Comments on: The A-Lister’s Demise http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/ Alan Gutierrez blogs on software, social networks, and himself. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ric http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-180 Ric Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:20:24 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-180 Alan I'm not sure that "fiends" isn't more applicable sometimes - speaking for myself of course! You're right about the "A-listers" - often the value is in the comments section, where they provide a forum for discussion between others. Perhaps better described as a "venue", like for other conferences, conversations and confrontations! BTW - I started reading you because you commented somewhere (gapingvoid from memory), and you sounded like you cared - you sound even more like that these days, post-Katrina, and I think you've got more interesting because of it. Alan

I’m not sure that “fiends” isn’t more applicable sometimes - speaking for myself of course!

You’re right about the “A-listers” - often the value is in the comments section, where they provide a forum for discussion between others. Perhaps better described as a “venue”, like for other conferences, conversations and confrontations!

BTW - I started reading you because you commented somewhere (gapingvoid from memory), and you sounded like you cared - you sound even more like that these days, post-Katrina, and I think you’ve got more interesting because of it.

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-178 Alan Gutierrez Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:16:21 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-178 Dave Do get down here. I'll have to post photographs of my dive. How do I describe it? The EPA has a term for it. I call it quaint. Dave

Do get down here. I’ll have to post photographs of my dive.

How do I describe it? The EPA has a term for it. I call it quaint.

]]> By: Dave http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-176 Dave Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:47:59 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-176 And I hope to come down for a visit soon -- I've been away too long. The past week I've been experiencing a bit of "blogathy" and let things slide, but I need to get back into the conversation. That is to say, I agree wholeheartedly with what you wrote here, Alan. And I hope to come down for a visit soon — I’ve been away too long. The past week I’ve been experiencing a bit of “blogathy” and let things slide, but I need to get back into the conversation. That is to say, I agree wholeheartedly with what you wrote here, Alan.

]]> By: Maitri http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-173 Maitri Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:11:00 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-173 To quote a great line from a <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0218839/" rel="nofollow">superb yet Oscarless</a> movie, "Likewise, I'm sure." I'm glad I met you as well, Alan. I'm hoping that in the months ahead, you and others will help me discover (or rediscover) New Orleans after six months of being gone and returning to a city that's not quite as I left it. What a long, strange trip it is. It's overwhelming. To quote a great line from a superb yet Oscarless movie, “Likewise, I’m sure.” I’m glad I met you as well, Alan. I’m hoping that in the months ahead, you and others will help me discover (or rediscover) New Orleans after six months of being gone and returning to a city that’s not quite as I left it.

What a long, strange trip it is. It’s overwhelming.

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-171 Alan Gutierrez Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:31:01 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-171 Maitri It is to say that I'm happy to have met you. I'm always happy when you comment in my blog. It is so good to be able to converse with you in this way. So you're not a sophomore, no, but you're one of the less than twenty bloggers that I read daily. That's the point of all this. That I'm not taking part of the blogging churn that mirrors the cable news cycle. I'm far more interested in the bloggers in my own city, people that write about my city. This Hollywood blogging model chafes. Maitri

It is to say that I’m happy to have met you. I’m always happy when you comment in my blog. It is so good to be able to converse with you in this way. So you’re not a sophomore, no, but you’re one of the less than twenty bloggers that I read daily.

That’s the point of all this. That I’m not taking part of the blogging churn that mirrors the cable news cycle. I’m far more interested in the bloggers in my own city, people that write about my city. This Hollywood blogging model chafes.

]]> By: Maitri http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-168 Maitri Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:07:23 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-168 Thanks for the shout out, I'm happy to be considered a <i>fiend</i> rather than a friend. Your Freudian slip was definitely showing there. Ha! Speaking of which, and in full appreciation of your brand of crazy, you should give 3 Mustaphas 3's <i>Friends, Fiends & Fronds</i> a listen. I love it! Oh, and ... psssst, some of us have been blogging since 2001 but didn't call it a weblog or a blog. They were just posts on my website, the evolution of which looks something like vi and emacs Blurbs --> HTML Mental Ooze --> HTML Procrastination Central --> PHP Radical Soup --> Blogger VatulBlog --> WordPress VatulBlog. Maybe I should chart the path of the Blog A La Me. Always sophomoric, but never a sophomore, darling. Thanks for the shout out, I’m happy to be considered a fiend rather than a friend. Your Freudian slip was definitely showing there. Ha!

Speaking of which, and in full appreciation of your brand of crazy, you should give 3 Mustaphas 3’s Friends, Fiends & Fronds a listen. I love it!

Oh, and … psssst, some of us have been blogging since 2001 but didn’t call it a weblog or a blog. They were just posts on my website, the evolution of which looks something like vi and emacs Blurbs –> HTML Mental Ooze –> HTML Procrastination Central –> PHP Radical Soup –> Blogger VatulBlog –> WordPress VatulBlog. Maybe I should chart the path of the Blog A La Me. Always sophomoric, but never a sophomore, darling.

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-166 Alan Gutierrez Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:29:12 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-166 Ha! Yeah. I'm thinking about rules of engagement, now that I've read Dave Winer's post. That was a bit much. He seems to need to get a little further away from his celebrity. Reminded me of one of the popular girls at high school. Ha! Yeah. I’m thinking about rules of engagement, now that I’ve read Dave Winer’s post.

That was a bit much. He seems to need to get a little further away from his celebrity. Reminded me of one of the popular girls at high school.

]]> By: Niti Bhan http://blogometer.com/post/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-165 Niti Bhan Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:40:25 +0000 http://blogometer.com/2006/01/31/the-a-listers-demise/#comment-165 Nice! Pity I was 'conversing' with you by email and on the phone to have read this post earlier.... heh... so tell me, did you mean to say 'fiends and peers' or was that a typo? Nice! Pity I was ‘conversing’ with you by email and on the phone to have read this post earlier…. heh… so tell me, did you mean to say ‘fiends and peers’ or was that a typo?

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