Andrew Sullivan thinks it will all come down to what the NFL covered up. I tend to agree, but I also think, with Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier, that Small Football will fold first.
Category: blogging
Jay Caspian Kang on Narrative and Kevin Durant’s Big Leap
Don’t agree with all of this, but it’s great writing.
He’s totally right, though, about the only Hall of Fame that matters.
Search Term Mailbag Vol. 82
It’s that part of the show where we pretend your search terms are sent by you to me ala The CBS Mail Bag or Craig Ferguson’s cheeky email segment. Ready?
Go!
Lenny Dykstra.
Yes.
A saint, perhaps the sister of St. Kevin.
The Cleveland Blue Socks
For You Beloved Nexus of Lehigh Valley Denizens and WordPress Nerds
Doesn’t the WordPress stat info at the top of your blog look like Bethlehem Steel?:
That is all.
No, wait. I just thought about the fact that Americans used to make things, like steel, that were used to build things, like bridges. Still, this will not be a cynical “and now all we make are blogs” kind of post. Division of labor and all of that. Quite.
Come quickly, green industry. Maranatha, renewable energy production. We have the vacant buildings on the river to accommodate your needs. We know the Steel isn’t coming back, that China leads the world in the cement production (and cement-related air pollution). But we also know that a service-based economy only lasts so long (I’m thinking until about 2008).
Ward Sutton and the Village Voice Illustrate The Daily Cocca? (I Did See Michael Musto on a Bike in Chelsea Once)
Do Ward Sutton and folks at the Village Voice read The Daily Cocca? You know I like to think so.
Finally, there’s proof. Via Graphic Policy:
See 7 more designs at “Washington DC Reboot” via the Village Voice. We anticipated as much here on November 1.
In related news, NPR basically endorsed Newt Gingrich yesterday, perhaps not realizing what they were really saying by saying a Newt presidency would bring back the 90’s. More to come on that later.
Drew Olanoff on Klout and Doing Things
An excerpt from “Klout Is Breaking Up With Early Adopters” at The Next Web:
Klout is going after middle-American novice tweeters who might have mentioned a body spray once or twice. With its service, Axe could reach people like that directly in large bunches and give them samples of new products.
How do we know this? Because Klout recently changed its scoring algorithm. People absolutely lost their minds in the comments on the post and on Twitter.
This type of comment was posted over and over again there:
Very unhappy with this change. My score went from 73 down to 53. 20 point drop. I’ve been working for months to increase my Klout score. Please fix this.
This is proof that people who are “working” on being relevant shouldn’t use any type of service. As my good friend Alex Hillman says and has tattooed on his arm, “JFDI”. Just do it, and don’t worry about what you’re getting out of it, and all will be fine.
He’s right, isn’t he? It’s tempting to worry about Klout, to obsess about why your Facebook friend count is down or why someone stopped following your blog. It’s easy to fixate on stats. Just do what you like and do it well. Curate that beauty and be that unique voice.
Also: It can’t be a coincidence that JFDI is just one letter from Jedi.
Related articles
- Is Klout losing its clout? (digitaltrends.com)
- Why Klout scores are possibly evil (money.cnn.com)
- Klout CEO “We Messed Up On This One and Are Deeply Sorry” (blogworld.com)
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