This fictional conversation between a bunch of Marvel Comics’ recent movie-fied characters via Twitter is funny on a level I’m not completely comfortable with. You think it’s about petered-out but then the writer slips in a reference to the recent “One More Day” storyline in the Spider-Man comics and it takes on a whole new level of funny.
Everyone knows that the announcement of Hulu as the name for the NBC/News Corp video outlet, an outlet devoted to the TV and movie content from those two media companies, and NBC Universal’s decision to pull their TV episodes from iTunes at the end of December are completely related, right?
Just want to make sure.
Clay Parker Jones has a write-up of last Friday’s Likemind meetup of bloggers and online folk – about six of us altogether – who spent the better part of an hour chatting about blogging and such.
Meeting people in person whom I had either A) only conversed with online or B) never heard of before but who share a common interest is tremendously gratifying. “Friending” someone on a social network or linking them from a blog is fine and good but it’s so much better to put a face with the name and be exposed to an actual, non-hyperlinked conversation.
Not only do these people bring great stories (Mark was hit by a stingray, Hemel told us what the New York Likemind events are like) but talking to them reminds me that tone of voice is so important in telling a story. When I meet someone in person I read their blog differently cause I have a sense of how they speak, something that adds value to their site.
Here’s hoping this is the first of many Likemind-organized meetups here in Chicago.
And the Bears are playing in the Super Bowl this Sunday. That’s why I wore this today. Even the Picasso (located in the Honorable Richard J. Daley Plaza) got in on Bears Fever.
I received an inquiry from Strumpette, who apparently is having a malfunction with the GPS device she’s implanted in the rest of the PR community, asking – and I quote – “Hey, where the hell’s Biro?”
After pulling my Star Destroyer out of the asteroid field (it helps in sending a clear transmission) Tom responded by saying, “Unlike some other notable PR people-cum-bloggers, I actually do client work and presentations.”
A plea for sanity: Can we please discontinue the use of “frienemy“? Sweet crikey – if I hear this one more time I assure you it will end badly.
[via MWWer Clayton]
While taking a survey just now I came across this question and honestly didn’t know how to answer it.
I don’t use the internet any amount of times per day. I’m always on the internet. Always. I guess if I were to count the number of times each day I opened a new internet connection I would answer “2″ but that’s a bit misleading. The first time is at roughly 7:30 in the morning, a “usage instant” that lasts just about non-stop until 4:30 in the afternoon. Then in the evening I log on for an hour or so. So that’s technically twice, with one of those sessions lasting about nine hours.
So do I choose “Daily,” which seems like a more all-encompassing answer, or “Several times daily” because that’s more technically accurate?
Attention fellow Chicago bloggers! A couple of guys are putting together a Chicago version of the Coffee Mornings meet-ups popularized by Russell Davies. Here’s the details, via Exit Creative:
Where: Intelligentsia Millennium Park, 53 East Randolph Street, Chicago
When: 8:00 AM, Friday, November 17
Who: Anyone. Ad/blog folk will attend for sure, but others are more than welcome!
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