Comments on: Blogging Crushes – Get your Virtual Date Here

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:40:30 +0000

I think the blogger who writes Dooce.Com and Tokyo Girl Down Under; Tokyo-girl.blogspot.com (different bloggers) are great!!! and of course you Darren.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:34:56 +0000

Since I wasn’t around when you did this, I think it might be neat if you did it again. ;)

By: Mike Kaltschnee

Mike Kaltschnee — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:15:38 +0000

Sorry, the link isn’t working. It’s on http://scripting.com/.

By: Mike Kaltschnee

Mike Kaltschnee — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:14:13 +0000

Timely post! Just had my “dream date” this morning. Was supposed to have coffee with Steve Rubel and Ryan from Orbitcast, and Dave Winer shows up. Even better — he records it and podcasts the whole hour!

Here’s the link: http://archive.scripting.com/2005/03/31

BTW, most bloggers, even the “A-list” are approachable. They love to meet with other bloggers. Send them an e-mail and you never know.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:38:23 +0000

Love is in the air! :)

By: Nicole Simon

Nicole Simon — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:19:20 +0000

*lol* one is sometimes surprised to find the other side in the same mode ;o)

By: pascoe

pascoe — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:29:51 +0000

I reckon my virtual blogging date would have to be the Jupiter analysts (either all of ‘em on one big group date, or if I had to pick, I’d start with Gary Stein and Niki Scevak).

Why? For that simplest of answers when it comes to the blogosphere: respect. Both for what they do in terms of being analysts in the interactive media business space, and also for how they’ve all embraced blogging to open themselves up so much.

The questions I’d ask? There’s two of them.

1. How do they prioritise their information sources? I realise as analysts they need to look at ALL the available info and sources to do their jobs well, but if they could have access to half, or a quarter, a tenth of those sources of information, what would they choose? Putting it another way perhaps, what is it they turn to first of a morning when they come into work, vs what gets put into the ‘to absorb on the bus ride home’ pile…

2. This second question will have influenced their answer to the first question, and its a broad one – what do they think is the best path to becoming an analyst, specifically in the interactive/new media/technology space? Speciality in a related field? Management experience? Vast experience in a totally absolutely different field?

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:06:40 +0000

Aside from you Darren??? Seriously though although I’d like to one day meet in person Calacanis, Denton, Jeremy Wright, Dave Winer, Rubel, Scoble and perhaps a few others (even yourself!) I certainly don’t dream of them at night and aside from saying “G’day, how’s it going” and “wadhavya been up to” I not sure what else I’d say. I think favouring one blogger over others would limit an average bloggers input and create a monoculture of thought that would be detrimental to the greater good, the success and richness of the blogosphere is best reflected in its diversity, so the more the merrier, even if my Bloglines list keeps getting longer and taking longer again to read.