The Blogging World….

Wow – what a little tempest! The first response to the local NBC affilate’s invitation to the “Blogger Ascertainmnent” by me, Paul Jones and Brian Russell provoked David Kirk to respond in NBC’s defense. To that, Paul Jones, Brian Russell and Paul Jones again responded, and the NBC guy trying to get this organized commented on each of those threads.
Despite it being on Monday at noon (unless they show they are smarter then we give them credit for and change the time, venue and availability of food and drinks), I am thinking about going anyway (I signed up as “Maybe” for now). The NBC’s folks are right now on a fast and steep learning curve of a dizzying speed, trying to figure out how to deal with bloggers. Perhaps I can help them out by going there (and I see that several more folks have signed up in the meantime). After all, we want to cooperate with the MSM – blogs are not their competitors unless the MSM outlets position themselves that way, and they need help in understanding the new media model.
In other news, I was in a really foul mood yesterday, itching for an Usenet-style fight. I tend to keep my blog pretty clean, so I went and fouled up a friend’s blog which got infested with the slimiest of wingnuts. Sorry, Tom! I’m in a better mood now, so I do not intend to go there again. Will wait for another post of Tom’s to go and say something nice for a change.