"The B in blog stands for boring"
Went on Radio 5 Live's "Wake Up to Money" very early this morning to talk blogs with Mickey Clark and Andy Verity ahead of today's Blogging4Business.
It all went rather well I thought but the listener feedback that came through on text straight away afterwards was a bit deflating. Two text messages were read out as I finished my interview:
"Blogging is for egomaniacs" was the gist of the first one.
Ouch. Then the second...
"The b in blog stands for boring, Mickey..."
Oof.
Egomaniacs? Bloggers?
Don't they know who I am?
Boring? Bloggers?
Oh I received seven inbound links this morning.
;-)
Is it up online yet?
Posted by: Stephen Davies | 04/04/2007 at 10:00
Ha ha - excellent, Stephen...
Not sure when it will be online - this morning I would imagine as it is podcast daily...
Posted by: Antony Mayfield | 04/04/2007 at 10:11
Once upon a time you could walk out of a radio studio feeling good about an interview - whilst your mum and other friends would tell you how marvellously you did. Now, you get instant feedback...
Posted by: Heather Yaxley | 04/04/2007 at 10:25
Head down, press on. We all know we're changing the world :) Aren't we?
Posted by: Graham | 04/04/2007 at 15:02
Wankers!
Ooops am I allowed to say that under the blogging code of ethics?
;-)
Posted by: Euan Semple | 04/04/2007 at 23:03
I'm expecting Euan to be arrested by the Blog Thought Police any second…
Posted by: Adam | 06/04/2007 at 20:40
I helped launch the Pods and Blogs programme on 5Live, and for the first few, texts like these were a pretty constant refrain.
I wonder how many of these text messages are simply misquoting journalists in their views about blogs. ;)
Posted by: Kevin Anderson | 11/04/2007 at 15:00
Or directly quoting :-)
Posted by: Antony Mayfield | 11/04/2007 at 15:29