tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post5464868231981437379..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Information Overload: Historians’ EditionRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-23830353079101488222013-10-01T09:40:38.214-04:002013-10-01T09:40:38.214-04:00This seems like a fascinating subject and well wor...This seems like a fascinating subject and well worth the time. But, like Randall, I appreciate your honesty about ups and downs of the longterm project. I'm still trying to get my first monograph done and it is so hard to resist the temptation to try to read everything. I think teaching helps me sort out what is important, perhaps, but there is still the need to try to master everything. Increasingly, I agree, that good books won't need to be the "last word" on their subject....Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-45156406162040635872013-10-01T06:55:51.639-04:002013-10-01T06:55:51.639-04:00I hope you don't mind me saying that this was ...I hope you don't mind me saying that this was therapeutic, Jonathan. It's nice to know that projects like yours take a good amount of time and research effort. Makes me feel much better about my current book project, which I've been banging away on since 2009 or so. <br /><br />I've never been able to work well on multiple books, articles at once. Maybe there is some secret to it. Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.com