I’ve been kicking this idea around in my head for awhile now.
What if you could only write one more post? What would you want to say?
I don’t want to be overly prescriptive so I’ll leave it at that and let people interpret the questions how they choose. You can write about your standard blog topic or you can look more broadly at the world. You can imagine you’re dying or you can pretend you’re simply shutting your blog down.
To get the ball rolling I’m going to tag a few of my favourite bloggers here in the hopes they join the thought experiment but since I’m trying to avoid going too deeply into any one sector or blog focus I’m going to leave people off.
Everyone’s welcome to participate though, this is NOT by invite only.
UPDATE: Now that there’s some critical mass here, I’ve deleted the people I tagged who haven’t written yet (hoping the still will tough). More than half this list is people who did this challenge of their own accord, which is already a far better turnout than I could’ve hoped.
- My own “last post”
- Amy Boughner
- Bob LeDrew
- Kym @ Relishing
- Sarah Millar
- Melanie “herrealworld” Ching
- Tanya “spydergrrl” Snook
- Don “foodieprints” Chow
- Teresa “map_maker” Baldwin
- Gordon Bonnar
- Chelsea Edgell
Once you write your last post, leave a comment below with the link. I’ll also be using #LastPost to tag tweets and posts about it so feel free to adopt that tag too. I’ll add to the list on this page too.
Oh, and feel free to tag others too, just make sure you note it in the comments so I can keep track of everyone.
photo credit: fensterbme
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My last post
http://www.amyboughner.ca/?p=911
.-= Hey, you should check out Amy´s last blog ..One more post =-.
Thanks for the idea, Joe. It’s really hard to put into words what my last post would be — I guess because I never thought I’d consciously have a last post.
But I did it. Really cool idea. Thanks.
Love this idea — will have to chew it over a bit, though, before I actually write it.
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RT @joeboughner: Bloggers of every stripe are encouraged to participate. What would you write in your #LastPost? [link to post]
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So doing this!RT @joeboughner Bloggers of every stripe welcome to participate. What would you write in your #LastPost? [link to post]
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Thanks Joe for a great idea!
My “last” post: http://www.herrealworld.com/2010/09/you-will-always-be-in-my-heart/
.-= Hey, you should check out Melanie´s last blog ..You will always be in my heart =-.
Hi Joe – loved this challenge. I’ve posted my “last” post here: http://spydergrrl.blogspot.com/2010/09/and-now-for-something-different-my-last.html
.-= Hey, you should check out spydergrrl´s last blog ..And now for something different- My last post =-.
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Any #ott food bloggers want to take on @joeboughner’s #lastpost challenge? RT: [link to post] We did (sorta): http://fb.me/tS72h9IU
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Thanks to @herrealworld for her #LastPost: http://bit.ly/cLO7Bu, beautiful stuff Melanie, More info on project here: [link to post]
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If you have a blog, what would you write in your last ever post? [link to post] #LastPost
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@map_maker you want to blog more, eh? *Ahem*#LastPost*Ahem* [link to post]
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Laaaaast post. Yeesh. I have *got* to stay away from the kool-aid.
http://relishing.ca/?p=2284
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Too busy – but want to! RT @joeboughner: Oh and hey, if you haven’t written your own #LastPost yet, what’s the holdup? [link to post]
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And too emotional over JK
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Oh and hey, if you haven’t written your own #LastPost yet, what’s the holdup? [link to post]
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Here is my contribution, with apologies that it took so long. I am very happy to have been tagged in on this, but it turned out to be more challenging for me than I would have expected. Thanks, Joe!
http://bit.ly/cVv2Z8
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