Austin Chronicle covers MeFi

March 1, 2002 6:51 AM

"You may have never heard of "weblogging," because it never yet made anyone rich, but blogging is a way cool deal, man"

In preparation for SXSW, MeFi gets a shout-out in the Austin Chronicle.
posted by ColdChef to MetaFilter-Related at 6:51 AM (25 comments total)

"Metafilter, Memepool, Boingboing.net, I'm on those blogs all the time. Blogdex, Daypop, those sites rock. SXSW Interactive is totally awash in the cream of blogger royalty. They've got Meg of Megnut, and Derek of Powazek, and Jason of Kottke, and Jeffrey of Alistapart, and a very Mongol host of other bloggers. If this recital means nothing to you, you are probably old and near death now. "
posted by ColdChef at 6:52 AM on March 1, 2002

This little article says many of the things I've been wanting to say for years.

The internet has brought the human race together people. The world hasn't ever been so small...
posted by feelinglistless at 7:01 AM on March 1, 2002

the cream of blogger royalty.

Didn't we have a discussion on A-list bloggers the other day and how they don't exist? Or something?
posted by remlapm at 7:05 AM on March 1, 2002

Although I have to say that paragraph above seems familiar...
posted by feelinglistless at 7:05 AM on March 1, 2002

feelingcommunal
posted by ColdChef at 7:05 AM on March 1, 2002

Bruce Sterling reads MeFi? Hey Bruce!
posted by rodii at 7:10 AM on March 1, 2002

He only reads me, Rodii, but I'll tell him hi for you.

Hey Bruce!
posted by Skot at 7:44 AM on March 1, 2002

So can anybody deconstruct the editorial process that has them linking boingboing.net, but none of the other sites mentioned in that story? Wait - I just realized it's the only one that includes a top level domain, so it's probably like an e-mail package that automatically recognizes that as a link and formats it as such. Boy, that could probably lead to some unfortunate consequences don't you think?

But, as long as I'm typing, "way cool," really? I can't read/hear that without mentally filling in "like my new video, teen steam."
posted by willnot at 8:01 AM on March 1, 2002

Willnot: I've seen that sort of thing before, and have also been curious. Maybe the Chronicle just doesn't like us.
posted by Su at 8:20 AM on March 1, 2002

Matt's not rich? How can he not be with the exorbitant membership fee?
posted by pardonyou? at 8:21 AM on March 1, 2002

Derek of Powazek, and Jason of Kottke
Robin of Locksley, Asterix of Gaul
posted by riffola at 9:27 AM on March 1, 2002

Sir Loin of Beef, Sir Ossis of Liver...
posted by kindall at 9:37 AM on March 1, 2002

Nostrils break Mach III. Riffola and Kindall sued. Nokia offers to pay for prosecution costs. Kindall, a repeat offender, tipped for Angola state prison.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:59 AM on March 1, 2002

i miss the chronicle. new york is better than austin in most every way, but the chronicle is infinitely preferable to the village voice. i still go to the chron for my movie reviews. chronicle doesn't have dan savage, though.

feelingnostalgic.
posted by mlang at 10:25 AM on March 1, 2002

I've loved Bruce's writings in Wired and other places before, and this certainly was a good article, but did it sound a bit hunter-s-thompson-esque to anyone?

I could imagine Bruce holed up in his office, surrounding himself with browser windows and computer magazines, all hopped up on a nyquil and allergy medicene bender, cranking this article out in one pass. I'm not saying it's bad, I love it, it's just so gung ho jumping from one topic to the next.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:30 AM on March 1, 2002

Odd that he didn't have a link to his blog
posted by Lynsey at 10:35 AM on March 1, 2002

what matt said=fear and loathing in austin? ;)
posted by Lynsey at 10:37 AM on March 1, 2002

i can't believe he didn't invite everyone over to visit his bathroom.
posted by judith at 11:00 AM on March 1, 2002

One peep of commercial spam on their stainless not-for-profit network, and the net-gods would reach right into your router and just throttle you, like an egg-sucking dog.
*woof*
posted by whatnot at 11:11 AM on March 1, 2002

what matt said=fear and loathing in austin? ;)...Golf Shoes! Bring Golf Shoes!
posted by Mack Twain at 11:24 AM on March 1, 2002

One peep of commercial spam on their stainless not-for-profit network, and the net-gods would reach right into your router and just throttle you, like an egg-sucking dog.

I didn't catch that in the article as I skimmed it. I'm honored to have a johnny cash reference bestowed upon the not-for-profit web.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:42 AM on March 1, 2002

So can anybody deconstruct the editorial process that has them linking boingboing.net, but none of the other sites mentioned in that story

bruce is speaking with cory doctorow , who writes boingboing.net, at sxsw.
posted by rebeccablood at 12:21 PM on March 1, 2002

I could imagine Bruce holed up in his office, surrounding himself with browser windows and computer magazines, all hopped up on a nyquil and allergy medicene bender, cranking this article out in one pass.

Either him or the usual number of monkeys at the usual number of keyboards--quel trite-o-rama. Lame and not ironically lame, not post-ironically lame. Just lame. Lame-o. Lame-ola. The lame-meister. Mr. Big Shot Sci-Fi Writer typin' on his keyboard. Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame.

Subtitles by kafkaesque to follow.
posted by y2karl at 8:06 PM on March 1, 2002

Flying drunken baboon kick? Very impressive!
posted by Kafkaesque at 4:05 PM on March 4, 2002

Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame.

I couldn't disagree more. (OK, well, I could disagree more, but then we'd be talking about ritual disembowelment, and no one likes that.) Not sure why the vituperation, Karl...the piece couldn't be called stunningly well-written, but.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:26 AM on March 5, 2002