Is there something rotten in the state of Dellmark or Blogmark?
3 Comments Published July 12th, 2006 in UncategorizedJaysus what a crowd of preening self-appointed “experts” we have spawned up here on the InterWeb.
Oh you know them….
Dell, an oft maligned target of the Web 2.0 glitterati, have kicked off a blog. Now this is excellent. The company is making an effort to get a voice out on the Internet. Is it perfect? Eh no. Is that the most important thing? No.
What’s most important is they are getting out there. What’s most important is that they are willing to have a discussion.
The reaction from the blogerrati, many of whom are jumping hysterically all over their efforts, belies the immaturity of this thing we call blogging.
Get over it folks.
Well done Dell, keep working on it. Listen to feedback, engage in conversation and learn.
PS:
Some measured commentary from Kevin Dugan, Shel Holtz and Andy Lark.
PPS:
Did I miss the election where all the experts were voted in?
3 Responses to “Is there something rotten in the state of Dellmark or Blogmark?”
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Well said Tom. Bullseye. As Usual.
People in glass houses…
You are, of course, equally self-appointed and the polemic style of your piece is not altogether alien to the “immature” and “hysterical” adjectives.
Ah Badman, as the old Irish saying goes:
“There’s none so pu-re, as the reformed whore.”
However, I think there’s a difference between coming to the defence of a project that is being pilloried, because it is not a perfect ivory tower, by the self-styled blog police.
I am certainly not perfect (though at least in my case my identity is there for all to see
, however calling foul on unfair criticism is legit in my view.
And even if it isn’t, I’m not sure I care
Thanks for the comment…
TM