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2 months ago
in Links on Twitter, day 3 (Scripting News) on Scripting News
Okay now making more work for you wasn't part of the plan. But thanks for listening.
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dave
I like more work! :-)
6 months ago
in My brother Om (Scripting News) on Scripting News
Dear Dave
Thanks for your kind words, not just today but through this past year. Every single bit has helped. You were kind enough to share your story and I am just doing that, paying it forward. I deeply appreciate your friendship.
Thanks for your kind words, not just today but through this past year. Every single bit has helped. You were kind enough to share your story and I am just doing that, paying it forward. I deeply appreciate your friendship.
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dave
Absolutely. There's nothing going on here other than humans relating with other humans. All these tools and symbols are just ways to connect and communicate. Let's keep exploring and keep taking care of yourself Om! :-)
7 months ago
in GigaOm: Another place to find me on Mathew's comments
Hey what's MG's good news? Someone please fill me in :-)
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mathewi
more info here: http://tinyurl.com/5usoby
9 months ago
in Is this what online news has come to? on Mathew's comments
Mike
I am not sure what you are saying here. I think to your last comment - analytical stuff is important and relevant - as long as you don't care about being in techmeme. i am finding relief and creativity in getting off the news bandwagon. it makes life so much simpler.
I am not sure what you are saying here. I think to your last comment - analytical stuff is important and relevant - as long as you don't care about being in techmeme. i am finding relief and creativity in getting off the news bandwagon. it makes life so much simpler.
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Michael Masnick
Yeah. We've never been about breaking stories. I have no problem waiting a few days to write about things after I've thought about them and found that I actually have something to say.
But, what's weird is that because we're in the blogosphere, people seem to *expect* us to write about breaking news stories. I can't believe how many times I get emails from people saying "I can't believe you're not covering x -- everyone else is." As if it's a requirement.
And while I'm mostly joking about all of this, I do sort of miss the camaraderie of the tech blogosphere of a few years ago, where it was a lot more about linking and sharing ideas and discussing, rather than being first to break a story and claim credit or get the top spot on Techmeme. Somewhere over the past few years, it seems like a more shark-like mentality has taken over among some, and I find it disappointing to find what used to be friendly relationships turned into some sort of "with us or against us" scenario.
I've had too many situations where what I thought was a friendly relationship turn into something where someone was suddenly challenging me on why I would link to someone else or do something with another site. And that's the sort of stuff I could do without.
What was a discussion salon turned into high school cliques in some cases.
I'm not complaining, though. I just keep doing what I do and focus on what I have control over. I can't change what other people do, but I can note that I find the whole concept of the competitive nature of the tech blogosphere not enjoyable. So I stay out of it. But that doesn't mean it's not disappointing to see it take over Techmeme at times.
But, what's weird is that because we're in the blogosphere, people seem to *expect* us to write about breaking news stories. I can't believe how many times I get emails from people saying "I can't believe you're not covering x -- everyone else is." As if it's a requirement.
And while I'm mostly joking about all of this, I do sort of miss the camaraderie of the tech blogosphere of a few years ago, where it was a lot more about linking and sharing ideas and discussing, rather than being first to break a story and claim credit or get the top spot on Techmeme. Somewhere over the past few years, it seems like a more shark-like mentality has taken over among some, and I find it disappointing to find what used to be friendly relationships turned into some sort of "with us or against us" scenario.
I've had too many situations where what I thought was a friendly relationship turn into something where someone was suddenly challenging me on why I would link to someone else or do something with another site. And that's the sort of stuff I could do without.
What was a discussion salon turned into high school cliques in some cases.
I'm not complaining, though. I just keep doing what I do and focus on what I have control over. I can't change what other people do, but I can note that I find the whole concept of the competitive nature of the tech blogosphere not enjoyable. So I stay out of it. But that doesn't mean it's not disappointing to see it take over Techmeme at times.
9 months ago
in Is this what online news has come to? on Mathew's comments
Mathew
This merited exactly 200 characters on gigaom daily. Someday people will realize that it isn't how much, but how succinct that matters the most. Regardless, this is the problem with too much link driven news posting. the stuff that is relevant gets left behind.
This merited exactly 200 characters on gigaom daily. Someday people will realize that it isn't how much, but how succinct that matters the most. Regardless, this is the problem with too much link driven news posting. the stuff that is relevant gets left behind.
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mathewi
I think that's a great solution, Om -- longer than a Twitter post it certainly doesn't deserve.
