March 17, 2007
love and goodwill
Thanks to Alex de Carvalho and all the Miami bloggers for the great geek dinner we had on Thursday night. I was touched to be so well looked after by so many smart, friendly people.
One thing that has been occurring to me over this entire US trip: To an outside observer, especially to a cynical outside observer, the whole Web 2.0/blogging thing may look a bit strange: a lot of pyjama-clad weirdos obsessing into the wee hours about A-Lister backscratching and Technorati rankings.
But on the front lines, it seems to me there’s something far more interesting going on. The vast, vast, vast majority of good bloggers I know are not doing it for links and cash, but for simple more primal reasons: the need to connect. The need to love.
Love and goodwill are driving this revolution. The selfish will be left behind.
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A wee chuckle to start your day off right etc.
“I’m sure you’re right,” sounds like mere polite agreement, but in this case is a simple statement of fact.
Hugh, I couldn’t have said it better myself! I guess like mighty minds agree. Can I have your penis? Just kidding …
It was great to meet you. I’m working on an article about the get together as we speak and I will definitely quote from this post.
Thank you for my cartoon!
I hope you have a fabulous St. Patrick’s Day!
you make me laugh my friend xxxx
Yay! Thanks for the mention Hugh, you rock. It was great seeing you at SXSW and in Miami and hope to see you more often.
Reboot9, maybe? …
Amen to that.
We see how close people may be in spite of the physical distance: that’s my opinion about blogging and I’m so far away from you in distance.
I have to quote you.
Bye
if there’s anything we’ve learned from jr. high, it’s that people who need other people are creepy and they deserve to eat lunch by themselves. the most they can hope for is to establish a ‘lone outcast’ status and maybe that’ll ensure them a semi-attractive date for the prom… way, way off in the distant highschool future…
no one wants a person who needs them. pff.
People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.
Too bad, kaylen. I wanted to share my french fries and milkshake. Hmpf!
Re: Comic
Heh, but is it mightier than the sword?
… french fries and milkshakes. is that even kosher? either way, “barbara”, i don’t think you know how much you don’t want to share food with me. especially straw-dependent food. i am the bearer of pestilence. gross, head-cold pestilence. nobody wants a piece o’ this business.
ps– that comic rocks my world.
Eventually anyone who’s working for Wall st will be dead meat.
Patience is Marketing’s new virtue