Comments on: The Hip Club and the Coffee Shop http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/ the personal blog of Neil Kramer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Are Ranking Lists Bad for Blogging? | Citizen of the Month http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-2/#comment-294118 Are Ranking Lists Bad for Blogging? | Citizen of the Month Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:41:37 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-294118 [...] I complained when Guy Kawasaki creating AllTop.  Even though I was on one of his lists as a “Top Blog,” I was worried that he was creating a “velvet rope” of haves and have nots by the very act of making his lists.   Authority is powerful, especially when it becomes recognized as THE authority. [...] [...] I complained when Guy Kawasaki creating AllTop.  Even though I was on one of his lists as a “Top Blog,” I was worried that he was creating a “velvet rope” of haves and have nots by the very act of making his lists.   Authority is powerful, especially when it becomes recognized as THE authority. [...]

]]> By: Citizen of the Month » The Great Interview Experiment - Six Months Later http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-2/#comment-228161 Citizen of the Month » The Great Interview Experiment - Six Months Later Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:05:15 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-228161 [...] panels of blogging “rockstars,” private parties sponsored by websites isolating all the ”top” blogs from the run-of-the-mill ones, or keynote speeches by bloggers that everyone has known for [...] [...] panels of blogging “rockstars,” private parties sponsored by websites isolating all the ”top” blogs from the run-of-the-mill ones, or keynote speeches by bloggers that everyone has known for [...]

]]> By: smtwngrl http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222868 smtwngrl Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:05:57 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222868 I am so much more a coffee shop girl than a hip nightclub girl. Thanks so much for giving us anti-hipsters a place to hang our hats and be "somebody". I'm still enjoying reading interviews of people I'd never have found if it weren't for you! I am so much more a coffee shop girl than a hip nightclub girl. Thanks so much for giving us anti-hipsters a place to hang our hats and be “somebody”. I’m still enjoying reading interviews of people I’d never have found if it weren’t for you!

]]> By: Edgy Mama http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222845 Edgy Mama Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:03:56 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222845 I spend a good portion of my days in coffee shops. Recently, I even spent an evening in a Waffle House. Do you even have WHs in CA? I spend a good portion of my days in coffee shops. Recently, I even spent an evening in a Waffle House. Do you even have WHs in CA?

]]> By: gorillabuns http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222816 gorillabuns Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:07:21 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222816 I think blogging in general is one big social experiment. and we are all the lab rats. I think blogging in general is one big social experiment. and we are all the lab rats.

]]> By: Theresa B. http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222796 Theresa B. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:00:09 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222796 I checked Alltop out, but there's no "there" there. What I like about blogging and the internet is that suddenly, we don't have to rely on underpaid, overworked middlemen, deciding who gets published or not. We get to decide whether to write and who to read. And with no threat of losing your contract, it doesn't even have to be about stats or comments. I really like this conversation you've got going. You and others who've been around, Fringes, Danny and Saviabella, people I've met through the interview project. I may have found the diner a little late, but the coffee's on and there's always room at the table. This thing you have created is special and don't you forget it. I checked Alltop out, but there’s no “there” there. What I like about blogging and the internet is that suddenly, we don’t have to rely on underpaid, overworked middlemen, deciding who gets published or not. We get to decide whether to write and who to read. And with no threat of losing your contract, it doesn’t even have to be about stats or comments.

I really like this conversation you’ve got going. You and others who’ve been around, Fringes, Danny and Saviabella, people I’ve met through the interview project. I may have found the diner a little late, but the coffee’s on and there’s always room at the table.

This thing you have created is special and don’t you forget it.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222785 Neil Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:12:02 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222785 Mrs Mogul -- I can't even picture you in a diner anymore. You are on all of the VIP lists. Next time -- we meet on that diner on Queens Blvd. Mrs Mogul — I can’t even picture you in a diner anymore. You are on all of the VIP lists. Next time — we meet on that diner on Queens Blvd.

]]> By: mrsmogul http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222783 mrsmogul Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:04:50 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222783 Queens girl myself I MISS DINERS! There are some here but it's not the same NYC style grease! I am on ALLTOP, I just asked the guy to list me and he did without any VIP treatment. Queens girl myself I MISS DINERS! There are some here but it’s not the same NYC style grease! I am on ALLTOP, I just asked the guy to list me and he did without any VIP treatment.

]]> By: Arjewtino http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222767 Arjewtino Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:37:45 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222767 “you don’t want to be interviewed by some “D-lister”. Did someone actually say/write that? “you don’t want to be interviewed by some “D-lister”.

Did someone actually say/write that?

]]> By: lfar http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-222761 lfar Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:32:27 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2008/03/15/the-hip-club-and-the-coffee-shop/#comment-222761 Man, I toggle between "the whole blogosphere is a coffee shop!" and "the whole blogosphere is high school part 2". Sometimes it feels so inclusive, like shallow things don't matter. And sometimes there's high strung drama about link backs and comment whores and silly things like that. I just checked your technorati... I never realized you were so huge, Neil! That's a testament to you, I think- you keep it real even though you're a semi-super star. Man, I toggle between “the whole blogosphere is a coffee shop!” and “the whole blogosphere is high school part 2″. Sometimes it feels so inclusive, like shallow things don’t matter. And sometimes there’s high strung drama about link backs and comment whores and silly things like that. I just checked your technorati… I never realized you were so huge, Neil! That’s a testament to you, I think- you keep it real even though you’re a semi-super star.

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