October 29, 2003
Is it Friday yet?

This week has certainly been fascinating. Monday, I did something braindead on a work machine, yesterday I started a flame war.. I wonder what today will bring?

In other news, Connecticut appears to be under a deluge.. personally, I'm packing all this rain in boxes and shipping it out to California, they could use it.

Looks like Jeremy has SARS.

Posted October 29, 2003 09:46 AM in Random
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On October 29, 2003 10:23 AM Jeremy C. Wright added:

Have a nice day Kasia.

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On October 29, 2003 11:33 AM Mark added:

A-list, here we come!

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On October 29, 2003 12:05 PM kasia added:

what, you mean I have to start writing content? That will happen..

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On October 29, 2003 12:06 PM Jason Lotito added:

Weeks like yours...are weeks you should just go to bed early after a long, hot bath.

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On October 29, 2003 01:46 PM Paul added:

Don't take it too hard. Blame sunspots.

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On October 29, 2003 03:04 PM Techie2000 added:

Just think about what all this rain would have looked like if the temperatures were below freezing.

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On October 29, 2003 05:51 PM Mark added:

Content? Goodness no. In fact, that would probably work against you. The only way to get onto the A-list is to attract the attention of A-listers, who will link to you and call you names. Most of the visitors they bring will leave one nasty comment and never return, but a small percentage of them will come back, and a small percentage of those will subscribe to your syndicated feed, and at the point you've got them hooked.

So... how to attract A-listers. Write about things they care about, and contradict them. Think 5-year-old in a restaurant shouting "WRONG, MOMMY!" That always gets their attention, and they can't help but link to you and point out what an idiot you are.

So what do they care about? Mostly themselves, their software, and this ridiculous habit they've fallen into of spewing every waking moment of their lives to 1000s of semi-anonymous readers. So anything web-related, like CSS-is-better-than-tables, is a definite winner. My-OS-is-better-than-your-OS, another winner. Blogging-will-never-replace-journalism is a sure thing. Actually, that's enough. Just cycle through those three topics, finding A-listers who have recently spewed their stupid uninformed opinions on one of them, and contradict them.

What, you thought I got to where I am now by being smart?

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On October 29, 2003 06:16 PM kasia added:

Well, actually, yes, I did :)

I'm halfway there then.. I can do dumb with both eyes closed, hands behind my back and one leg tied to a chair. I'm talented that way.

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On October 29, 2003 06:59 PM David added:

Yeah, those A-list folks are kind of like the media. They can spew anything they'd like, and people will believe them. People tend to see the A-list folk as supreme, because nobody ever tried to disagree with them.

Besides, who could disagree with the creator of product X? They know everything, every concept, every little thing that is to be known about product X. Not always. Nobody knows everything, but it is as a whole that we know everything.

Bring me a intelligent guy A+ student from Harvard, and there will be a flaw to be found somewhere.

We live in a world where agreement seems to be the pet peeve. If you want to attract the A-list folk, you have to be up there in the front, evaluating and catching out important bits that the more feeble minded won't catch.. =)

Uhh that was my entire cheer for Kasia. You go girl!

Have a good one Kasia.

Lets hope that Jeremy didn't hit the third strike of Murphy's law now..he already has a bad foot and a running nose I think.

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