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Daily Blah FAQ
Who are you?
I'm the newly-appointed Future editor at Business 2.0 and the former San Francisco correspondent for Time Magazine.
Wow, so does this mean everything you write reflects Time Inc's opinion? Or do you perhaps have some sort of standard disclaimer to the effect that it doesn't?
Naturally, the opinions contained in this blog are not those of my employers. In fact, some opinions may be the polar opposite of my employers. Some may be the same, for all I know. Hey, it's not like I ask my employers their opinions about everything in the news, okay? Let's just say that if this were a Venn diagram with one circle marked "my opinions" and the other one marked "my employers' opinions", there would doubtless be some overlap. But neither I nor my employers are able to pinpoint exactly where that overlap is.
What is this Daily Blah thing?
An experiment for a column I wrote about blogging back in December 2001. All these years later, I haven't been able to kick the habit.
If it's called Daily Blah, how come you don't ... hey, wait, you're writing every day!
See? Told you I'd try harder.
Mister, you talk funny. Are you one of them furrners?
Why yes I am, as it happens. I was born, raised and educated in Great Britain. I've been living in the U.S. since 1996 and identify as British.
I say, old chap, you forgot the "u" in "colour."
No I didn't. I may identify as British, but I am also an American journalist writing for an American audience about mostly American issues. These two different sides of me are a constant source of tension. Nevertheless, Daily Blah will adhere to American English grammar and spelling.
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Daily Blah for... Tuesday, July 29, 2003
The Blah So Far
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the hundreds who flocked to this blog during the Pelusa episode -- and haven't gone away yet, it would seem. I suppose I ought to bring the newbies up to date. As for the old gang, there's tons of things you could be doing -- wash the car, do the crossword, take the dog for a walk, make a cup of tea. This won't take a moment.
Previously on Daily Blah ... the author wrote a Time column on blogs, and to show how easy it was, used a website name he'd been sitting on for two years to set up one himself. There was some angst about how revealing he should be. Once the column came out, Daily Blah raced to the number one spot on Blogdex. Then fell back again the next day. There was much angst over this, too. Owners of blogs with smaller audiences wrote snide comments. The Sunday Times printed a review: "it is fun to watch the author's navel-gazing joy." A review of this review was promptly written. Many apologies for not actually being daily, as the title claims, were made. Amusing web links and Photoshopped images were posted alongside advertisements for the author's latest Time articles and the occasional anti-Bush tirade. Pro-Bush readers wrote in and told the author, in no certain terms, to get back to Britain. Senator John Edwards was endorsed, and promptly disappeared from the national radar screen. The weather in San Francisco was deconstructed. Some mentions were made of the mysterious "P.", whom, readers were left to deduce, was the author's girlfriend or something. Then came a purple polar bear, and audience ratings spiked. Would the author's navel-gazing integrity be compromised, like that of so many artists, by the popularity of cute and fun-looking animals? Now read on ...
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