Disqus - Latest Comments for Hugh MacLeod

Re: Word-of-Mouth on the Half Shell

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:23:39 -0000

I suppose the next question is, what do you do if your oysters ARE NOT Gillardeau. I get asked that question a lot [Gillardeau not being cited directly, obviously].

Re: Why Technorati is irrelevant to reputation

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 27 May 2006 06:55:13 -0000

I doubt Thomas of englishcut.com has checked his T-rank, or even his web stats in the last 6 months.

Instead, he measures the amount of new customers that send him e-mails, wanting appointments. Not to mention, the number of suits he needs to get cut by next Tuesday ;-)

Re: Scoble, Amazon and my ROi

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:23:32 -0000

or this one, maybe even better:

Re: Scoble, Amazon and my ROi

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:11:42 -0000

here's the classic...

Re: Build a knowledge base for free

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:21:44 -0000

You're now on my blogroll, under "daily reads"... I have less than 20 folk on it.

Re: Understanding the question

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:32:16 -0000

1. Price
2. Quality
3. Service
4. Chemistry between the other three.

Interesting stuff.

Re: Advice to a bespoke tailor

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:34:27 -0000

It's only a brick wall if you didn't see it coming, Dennis :)

Re: Advice to a bespoke tailor

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:12:40 -0000

David, who says the limitations are "artificial"?

I'm not even sure what you mean by "artificial".

If you decide to only work part-time, is that also "artificial"?

Both demand and supply have to be managed.

Re: The email newsletter

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:05:20 -0000

Ah. You misunderstood.We 're interested in ways in turning people who want to be English Cut customers, but (a) can't afford our suits or (b) can't justify to themselves paying that kind of money for a suit, into paying customers.We're not going to make our suits any more affordable. In fact, we'll probably do the opposite.So that leaves....?

Re: The email newsletter

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:47:23 -0000

A nice idea, but... we've already got all the suit customers we can handle. We're even thinking of starting a waiting list.Shirts don't cost as much, but methinks they scale better.

Re: The email newsletter

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:25:57 -0000

A bigger issue to me is how to we accomodate the people who want to be customers but can't afford our suits?Offering them shirts is the best idea I can think of., although of course there are supply issues with that. Other people get involved etc.

Re: The email newsletter

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:46:26 -0000

Actually, the main purpose of the newsletter is to keep our main [paying] customers abreast of our movements. Not all of them read our blogs that often.But between you and me, I would LOVE to have the mailing list up to several thousand people. If this could happen, as long as we kept the blog freah and interesting, I don't see how we couldn't have all the business (and profit) we wanted.

Re: The Lazy and Smarter Web

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:32:04 -0000

I agree, Fred. I call it "Social Search". For some things, it works far better than Google.

Edinburgh, huh? Tell your daughter to go check out Bell's Diner on Saint Stephen's Street. best damn burgers anywhere [I went to high school just down the street from there]....

Re: Leaving Rextopia

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:57:19 -0000

congrats, sam, ditto! good luck!

Re: Why I deleted my GapingVoid account

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:42:21 -0000

Hey Matthew,

Just saw this post, Rock on. It still AMAZES me, one month later, how much brou-ha-ha this wee scandal caused :)

Of course, when I say scandal, I do mean in the strictly "inside-baseball" sense of the word ;-)

Like your blog. Always good stuff going on here. Keep ut up :)

Re: Is Twitter losing it?

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:32:23 -0000

Hey, I thought you'd stopped reading my stuff...? ;-)

Re: Is Craigslist the victim of a witch-hunt?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:20:41 -0000

Amen, Brother. I met Craig N. in SF in 2007. A TOTALLY decent, humble, smart, upright guy. A man totally motivated by "Good". This whole story makes me weep....

Re: my socks don't fit

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:37:04 -0000

Funny, I LOVED the first two Bourne movies. But the third movie, sadly, just BORROWED far too many motifs from the first two movies, and double-dosed on the least interesting aspects of them. Car chase scenes, cutting the chick's hair, "Look at what they make you give", the evil CIA boss with something to hide, Southern-style Kung Fu fight scenes, Jason limping etc etc.

A pity. Nothing would have pleased me more, as a third movie, as good as the first.

Re: Rob Long: Thoughts on Old Media, New Media

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:37:42 -0000

Hey, small world... My dad discovered your blog this morning and sent me over the link. I read your book, "Conversations With My Agent" about a decade ago [It rocked, by the way].

Yeah, one of my best friends is a pretty well-known Hollywood director. From the stories he's told me, the fact that anyone manages to survive in Hollywood at all seems a minor miracle. Well done for making it happen on your end.

Good luck and Godspeed, and Happy Blogging!

Hugh

Re: The Death Of The A-list

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:18:44 -0000

Great post. As someone who regularly gets called an "A-Lister", I wrote about the same thing just over a year ago http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: History of My Blog

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:23:18 -0000

Thanks for the mention... yeah, this cartoon got a TON of coverage so far... I guess it's not surprising...

Re: Changing my blog focus, after a respite

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:44:18 -0000

t'is true.

you were number 3.

robert i know personally, and keith helped me fix my wifi.

rock on!

hugh

Re: Made Hugh’s MS bloggers wiki

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:45:47 -0000

tâ€™is true.

you were number 3.

robert i know personally, and keith helped me fix my wifi.

rock on!

hugh

Re: Thus Bespoke Zarathustra*

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:59:31 -0000

Heh. Dave's suit becomes more mythical in stature by the day...

Re: English Cut on NPR

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:00:17 -0000

Hey, they mentioned you! Congrats!

(No mention of me- what's the deal there? Heh.)

Re: TypePad takes a break … again

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:06:12 -0000

I think it's a storm in a teacup. Shit happens. By this time next week everyone will have forgotten about it.

btw I think your suit gets shipped this week. I just got mine (navy blue 3-piece with bright blue f-you pinstripes)...

Whaddya think of the shirt idea?

Re: Photographic evidence

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:09:15 -0000

Official: Just spoke to Thomas. Your English Cut suit gets sent out... TODAY.

For the record: Dave was hoping to have his EC suit in time for Syndicate, but our sewing tailors are REALLY swamped right now.

What about EC shirts? We're working on that.

Re: It’s Here

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:59:34 -0000

Yeah, guess who gets all the boring jobs around here? ;-)

Re: Live Coverage of Apple Special Event

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:03:13 -0000

Oh, God, you're not an Apple person, are you?

I am SO NEVER speaking to you again ;-)

Re: Best fracking crew ever

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:04:20 -0000

I amd SUCH the BG fanboy. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the new series.

Re: 2007/08/25/gapingvoid-facebook-app/

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:00:19 -0000

The bugs seem to have been fixed... thanks for the mention :)

Re: My new gapingvoid sidebar widget!

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:38:31 -0000

No worries, Paul. Thanks for subscribing =)

It wasn't working yesterdy for a few hours. But we seem to have fixed the problem.

Re: The Web is Your City

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:55:45 -0000

Wow. I can see my old office building in the picture. "Memories...." ;-)

Re: Les Blog in Paris program set

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:05:18 -0000

Yeah, I often have the same trouble ;-)

Re: http://scobleizer.com/2005/10/25/62/

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:25:45 -0000

Hi. My name is Hugh MacLeod and when something cool happens at Google/Microsoft/Apple, I know that I'm alive.

Re: More from Ireland

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:34:08 -0000

Rock on BifSniff!

Sorry I missed you in Dublin, Robert. I shall see you at Les Blogs then London soon after =)

Re: Ben has some issues with blogosphere

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:47:34 -0000

If Ben actually (A) drank alcohol and (B) held software and techie products to the same high standards he holds Stormhoek to, to I would take his ideas more seriously. Otherwise it's just, like they say in Texas, "Big Hat, No Cattle".

Re: Halley and Mitch say conferences “all the same”

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:41:50 -0000

Hmmmm... There are good and bad panels in any conference. You never know.

I like conferences because it's fun to catch up with friends who live in different countries than me- like seeing people like Robert, Loic, Doc etc. And the conference gives the weekend a focus.

And usually I'll meet one or two SUPREMELY COOL new people which always makes it worthwhile.

The test of a good conference to me is, how groovy are the chill-out zones (i.e. the bars and cafes).

Though to be fair, I suppose if you go to a lot of them you can start getting burned out.

Re: Blogging’s ROI? Doubled wine sales

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:16:10 -0000

Robert, I think without your example to lead them, I am sure the Microsoft bloggers would be [A] far fewer and [B] far less effective, on average.

Thanks for the kind words, Dennis. Actually, people like my Chris make my job far easier, funnily enough [Especially when they have no blog of their own, and have personally risked nothing themselves. Any fool can play "armchair quarterback with an opinion"].

But I gues this is the next big conversation I'm seeing between you and me: how big/small does the snowball have to be in order to start it rolling, and is it only limited to certain products/services/companies? And if so, how limited?

Halleluiah, we live in interesting times!

Re: Blogging’s ROI? Doubled wine sales

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:17:14 -0000

Oops.. the "my" before "Chris" was a typo. Mea Culpa.

Re: Blogging’s ROI? Doubled wine sales

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:22:41 -0000

Gee, Chris, the more you write, the less I care. Rock on.

Re: Ending 2005 in a book store

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:47:12 -0000

1. Yep, Tom Peters writes damn good books.

2. For some people,, being mean to people for a living is less daunting a prospect than coming up with a great product.

3. Congrats on the book, Robert and Shel =)

Re: Windows Vista recording session

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:59:49 -0000

Robert Fripp is God. He did a great collab with Brian Eno about 30 years ago... I think Brian Eno wrote that wee jingle that plays every time you start windows...?

OK, so I see a connection....

Re: All these lies!

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:41:01 -0000

Heh. Inspired by Mr Kawasaki:

"Top Ten Blogger Lies."

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Jason says “blog for us and make money”

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:39:23 -0000

Hey Chris Coulter, you can diss the AOL/Jason deal all you want, but the fact remains:

1. Jason has a blog. Unlike SOME PEOPLE we know.

2. Jason is having the time of his life, doing what he wants. Unlike SOME PEOPLE we know.

How's the armchair, Quarterback? Comfy?

Re: Jason says “blog for us and make money”

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:39:01 -0000

"SOME PEOPLE don’t NEED a BLOG to be fully human or to reach their potential..."

Some people don't need a career as a failed screenwriter and a lot of time spent trolling other people's blogs to be fully human or to reach their full potential, either.

Comfy quarterback armchair! Yummy!

Re: Jason says “blog for us and make money”

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:29:01 -0000

So you're successful screenwriter troll instead of a failed screenwriter troll. Lucky you.

You want me sniffing around? Why? I suppose we couldn't possibly have you posting a link telling people who you are and what you do. Oh, no, can't have that, not enough hoops for people to jump through.

Heh.

Re: Conferences, VC’ing, hot topics this morning

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:54:45 -0000

A lot of people snarking are not (A) starting up their own gigs via bootstrap, nor are they (B) getting the VC cash. Classic armchair-quarterbackism. Rock on.

Re: Good bye Switzerland

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:28:39 -0000

Lovely seeing you again, Robert... have a great flight...

Re: Track your comments, no matter where you make them

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:24:22 -0000

Neat. Quite a coincidence... as I'm writing this from Berne, home of coComments.

Re: Bloggers “bought off” by Fon? Not me…

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:35:54 -0000

What is your point, Chris? That Scoble gets lots of opportunities because of his blogging? We already know that.

But what about you?

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Blog networks changing history?

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:33:13 -0000

A blog's value comes from its authority. By closing up your network, your authority (and value) withers on the vine.

The good news is, the blogosphere is remarkably self-correcting.

Re: Popular bloggers delete comments?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:47:24 -0000

I delete comments all the time... people catch me in bad mood, it happens.

Re: Oh, Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:13:13 -0000

Yeah, Hugh was having a rant at journo's ;-)

Re: Oh, Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:14:00 -0000

Why should Chris Coulter start a blog? He gets more readers commenting here.

Not that anyone remembers what he says for more than five mintues, of course...

Re: Rick Segal says ALL MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES WATCH THIS

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:49:15 -0000

Superb. I already blogged it.

Re: Someone, please take Hugh’s Tablet PC away

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:21:42 -0000

Hey Chris, nice to see you NOT THINKING again.

Re: Someone, please take Hugh’s Tablet PC away

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:48:37 -0000

Hey /pd, I've actually been to your site a few times. Was utterly unimpressed by it. I also notice you like leaving lots of comments on lots of "A-Lister" blogs.

Nice one.

Re: Mini, comments, and let the venom flow

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:58:03 -0000

Just commented here, Robert:

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: A little bit of a dustup about our Amazon talk

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:41:02 -0000

"Amazon is a numbers driven company filled with ultra smart people. Supergeeks. Its a meritocracy."

Nobody, if you guys are so smart, why are you working for someone else?

If you guys are so smart, why are you posting anonymously? What are you scared of?

Re: Much ado about blogging (Scoble, you didn’t answer the question)

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:19:32 -0000

If the Amazon folk are so smart, why 1. Are they working for someone else and 2. Are they posting anonymously?

What are they scared of?

Re: Back to blogging my real life

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:59:08 -0000

Who said you had to matter before the Chinese government starts coming after you? ;-)

Re: My boss pulls his own April fools on me

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:31:22 -0000

Thanks for the kind mention, Robert.

Diego, I drew exclusively on the back of business cards between December 1997 up until about 2 months ago, when I switched to a Tablet PC.

I needed a break.

That being said, I see this switch as temporary. I have a new project coming up in a few week's time, which will be back on the bizcard format again.

Re: The conference vs. unconference drama continues

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:44:58 -0000

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: The conference vs. unconference drama continues

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:54:57 -0000

I just go to these things for the parties...

Re: Halfway through my blog vacation (change in comment policy)

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:24:24 -0000

Thank God you've started policing your comments. Your Mudpit had become upsetting and unreadable, due to the actions of a small, worthless minority.

Hell, my comment policy is even more stringent. See "The Happy Troll": http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Strong bloggers don’t link?

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 06 May 2006 02:42:11 -0000

Robert Fripp? I am insanely jealous. He and Brian Eno are big heroes of mine.

Re: Bad news, my mom is in hospital

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 10 May 2006 05:52:18 -0000

I'm so sorry to hear about this... prayers and love...

Re: Bawling over bowling

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:19:08 -0000

Damn, Robert, this is so sad... but thank you for sharing with us.

Love and prayers,

Hugh

Re: The motherly instinct

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:27:57 -0000

I concur with Ajijah.

Re: MediaStorm

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:51:52 -0000

Rock on, Scoble. I've made a commemorative ceramic drink coaster to mark the event:

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Cleaning up from the MediaStorm

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:23:17 -0000

I think English Cut is on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday... I get a quick mention...

So when is MS hiring The Hughtrain? Sheesh!Q

Re: Heading to the BBC

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:05:39 -0000

Re: Daz. As usual, Robert's harshest criticism comes from a non-blogger. They can dish it out but don't feel the need to take it themselves. Makes me sick.

I thought you did fine, Robert. Rock on.

Re: A recruiter’s best friend

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:34:48 -0000

"Numptie factor" is high today, Robert ;-)

Re: Hugh’s looking for Microsoft’s next big idea

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:59:11 -0000

hey, i don't mind if the big idea is still in "small mode", i just want to know what it is ;-)

Re: Day of exit interviews

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:31:16 -0000

Congrats, Robert.

Not a bad article in Wired, either...

Re: Business card best practices

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:31:31 -0000

Your wish is my command!

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Hello from the road

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:33:26 -0000

If I had an extra $3000, which I conveniently don't...

[Always leave a loophole.]

Re: We still have the scars… (Jeremy wins award for killer business card)

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:57:41 -0000

I'd be glad to, Robert. E-mail something kinda sorta what you haev in mind [just words will do, I don't need pictures]...

Re: Bloggers have a double standard when it comes to Google vs. Microsoft?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:48:49 -0000

Re: The comics discover blogging

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:56:05 -0000

I can soooooooooooooo totally relate... and I'm in the Technorati 100, dammit =)

Re: Have I lost my “blog power”?

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:22:42 -0000

Some people think there's some imaginary sky fairy out there, who magically pays "A-List" bloggers big money to keep their stats high ;-)

I'm still very interested in hearing what you have to say... although recently you seem, like me, a bit overwhelmed by the pace of things.

Thanks for posting the cartoon =) Rock on.

Re: New Web Conference: Frothy and no women

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:45:30 -0000

"frothr.com"

What's wring with Arrington making money? Every person attending the party would do the same, if they could.

Key word being, "if".

Re: New Web Conference: Frothy and no women

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:11:23 -0000

"Mostly, they’re just social events to spend some time enjoying the company of our friends."

Well, I would argue that the party was a social event, Dave. Only, the agenda wasn't about enjoying "the company of friends". But I've never seperated "work" and "social" much, as any reader of my blog can tell.

From what my spies tell me, pretty much everybody there had their own business agenda for attending. Which was made it interesting.

Re: New Web Conference: Frothy and no women

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:09:58 -0000

englishcut.com was profitable from Q1. That's because we were using the blog to sell established, expensive products. Secondly, we started it for next to nothing and kept are overheads insanely low... we still do, actually.

The way to get outside the bubble is to sell non-bubble products in the first place.

Re: Hello from SAP’s unplanned, but cool, community conference

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:14:53 -0000

Have any of your SAP peps mentioned Thingamy.com yet? ;-)

Hamish Newlands, a top SAP consultant in Europe, had a few words to say about it:

http://hnewlands.typepad.com/cardboard_spaceshi...

And then send 'em to Sigurd's blog:

http://thingamy.typepad.com

Hope ya having fun!

Hugh

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:45:57 -0000

Thanks for the kind words, Scobe...

Good points, Chris... That being said, when you consider that two of the world's top ten wine brands have recently approached me, independantly of each other, wanting to pick my brains, then your logic starts breaking down somewhat.

Anyway, I never claimed that taking on Mondavi/Kalon/Gallo on their own terms was part of the biz model. And there's no reason why should it be, unless you suffer from some sort of bizarre macro-worshipping fetish.

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:01:48 -0000

Whatever my business model is, judging from your previous comment, you'll probably be among the last to figure it out. Maybe that's part of your plan?

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:14:30 -0000

Hey Chris, I'm sorry that your life and careeer didn't work out the way you wanted. I hope you get your groove back some day.

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:38:00 -0000

No, LayZ, I hired a writer ;-)

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:54:53 -0000

"Well, it’s all constantly in play, all a flux. What my ‘groove’ was five years ago, ain’t my groove now."

Best thing you've said in ages, Coulter. Nice one.

Re: Video advertising pisses off audience? Who knew? Heheh

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:39:30 -0000

LayZ, I equate anonymous passive-aggressive behavior with impotence.

I see that you don't, for whatever reason. Interesting.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:24:39 -0000

I just got back from dinner with Shel Israel, Rick Segal and some others less than an hour ago [in London]. They were in good form.

Re: Can a corporate blogger use the "F-word?"

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:51:43 -0000

I frequently use potty-mouth words in my cartoons, but rarely in the text bits of my blog.

Re: More on Ze Frank and Rocketboom ad numbers

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:16:57 -0000

Metrics to sell to advertisers...

i.e. Metrics to sell the waking dead...

Re: What if I sold ads here?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:11:14 -0000

I think ads are a fine idea. Do not give half your money to charity because of moral pressure, though. You've earned every penny.

I guess I would be worried if I was to find my ad revenues on my blog getting so big that I couldn't afford to do without the income. YOU KNOW that would spoil a lot of the fun.

But hey, maybe that would still beat working for a living.

Go for it, I say.

Re: A list bloggers: keeping the little guy down?

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:28:51 -0000

"Robert,

As I commented to Mike Arrington, the fact that you are overwhelmed is a monster of your own creation. To an extent, you just have to deal with it."

He does deal with it, Jesse. By ignoring people. That's how I deal with it, too.

Re: My "anti-Scoble" commenter Chris Coulter joins PodTech

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:19:31 -0000

Heh. Too funny. Bravo. Congrats to Chris.

Re: Another committee takes the "soul" out of Robert Fripp

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:36:05 -0000

AND Robert Fripp is married to Toyah Wilcox. I find that VERY weird [being the big Brian Eno fanboy that I am]...

Re: Does being on TechMeme improve your sex life?

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:19:28 -0000

For grabbing a quick snapshot of what's happening in Web 2.0 at any given moment, Techmeme works brilliantly.

Hey, and guess what? That's all it was meant to do.

To give it any more power over your life than that is frankly pathetic.

Re: I love Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:18:29 -0000

David, I checked out your blog and came to pretty much a similar conclusion about your work. Basking in mediocrity like a beached whale, I thought. But that's OK, I concur with your point about Austin.

Cartooning is not about draftsmanship. Cartooning is about cartooning. Our mutual friend Ralph kinda forgot that.

Re: I love Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:22:54 -0000

David, keep digging your hole. It's fun to watch for some of us.

Re: Off to Wales…

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:04:14 -0000

hyde park closes in winter ca. 4.45, so timing is important. we can meet up elsewhere pretty easily, though.

Re: I love Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:46:10 -0000

Yes, David, I am obviously annoyed by your rapier-like wit and higher insights. Heh.

Re: This week’s schedule

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:05:53 -0000

We're meeting at Eros at Piccadilly Circus at 1pm. Hyde Park was an earlier idea, which we bagged eventually.

They're not really near each other. Eros is nice and central. It's a traditional London meet-up spot.

Congrats on the Amazon/Naked Conversations ping, Robert & shel.

Re: For Valleywag

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:07:33 -0000

Heh. Fun party. Anyway, I shall y'all tomorrow at 1pm at Piccadilly... rock on

Re: Back from the Firefox party … Jeff Ubois on book scanning on Dave Winer’s RSS couch

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:45:56 -0000

Hey Robert,

I made it home safely [but only just].... thanks for a great day out.

See you next time!

Re: I love Hugh…

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:47:59 -0000

Ah, so you're an prose expert as well as an art expert, Dave? You Renaissance Man, you ;-)

Ralph left the first comment on this thread.

Re: Sam Sethi and Hugh McLeod on ScobleShow

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:11:39 -0000

Sam and Co were filmed about 10 days before Le Web 3...

Re: One thing I hope dies in 2007

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:13:23 -0000

Oh, Dear.

Looks like I'm going to have to link to "The Shelley Cartoon" YET AGAIN:

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

I'm sure LayZ can also relate...

Re: One thing I hope dies in 2007

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:51:47 -0000

Oh, Shelley, [*sigh*]

ANOTHER cartoon...

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: The iPhone reality distortion field

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:32:35 -0000

At this rate we'll be calling it "Newton 2.0" by 2008....

Re: The highs and lows of CES

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:27:56 -0000

Does this mean Coulter will be trolling here again? =)

Re: Scoble’s a shill … more details

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:28:54 -0000

Lesson to be learned from reading these here comments: When the shit hits the fan, don't let anonymous trolls HAVE ANY CONTROL WHATSOEVER in the conversation.

They have nothing to lose, trying to tear you a new one. Nor will they stand accountable for their actions.

Without accountable identity, you owe them nothing. So use that delete button with impunity, I say.

Re: Scoble’s a shill … more details

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:02:27 -0000

You have my sympathy, Robert. Posted my response here: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archive...

Re: Google Dev: the Next Big programming Language

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:41:00 -0000

I am SOOOOOOO bummed I missed LIFT this year... but the Stormhoek "Big Love" road trip was my number one priority... and it's going fantastically well. Really sorry to miss you and Maryam, too...

Laurent is one of my favorite people in the 'sphere. A splendid chap, all round...

Re: Another Stanford University Startup coming September 2007

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:28:32 -0000

Congrats to you both!!!! Wonderful news!

Re: It’s SXSW week

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:42:01 -0000

Hey Robert, I'll be in Austin too. Giving a panel with Gabe Rivera, Kathy Sierra and David Parmet on Tuesday at 5pm....

See you there, hopefully...

Re: Apple collaborating with Amazon, Google, and Cingular on new iReader?

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:55:56 -0000

Welcome back. I think "rotten strawberries" was a bit kind and generous for my tastes, but there ya go.

See you and Maryam soon, I hope [I'm in Seattle in May].

Re: What I learned from “Whack Pack” guy

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:45:19 -0000

I dunno, just an observation, but jeeze, Chris, are you a barrel of laughs today or what?

You should try doing worth talking about one day [like both Robert and Roger actually have] and find out just how hard it is.

Re: What I learned from “Whack Pack” guy

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:46:03 -0000

Ooops... meant to insert "something" between "doing" and "worth"... mea culpa.

Re: What I learned from “Whack Pack” guy

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:52:08 -0000

One more thing, Chris, now that you've gotten my attention. The great thing about Robert [i.e. one of the secrets of his success] is that he's fallible. He's not perfect. He knows a lot about a few things, and not enough about some other stuff that maybe he should know. Just like the rest of us. Which is why we like him. Which is why we're interested in hearing what he has to say, even if his expertise doesn't spread as far and wide as we would sometimes prefer.

Just remember, if you take enough pops as somebody, eventually the crowd will turn around and start holding you up to as high scrutiny as you've been holding others to. And not everybody is ready for that to happen, so be careful.

Re: “He sure likes to eat”

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:37:06 -0000

I met Loren in March. What a great guy. I LOVE his mom n' pop attitude towards Web 2.0. Real.

Re: “He sure likes to eat”

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:24:03 -0000

P.S. I hung with Rachel when I was in NY last, too...

Re: Off for the weekend … Google Developer Day update

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 28 May 2007 12:12:56 -0000

"Mommy! Mommy Come quick! Somebody is slighting Google Boo hoo hoo hoo..."

Re: Comics, is there any way to make a business here?

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:02:46 -0000

I make a LOT more money giving the cartoons away from free than I ever would from charging.

Micropayments simply do not work, and here's why: http://shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html

That battle was fought and won at least five years ago.

Re: This might not make sense

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:47:52 -0000

Yes, but what am I REALLY trying to do? Nobody knows... yet ;-)

Re: Consensus view

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:45:13 -0000

Funny, I find myelf more nad more reluctant to put "adult" stuff onto the widget... simply because it's other people's blogs that are affected.

Re: Comics, is there any way to make a business here?

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:32:16 -0000

"'I just want to draw.' The cartoons themselves are the product. Many don’t have the time to do anything else."

All three are self-imposed limitations. Which VC's are generally unsympathetic towards...

Re: Comics, is there any way to make a business here?

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:49:40 -0000

Actually, editorial cartoons have a long and illustrious history in England- Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Tenniel, Low and Giles spring immediately to mind.

The good news is, the standard of UK editorial cartoons today is generally very high [Steve Bell is probably the most famous one]. The bad news is, the overall market can only support a tiny handful of them.

Re: Why Microsoft outplays Apple long term

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:52:38 -0000

Robert,

All the talks I've been having Microsoft recently are ALL about reaching out into the community. The conversations about actual products are very much secondary.

There's a social side to MSFT that Apple just does not have.

I agree with you that Apple have a huge opportunity with the iPhone. We'll see how long they can keep hold of it.

Re: Why Microsoft outplays Apple long term

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:53:26 -0000

Ooops. Meant to say, "All the talks I’ve been having WITH Microsoft..."

Re: Technology Bloggers, what are they good for?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:12:32 -0000

A good list there. I've become a huge fan of Rex Hmmock lately.

Re: Technology Bloggers, what are they good for?

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:13:17 -0000

*Rex Hammock. Mea Culpa.

Re: Facebook outage

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:26:31 -0000

I was with Dan Farber this morning when he got the exact same message on his Blackberry.

Funny, it wasn't a planned meeting, we just bumped into each other randomly in the bar of my hotel. He was passing down the street and saw me in the window, and came in. Small world.

This is something I've noticed; maybe there's a future blog post in it: Anything to do with Web 2.0, whether we're talking about something big [Google], medium [Twitter, Facebook] or tiny [gapingvoid, The Assimilated Negro blog] has an Achilles heel. I have yet to find an exception to the rule.

Re: Facebook outage

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:27:14 -0000

PS: I totally concur with Rachel's comment:

"Facebook was down???? Ok, slightly facetious, but just goes to show you can’t put all your eggs in one basket. Just go about doing the rest of your stuff, it’ll still be there tomorrow."

Re: Facebook outage

Hugh MacLeod — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:42:39 -0000

"One more VC"?

"One more passive-aggressive schmuck who's afraid to stand for to the name his parents, in their love, gifted him", more like ;-)

Sorry to be an asshole, Robert, but "Strong Opinions+Anonymity=Scum of The Earth".

Re: Things on my mind…

Hugh MacLeod — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:25:13 -0000

I met Steve on my last visit to Redmond. Wonderful guy. We talked a lot more about music, Robert Fripp, love and sharing than we talked about Web 2.0.

The interesting story is not about the hammer and nails. The interesting story is about the houses they build. Menlo Park forgets that sometime.

[Steve, if you're reading this, Congrats on your newborn]

Hugs and Smiles to all....

Re: Facebook Hotel?

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:15:13 -0000

If you don't like Facebook, do what grownups do: Either find something you like better, or build something better yourself.

Robert ain't your frickin' daddy....

Re: Facebook Hotel?

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:05:33 -0000

Truden, if Scoble's "friends" object to what you call Scoble "pushing", they unsubscribe from Scoble with a simple click of a mouse.

i.e. Again, they can act like grownups.

Re: Wired? Tired? Linkbaiting? I wish

Hugh MacLeod — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:31:39 -0000

Why do you feel the need to justify yourself to those guys? It's all pretty small beer, IMHO....

Re: Idiocy and blogging

Hugh MacLeod — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:11:57 -0000

Too funny. In comes Tom making these passive ageressive remarks about Robert, but what does he have to offer the online world?

http://thesmallwave.com/TSW/Home/Home.html

Boring and crap. Nice one, Tom. Carry on trolling.

[Disclosure: Robert's a good friend of mine, so I generally don't have a lot of time for the Tom's of the world.]

Re: The Blue Monster CES express

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:47:11 -0000

Comic Strip Blogger,

1. The Blue Monster is not a symbol for Microsoft. To say it is, is missing the point somewhat.

2. I'm sorry you don't like the symbol, Regardless. But if you have a better idea, let's hear it. Even better, let's see you make it happen. Your countless fans are waiting.

3. Every time Robert mentions me you're first in line, saying something negative. Sour Grapes, if you ask me. And as Robert has told you countless times before, any fool can criticize. Any fool can have an opinion.

Re: The Blue Monster CES express

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:15:59 -0000

Gerard,

I tell you exactly how I feel. 95% of the time, my work gets proper attribution. The remaining 5% of the time, I generally don't find CARING worth the effort. I'm too busy, doing other things, far more interesting.

Seeing the worst in people caries an enormous price. As does seeing the best in people. We're adults. We make the choice, one way or the other. Thanks be to God.

Re: The Blue Monster CES express

Hugh MacLeod — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:18:48 -0000

PS the person putting the bus thing together, Valerie, is a good friend of mine. Do you really think if I wanted the OFFICIAL attribution, I would not have been able to get it? Do the math.

Re: Valleywag getting crap for posting my phone number

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:38:03 -0000

I've had my phone number on my blog for 2 years or so. So far, it hasn't been a problem.

Nobody wants to be the "So you're the jackass who called Scoble" person, I suppose...

Re: More Davos namedropping…Bono and Mike Arrington

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:17:40 -0000

Kinda fun, watching "The Scobleizer" videoing a REAL rock star ;-)

Re: Era of blogger’s control is over

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:12:09 -0000

Conversation happens wherever two people meet. That was true, pre-web. It's still true, post-web.

This kind of discussion reminds me of the late 1990's i.e. "I know! Let's create a website where people will come by in their tens of thousands and talk about how great our products are!"

It sounded foolish then; it sounds foolish now. So I vote more "Louis" than "Tony". Though I'm sure Tony is a great guy, as well. Rock on.

Re: Geek Dinner Roundup

Hugh MacLeod — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:39:08 -0000

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, it was a great evening.

I thought Ben's comment re. Jason was really uncalled for. Either that, or Ben's just living in a happy, little sophomoric fantasy world.