I, ME, MAC: The Gospel of Blog
Published April 09, 2004
From the NY TIMES: "In this day and age, gifted, exacting, and loquacious bloggers contribute much more than mindless personal journal entries or regurgitated news stories peppered with meaningless, simplistic, or overly obvious observations. They often add an additional dimension and context to what would normally be useless tidbits from the news media that have no bearing in larger realities. Many are extremely humorous, and utilize a biting satire that would be inappropriate in other 'news' contexts and outlets."
I think this appropriately portrays the importance of blogs, especially mine, as both works of art and as vital contributions to the overall media landscape.
From the book, "God, Blogs, and You": "The importance of blogs, as both works of art and as vital contributions to the overall media landscape, can't be overestimated for the future."
If --like me-- one has something unique, original, and creative to say, readers will find you.
As Dr. B. Esser recently told me while I was assisting him with a dangerous brain surgery: "If your blog contributes something unique, original, and creative, readers will find you."
In addition, the physical style and layout of the blog must be readable and user-friendly; in general — as I demonstrate on my award-winning and highly frequented site — avoid animated gifs, flashing text, fancy fonts, too many large, slow-loading images, and do not include automatically loading background music!
From the book, "Design for Eternity": "The physical style and layout of a blog must be readable and user-friendly; in general: avoid animated gifs, flashing text, fancy fonts, too many large, slow-loading images, and do not include automatically loading background music!"
One additional bit of stylistic advice:
IMPORTANT! Don't merely quote news stories and then paraphrase the quotes in your 'commentary'. As Dr. B. Essen said during a lecture to Bill Gates of Microsoft:
"It's very important to avoid merely quoting news stories and then paraphrasing the quotes in your 'commentary'."
There are a number of tips to good design — which I'll be happy to include in PART II of this amendment to my earlier doctoral thesis for my third Ph.D. at Stanford. But more of that later. (Check my site, I might have done it already.)
And for more information about creativity and originality, vist my site. And thanks to all the people who emailed me to request that I write about this interesting and increasingly important subject.
Or as I often tell my mother, "Thanks for having me."
:)
- I, ME, MAC: The Gospel of Blog
- Published: April 09, 2004
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- Filed Under: Culture: Humor and Satire, Sci/Tech: Internet
- Writer: Shark
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dirtgrain, gimme some of that. Shark, shame on you, again, but you're sharp as a shark tooth... ah! I'm getting a picture now. I kept asking myself: why would a guy call himself... Shark? Because the Shark is Mac the Knife.
Shark is the alter blogger of Mac Diva. They are in fact one and the same person.
Examine their typing. It's true. I knew it. Mac Diva's a phony. And so is the Shark! Their both puppets. But who are the hands?
I'll just note that "Mac Diva" has described ME, AL BARGER as the "puppetmaster."
Ah, wheels within wheels, as Robert Anton Wilson would say.
MAC THE KNIFE
Oh the shark babe, has such teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has ol' MacDiva babe
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when that shark bites
With his teeth babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though, wears ol' MacDiva babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
On the sidewalk, ooh Sunday morning uh-huh
Lies a body just oozing life, eek!
And someone's sneeking round the corner
Could that someone be Mac the Knife
There's a tugboat, down by the river don't you know
Where a cement bag's just drooping on down
Ooh that cement is just, it's there for the weight dear
Five will get you ten ol' Mackie's back in town
Now did you hear about Louie Miller
He disappeared babe
After drawing out, all his hard-earned cash
And now MacDiva spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done something rash
Now Jenny Diver, yeah Sukey Tawdry
Ooh Miss Lotte Lenia, and ol' Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right babe
Now that Mackie's back in town
Moqtada Al-Barger? Interesting...
Shark-
Mostly asinine comments do incite vituperative arguments.
Joe,
Please feel free to:
1) post a non-asinine comment;
2) get the ol' vituperative arguments rolling
I'd love to play.
PS: I think most people are too scared. I know I am.
Hey, asininity is sort of my signature trait, so, no to number 1.
However, as I was telling my dear friend and protege, William S. Buckley, "I'm Rick James, bitch."
By the way, what do you think constitutes "breaking" a story?
I just read that and laughed out loud! It would be funny if it weren't so pathological.
For a parody of Sharks' parody, visit the McDrudge Report, oops, I mean "Revisiting Conservatives for Kerry" --where stories are BROKEN, and then get broken again and again.
BTW: I broke the story about Joe breaking the story!
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