Comments on: In the event of Zombie apocalypse, please keep blogging

By: Nathan Bowers

Nathan Bowers — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:12:45 +0000

@ Mike,

Decal is *perfect* for a young kid’s room :-)

Yeah you can’t worry about the “A-list”. That’s like never doing anything creative with a pencil because “Picasso was awesome”.

When you launch, let us know!

By: Mike Stankavich

Mike Stankavich — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:10:20 +0000

Nathan, I saw this post on BoingBoing just after I read your post. Zombie apocalypse wall-decal Is that a coincidence, or a sign of the coming apocalypse???? :) I have been planning to get started blogging for several months, but I really stalled out on that concern that the A-listers would always be a step ahead of me. But I finally realized that as you say, it just doesn't matter - blog anyway. I think it was Charlie Gilkey that pointed out to me that Havi started her blog less than six months ago and she is already tremendously successful. So it's never too late. Thanks for the encouragement to get out there and do it.

By: Nathan Bowers

Nathan Bowers — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:36:36 +0000

@ Giles and Sparky, I agree. Funny that Mr. Long Tail himself, Chris Anderson, is editor in chief of Wired. I feel like he knows better, but the magazine has to run a certain way (annoying subscription blow ins, billing reminders, 75% ad content, etc) because that’s just the way the mag biz works. Guess you can’t change an engine on a flying airplane.

Thanks Jenny and Naomi, feel free to come by and swear it up anytime.

By: Nathan Bowers

Nathan Bowers — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:27:47 +0000

@ WWA, funny that you tell people to “man up” while you use a fake email and no URL in blog comments. I don’t bite, I promise.

By: Why Would Anyone...

Why Would Anyone... — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:43:17 +0000

Are you capable of any independent thought at all or do you always have to quote other people in order to come to your own conclusions? I didn’t like Paul’s piece in Forbes or his attitude about blogging so I made sure I read both rebuttals mentioned in comments on Wired, but I have to say, you rebuttal writers need to man up and see where your own faults lie before you go criticizing someone else.

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:44:56 +0000

First of all, a-fucking-men indeed.

Second, a-fucking-men to Jenny’s a-fucking-men, because SOMEBODY has to go around swearing in people’s comments.

By: Holden Helena

Holden Helena — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:10:56 +0000

Here here!

By: Sparky Firepants

Sparky Firepants — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:09 +0000

Awesome. Well said.

If anyone is blogging or thinking of not blogging based solely on AdSense and Google page results/marketbility, they’re already approaching it without any sense of humanity.

That’s why they also call it “citizen journalism.”

Sorry, Wired. It’s *you* who need to compete with real humans, not vice versa.

By: Giles Bowkett

Giles Bowkett — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:55:36 +0000

Boutin’s argument is that paid bloggers have made “real” bloggers meaningless. But he *is* a paid blogger. And he’s not just incriminating himself, he’s also totally missing the point. He needs to read “The Long Tail.” Specificity drives blogs, not some “mainstream.” It’s not about dominating Google. It’s about driving community conversation.

By: Jenny, Bloggess

Jenny, Bloggess — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:50:19 +0000

A-fucking-men.