Yesterday I wrote a little screen scraper that reads my recommended reading list from New Door and posts them here on my page. Based on what links I've written about and posted on my page my recommendations change, showing me new links. This also happens as I include and exclude sites. I thought this would be pretty neat, especially since the first few lists I read through seemed to be on the money.
Apparently, so did Doc Searls, as he linked to my site yesterday. Repeat after me: "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy..." Doc is the Senior editor of Linux Journal, has written for numerous publications, and is a pretty well known blogger. It all makes me feel kind of special.
Being linked by Doc meant that suddenly my site was exposed to a larger audience than usual, and one of the people who linked me was Andy. He's got a nicely designed site and a good sense of humor, as proven by the fact that he too liked the latest post from the Dooce. Word. Word. Word..
I've never explicitly asked someone to link to me, but I do enjoy it when it happens. I guess what this proves is that if you build it, they will come. If you keep at it and give back to the community, eventually people notice, and it makes it all worth while. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: personal publishing rules.