AccMan TalkBack: Ode to a (fellow) curmudgeon – Nick Carr
michael arrington
· 3 years ago
Hey Dennis - first of all, congrats on nearing 1,000 posts. That's a lot of work.
So I don't know if I went off the deep end or not. My comments are aimed at Nick's entire body of work, not that particular post.
Don't do yourself a disservice by putting yourself in the same boat as Nick, and calling yourselves curmudgeons. That you are, but not Nick. That guy has an evil soul and he takes pleasure in hurting other people. He certainly doesn't give a hoot about community.
I like people who are cranky, it makes their writing more interesting. But Nick is in a whole other class of jerk.
How's Spain these days?
Tom Raftery
· 3 years ago
Ouch!
Mike, it does no-one any good to make statements like that about anyone publicly.
If you really don't like Nick, don't give him any attention (i.e. don't link to him, don't read him and if you hear anything about him, ignore it).
Public name calling only serves to make you look bad.
PJ
· 3 years ago
You'll never get to be "A-list" blogging about blogging.
If all you want is attention, just buy some AdSense traffic and learn some SEO
Anyhow, I like this Wordpress theme you have ;-)
Skeptic
· 3 years ago
I like how your post has links... to some a-listers.
John Stokdyk
· 3 years ago
Dennis - thanks for the heads-up. I really enjoyed Nick's post, which made me realise how much I miss that other old curmudgeons, JK Galbraith. The "innocent fraud" as Nick describes it is such a clear-sighted summary of our post-industrial craziness it made me laugh out loud. Nick's own parable wasn't bad either.
My own little communal island on AccountingWEB is like a lost Mayan civilization - we don't appear on many blogosphere maps, but we've got a little community spirit going and sometimes we can even make a difference, without troubling technorati or other the other list-custodians that Nick decries.
Nick ain't evil - he's a good writer and from this example I respect the argument he advances. The comment that made the most impact on me was from the songwriter Kent, who drew the parallels between his musical efforts and his blogs. While lots of really talented writers and performers struggle on in anonymity, a favoured (photogenic) few prosper thanks to the patronage of music industry insiders.
That put me in mind of MySpace, and its role in the rise of the Arctic Monkeys, Lilly Allen etc etc. It's a genuinely exciting way to discover new music and like-minded fans. But whose boat is that I see at anchor over in MySpace Bay? Why it's old Cap'n Murdoch if I'm mistaken. Seems like Nick isn't so far off the mark, after all.
Loic
· 3 years ago
Hey Dennis, it's a team work you know, don't thank me, thank the company, I appreciate though.
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So I don't know if I went off the deep end or not. My comments are aimed at Nick's entire body of work, not that particular post.
Don't do yourself a disservice by putting yourself in the same boat as Nick, and calling yourselves curmudgeons. That you are, but not Nick. That guy has an evil soul and he takes pleasure in hurting other people. He certainly doesn't give a hoot about community.
I like people who are cranky, it makes their writing more interesting. But Nick is in a whole other class of jerk.
How's Spain these days?
Mike, it does no-one any good to make statements like that about anyone publicly.
If you really don't like Nick, don't give him any attention (i.e. don't link to him, don't read him and if you hear anything about him, ignore it).
Public name calling only serves to make you look bad.
If all you want is attention, just buy some AdSense traffic and learn some SEO
Anyhow, I like this Wordpress theme you have ;-)
My own little communal island on AccountingWEB is like a lost Mayan civilization - we don't appear on many blogosphere maps, but we've got a little community spirit going and sometimes we can even make a difference, without troubling technorati or other the other list-custodians that Nick decries.
Nick ain't evil - he's a good writer and from this example I respect the argument he advances. The comment that made the most impact on me was from the songwriter Kent, who drew the parallels between his musical efforts and his blogs. While lots of really talented writers and performers struggle on in anonymity, a favoured (photogenic) few prosper thanks to the patronage of music industry insiders.
That put me in mind of MySpace, and its role in the rise of the Arctic Monkeys, Lilly Allen etc etc. It's a genuinely exciting way to discover new music and like-minded fans. But whose boat is that I see at anchor over in MySpace Bay? Why it's old Cap'n Murdoch if I'm mistaken. Seems like Nick isn't so far off the mark, after all.