On New Media:
This is like alt.country, wherein the alt stars poked fun at the tradition, and wound up being real country.Via the Scobleizer, who in spite of all the gee whizness of his writings, and his interminable fascination with shiny new stuff, is doubtless a Good GuyTM-k-
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Everybody knows that Robert Scoble was invited to tail along with the John Edwards campaign for the 2008 presidency. And that’s a great thing. A blogger, a real blogger, with enthusiasm, the naivete of geekhood, along on a Big Media Excursion.
And damned if the first 24 hours weren’t good. And then this gem, wherein it is shown in in-your-face detail, how insignificant those who weren’t included really are:
The problem is how do average citizens do trips like this and get access if they have to pay their own way? That’s going to be a problem. Maybe bloggers should start an association to pay for their own representatives to go on trips like this. That way we’ll make sure we keep our independence and credibility, while getting access to things like this.
Average citizens?? Sheesh, dude, average citizens keep this country going, working, paying their bills, drinking a few beers on the weekend. And us average folk don’t really give a rat’s patoot about going on some cross-country boondoggle 18 months before the election. And, there’s no way any association is gonna form, since it’s foreordained that the A-listers in their little fuzzy echo chamber who are going to provide the “independence and credibility”. They’ll look a lot like the Big Media we already know and hate.
Sorry, Robert, but I’ve got better things to do.
-k-
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If you are a mother, and stop by here, Happy Mother’s Day! If you aren’t and your mother is still living, drop by and see her if you’re located nearby; at the very least, pick up the phone and call her.
I’d love to be able to call my Mom.
-k-
Special best wishes to Robert Scoble and his mom. Head over there and read his last 3 or 4 posts, and be thankful for what you still have. While you still can.
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I’m a heel. Following a public flushing of the Scobleizer from my feeds, I hear that his mother is gravely, terminally ill. Robert is at her bedside in Montana.
In one small slice of time, Robert has gone from being another echo in the chamber, to someone like all of us are: frail, human, vulnerable, and not at all in control of our lives.
One of my parents died suddenly; the other after a protracted illness. In both cases, I was just along, powerless to influence the outcome. But I had to be there with them both. I understand some of what Robert is going through right now, and am equally powerless to influence anything here. But I’m thinking of him, and wish him and his family strength and grace.
Robert describes getting the bad news.
From that post:
How do you say goodbye? One hand squeeze at a time.
Those words should be taken to heart by all of us, and not just when a friend or loved one is at death’s door. We never know for certain if we’ll return home in the evening, after leaving for work in the morning. So just follow the advice, OK?
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Goodbye, Doc Searls. Today’s link from your blog to a post from Steve Gillmor’s InfoRooter was the last straw.
Goodbye, Scoble. You are an interesting part of the echo chamber otherwise known as the blogosphere. Interesting, but not interesting enough.
Looks like I’ll have less OPML to share now. Poor me.
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