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Net-WhoisNG-Person-0.03

Lunch: $25,000 Per Person

A Person Is Known By the Blog He Keeps

Net-WhoisNG-Person-0.01

So How Would You Prove You're a Person?

"We've been available through AIM for 2.5 months now. I've handed out cards to YAs (and a few adults) and have them around the library for people to take. I had the chance to speak to 75 freshman and gave told them about it. (They were pretty amazed). Anywho, this has resulted in over 50 questions from about 35 patrons. (And no, I'm not counting the questions asking if I was a robot or a person). Not a bad ROI." [walking paper]

I'm an ordinary person

Saara writes an ironic response to a recent Finnish article in Aamulehti by Juha Seppälä. This journalist had went through some of the blogs from the Pinseri list, and wrote a dismissive article on why "bloggers are just ordinary people who say boring things." (Some more commentary in Finnish at Anita Konkka's blog .)

Chris Anderson (the Editor of Wired-magazine) said that (and I'm paraphrasing from memory here) "as an editor my responsibility is to reach to as many people as possible, but as a blogger I just want to reach the 20 people in the world I can exchange thoughts with."

That's exactly what matters. Most blogs (WAY most) in the world have less than 20 readers. They are the "long tail" of blogging. They are the ones where people post pictures of their kittens and talk about their ordinary life using ordinary words. And other ordinary people read their blogs - but those are the people that matter to the blogger himself.

Blogging is about people. Everyone of us tries to be with people that we like and can share things (ideas, thoughts, feelings, stuff) with. We call them friends. Exposing a carefully selected part of yourself to the public is just that; sharing with people that feel the same way as you. Even the people who passionately hate something and gather a large group of enemies, tend also to gain some supporters. You write in public - people react. Who cares if it's ordinary? Ordinary matters to a large number of people. It's their life and their interests.

I don't really know most of the people reading this blog. I seem to get about 600-800 unique readers/day (2000 page views), most of which seem to be from random googlers, so perhaps I have about 200 regular readers. I know some of you, but I can only imagine what kicks the rest of you get from reading my ramblings. Granted, I also get a bit of kick out of thinking that so many people find me interesting. But truthfully, I really care only about a few of you. No offense.

I love an ordinary person. But she's also a blogger. I like to read what she writes, even though we share the same bed, because when things are written they take on a form that is different from your day-to-day life. The words on the screen have been carefully thought out, their order not as random as when we talk. Paradoxically I think it makes me understand her better, as sometimes it's easier to write your thoughts than it is to speak them.

But that's just me. Your mileage may - and should - vary.

Open Source Person

gaming makes you a better person

Talking to your car like a crazy person

Universal Person Locator

Hardest core person so far

How do you ask someone to be the 1,000th
person to die for a mistake?

``I'm not your regular person, I guess.'

Time's Person of the Year

Software that is limited to one person
using it is BAD!

If you have kids that like to game online or each have their own computer you are going to want to read the referenced article. My blood pressure goes up when I read about how some software companies are becoming so restrictive in their utilization of software. [Infowor ld]

Holding out for a "horse person"

Fresh first-person shooters

Another PR Person Looking at Personal
Journalism

Steve Rubel has a new blog, Micro Persuasion, "on how blogs and participatory journalism are impacting the practice of public relations."

Can a bigot be a good person?

McBride Speaks, In Person And In Print

One person’s CD stack is another’s
bright idea

Person 'missing' after Kent blast

First-person account of Mass. gay
marriage

Suddenly a roar erupted all around us. Things began to move more slowly. I grabbed Aaron's hand tighter and started running forward up the steps. Everything was a blur. I lost his grip briefly as he stopped close to the entrance to accept a rose from someone in the crowd. I paused at the top of the steps, and turned to wait for him.

I've been in front of some large, happy, and cheering crowds before, but only on a stage -- never with a throng pressing in from all sides, with clapping hands outstretched, cameras flashing, and a deafening roar.

I stood there facing the crowd as Aaron walked towards me with a sparkle-encrusted yellow rose and a huge grin on his face. As he reached me, I put my hand around his waist and waved to the crowd. I tried to look at all the people, but my eyes couldn't focus.

We turned and walked into City Hall. My head spun. The lights seemed blinding after coming in from the street. A man in a tuxedo sat at a table and said something like "What are your intentions", through it was probably more like "Are you here to declare your intentions?" A reporter stood behind him pointing a microphone connected to a minidisc recorder at us. People and press thronged around.

I looked at Aaron. He shrugged.

"Um, we're here for a marriage license...?" I said.

Another Person in Vietnam Dies From Bird
Flu

"You're supposed to marry the person you
love, Mom"

One Person Wins Record $290 Million
Pot (AP)

Fresh first-person shooters released

Fan-magazine picks a different average
person for every ish

David Weinberger, a small person

Warning to conservative readers: partisan thoughts below

David Weinberger

I don't think I'm going to have the fortitude to watch the Republican Convention. I know that makes me a small person, but I just can't take it.

Mitch on IM

Mitch: sorry, distracted by the glaring whiteness of the RNconvention. no people with any color while Rudy talks
Mitch: pretty wretched talk -- it is ugly in several dimensions, suggesting anyone who disagrees with Bush is an appeaser
Mitch: he literally just said "either you are with us or with the terrorists"
Mitch: and followed by comparing Bush to Churchill
Mitch: Rudy is sure he's Churchillian

Fresh First-Person Shooters Released
(AP)

First Person Shooter - Under 100KBs of
Code

first-person account of webmonkey's
demise

Are You a "Christmas In July" Person?