BURNINGBIRD
a node at the edge  


May 12, 2002
MetabloggingNice little pats on the head

Isn't it special? All these publications coming out with articles about weblogging, such as the new one at CNN.

Don't we feel precious, all these nice little pats on the head?

Why is Josh Quittner the definitive authority on weblogs, do real people use the word "cool" that much in their conversation...

...and who the fuck cares?


Posted by Bb at May 12, 2002 05:00 PM




Comments

pita's and userland.. hrmm. Some authority :)

Posted by: ruzz on May 12, 2002 05:08 PM

You forgot to say "cool pitas" and "cool userland", ruzz. Bad boy. And since I'm using uncool Movable Type, I think I'll go eat a plate of dirt and see if flowers sprout out of my ears.

Posted by: Bb aka Shelley aka Weblog Bosswoman on May 12, 2002 05:10 PM

If they are pretty take a picture for me ;)

Posted by: ruzz on May 12, 2002 05:50 PM

you forgot to mention the exclamation points. we bloggers love those as much as Josh talking about blogs! Don't ask a woman blogger though. NOOOO way. ah shit. I was hoping it would stay our little secret anyhow.

Posted by: jeneane on May 12, 2002 06:44 PM

*What* a completely and utterly useless article that is...do you think that they actually paid him for it?

*shakes head*

Posted by: Rogi on May 12, 2002 07:12 PM

I think I might eat a plate of flowers, in hope that I might then be able to shoot bees out of my mouth.

Which isn't germane, perhaps. I'm still gonna, though.

Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on May 12, 2002 07:55 PM

hands down the worst 'mainstream' piece about weblogs to date. what's this new site called Slash.com Mr. Quittner seems so enamored of? Ahh, dot-com, dot-org, whatever...it's all cool. and, if i may quote, "totally democratic." totally, dude.

one day i hope to be cool, too.

Posted by: ed on May 12, 2002 08:55 PM

I think someone should email him and tell him to come here and explain himself - and then we can all laugh as he grovels and aquirms his way out of here. :-)

Pitas? What? Hehehe...

Posted by: Rogi on May 13, 2002 05:17 AM

Heh! I just re-read the 'Slash' comments thing. *How* Clueless can somebody possibly be?

Jeez. *snigger*

Posted by: Rogi on May 13, 2002 05:22 AM

Don't you just love content-free writing?

Posted by: Michael Mussington on May 13, 2002 05:48 AM

From the article:

"people can have at the story, and almost debug it... What this does is takes information and it puts it out before a community of users who will, in effect, crash test it. Hold every single fact up to the light and make sure that it all works."

Poor Josh now gets to experience the "debugging" of his interview. The magic of it all.

BTW, Shelley, does the new O'Reilly weblogging book cover tools other than MT and Blogger? What does this imply about O'Reilly's view of the blogging tool market?

Posted by: Andy Chen on May 13, 2002 07:03 AM

Golly, that article was making me feel, like, totally affirmed and cool, and now you're making fun of him. *sniffle*. How can I have any self-respect if I don't have permission from CNN?

On a more serious note, I know from experience that interview reports can make one sound a whole lot more stupid than one's own words--by which I don't mean to imply that my own words set too high a bar, but that interviewers consistently ooze under whatever low standard my own responses set.

Posted by: AKMA on May 13, 2002 09:05 AM


Post a comment

Name:


Email Address:


URL:


Comments:


Remember info?