November 6, 2006

parmet is right, of course

Excellent point from Dave Parmet:

I was going to comment on this.

And then I read this.

And it occured to me that picking fights with, invoking the names of or kissing up to so-called A-listers as a means to generate blog traffic is sooooooo 2004.

The blogosphere has moved on, People. Deal with it.

[Meanwhile:] I wish Gabe would create a Techmeme widget like this Netscape one for my sidebar. That would be so cool. [UPDATE:] Gabe tells me there is a Techmeme widget here. It's a bit wide for my liking, is there any way to make it slimmer? Thanks, Gabe! [UPDATE:] Gabe tells me that yes, in fact it does fit on the sidebar. Mea Culpa. Thanks again, Gabe!

Posted by hugh macleod at November 6, 2006 12:18 PM | TrackBack
Comments

That's funny, I'm trying to generate blog traffic as we speak...

...no idea how though...

It's all about the photos!

(sorry)

Posted by: Rob McDougall at November 6, 2006 1:01 PM

Cool widget Hugh... Many thanks!

Loaded the widget script to my blog (under Gaping Void of course!).

OK OK no more kissing up!

Posted by: Sheamus at November 6, 2006 1:06 PM

Just when I wanted to tell you how much I liked your blog and how marvelous your cartoons are.
Oh well... in that case.

Worst is even I can't pick on you either.
Wait a sec!

Are you an A-Lister?

Posted by: franky at November 6, 2006 1:54 PM

Excellent blog Hugh. You've given me much to think about. Cheers.

Posted by: Kav at November 6, 2006 2:54 PM

Hey Hugh: love your stuff, most notably your fine-tuned sense of irony. Is it cool if I link to you? (Are you supposed to ask before linking to people? It seems only polite.)

Posted by: Kae at November 6, 2006 3:28 PM

There are A-lister bloggers?! WTF?

Posted by: Mike Peter Reed at November 6, 2006 5:50 PM

Hi Hugh. I have a widget, though there's no scrolling text. Just to top three headlines. See http://blog.memeorandum.com/051021/widgets

Posted by: Gabe at November 6, 2006 6:32 PM

I hate it when bloggers I like and admire link to stuff without giving me enough context about if/why I should bother clicking on the link. If you can't quote a snippet that will do that, then write a few words about what it is you're linking to.

Thanks.

Posted by: John Seiffer - Business Coach at November 6, 2006 8:31 PM

Are you kissing up to me? Or to Gabe?

Posted by: David Parmet at November 6, 2006 8:55 PM

Kinda got this You-Me-Gabe threesome going on, Parmet.

I'm sure our womenfolk will be dead impressed...

Posted by: hugh macleod at November 6, 2006 10:20 PM

Hugh, it'll shrink automatically to fit your sidebar. Example: http://danielabarbosa.blogspot.com/ (BTW, thanks Daniela!) What's shown is just the maximum possible width.

Posted by: Gabe at November 7, 2006 10:32 AM

blogs are dead media by 2009

Posted by: Peter at November 7, 2006 1:27 PM