I'm pleasantly surprised that I actually got several submissions for this carnival. I did almost nothing to promote it, so credit these folks for having the wherewithal to hunt down this carnival on their own.
As I was looking at the submissions, I realized that I did a bad job of explaining what type of posts I was looking for. There were a couple of submissions that were pretty funny and entertaining, but they certainly weren't brief.
Actually two of the posts that did make it in weren't brief either, at least not when viewed in their entirety. I decided to include them, though, because they are made up individual images and jokes that exist completely separate for each other. Each item could stand on its own.
That's the measuring stick I think I'm going to use moving forward. The general rule of thumb, though, is always going to be does a post feel like it can capture the interest of someone with a short attention span.
- Irreparable Poem at Mad Kane's Humor Blog - Mad Kane is witty and short here: a perfect inaugural entry for this carnival.
- Debt Prison funny photos for June 08 at Debt Prison - So you can see the type of dilema I have on this one. The post in its entirety takes longer than 20 seconds to get through, but that's because it's a series of discrete images that could each stand on their own. Each very brief.
- Bumper Stickers - Fun on the Road at Let Us Grow - Again we have a collection of incredibly brief and very funny items.
There it was. The first edition of the Carnival of Brevity. I guess it's somewhat amusing that the list of posts is so short. It will be interesting to see how it can grow for episode 2 when I actually put some effort behind promotion.
You can submit your posts for the next episode until July 13th at http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_4482.html
And thanks to everyone who submitted a post!
