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Baroness
02/08/09

In reply to Fake Steve Jobs Totally Gives Up on Blogging
I remember an early 80's episode of The Love Boat (yes, I'm embarrassed) where a woman (I think it was Michelle Brunette Knots Landing whosit whatever) grows bored because all the men at her table want to do it talk business, while she's sitting there dying for a fuck.

One of the men says, "I'm investing heavily in music videos- it's the new fantastic opportunity!" or somesuch, and all the men nod in agreement.

Only bringing it up because the preposterousness of music videos as a money-making thing was in the air; it seems like it took a decade for people to admit that they're mere commercials- they cost money, they don't directly make money.

Blogs are the new music videos. With less horribly awkward dancing. Making money from them is mostly beside the point.
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cassandra
02/08/09

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That's retarded. The whole point of blogging is to get a book deal without doing any actual hard work. He got that.
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Claire Buoyant
02/08/09

@cassandra: You don't think all that writing for his blog is hard work?
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cassandra
02/09/09

@Claire Buoyant: No. It is just facile. Hard work means doing actual journalism and talking to sources -- ostensibly, his job -- and maybe doing it well enough to win some awards. Hard work is not waking up at 3am with a snarky idea and hoping the Google search gods gift you with attention.
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BxgrlJeri
02/08/09

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The blog could have been a springboard to other things. My year as Fake Steve Jobs book and then talk show circuit. Hire a publicist and then get paid gigs waxing philosophic on shit he knows nothing about. Write another book. Talk shows. Repeat as necessary.
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