances a dry as dust subject.
Helena, you are too kind to us! But thank you anyway. I just finished reading the Dan Froomkin piece you tagged, enjoyed it a lot.
Helena, thank you so much for tagging the Tony Karon piece on Jimmy Carter's book. BTW, the commentary on his Dec. 13 piece (Mandela, Arafat, Ahmedinejad) was simply stunning. I don't know if you noticed that or not.