The place to be was Robert Scoble’s Geek Dinner, tonight at Mendys, NYC. It’s interesting to note that the people whose blogs you’ve read but never met – are even better in the real world.
Could become a good thesis for some poor Phd sap
Statistical evidence of good people writing good blogs
My anti-phd ramblings aside, it was a very interesting event, where, for example, a 5 minute conversation started with Einstein and when he arrived in America, moved on to the war, then over to why Bush ain’t cool (Jeff is the man for that) then over to issues of Google and RSS, with a hint of why Winer did what he did (yes, he did. And no, I still dont know why?!) and a good finishing round of awesome falafel, Mendy’s style!
It is great to know that others who blog (some famous ones) are really down-to-earth types and are more than willing to listen to and patient with newbie bloggers like myself.
(Hmm, there’s gotta be a term for newbie-bloggers … gotta coin one ASAP, this is my golden opportunity to get on the Jargon Watch in Wired)
Let me write more later, once I get my names and facts straight.
I Love Surabhi
(She made me do it, I swear)
(Well, i do love her too, so there!)
17 Jun 2004 at 10:09 am
Bloglet, Blaby, Bligger, Blogfant?
17 Jun 2004 at 12:49 pm
Bloglet – More like a mini-blog, instead of a bloggER
Blaby – No way i’m going to be called that. Not since I turned 2.
Bligger – Hmm… on seconds thoughts, nah.
Blogfant – Now THAT is interesting, cos I thought of it too …
But, that would mean a blog written by parents,
posting as their infant
(for example, see my good friend’s new-born’s blog here … Bitoo’s blog )
17 Jun 2004 at 12:57 pm
We met at dinner last night, I’m Mike.
It was a good time, you are right about meeting bloggers face to face. I’m at http://mike.ourshay.org
17 Jun 2004 at 4:15 pm
Vinit,
It was our pleasure to meet you last night. No, I am not one of those yutzes who writes in the “royal we;” the “we” I refer to is Elias Landsman, my son, and me Dean Landsman, his father, who sat right across from you.
Let’s stay in touch. An extended benefit of meeting those whom one has only read or traded e-mails with is the ability and opoprtunity to remain in touch and maintain the dialogue and the face-to-face meetings, even if only on an ad-hoc basis.
So let’s stay in touch, and get together from time to time. I’ve arranged a few blogger dinners in NYC, and will add your name to the list.
–Dean Landsman
DeanLand (temporary blog URL)