Comments on: In The Land Of The Blind, The One-Eyed Item Is King http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:28:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Anthony http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6442 Anthony Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:15:51 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6442 <p>http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=165&cid=780</p> <p>It's pretty clear from what Kaus says here that it's James Fallows, since he's on the board of the New America Foundation.</p> http://bloggingheads.tv/video.php?id=165&cid=780

It’s pretty clear from what Kaus says here that it’s James Fallows, since he’s on the board of the New America Foundation.

]]> By: peep http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6366 peep Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:04:52 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6366 <p>I'm fairly certain Kinsley is pulling a fast one and this "Joe" is a not an actual person, but a composite with characteristics of Kaus, Sullivan, and maybe Fallows and others.</p> I’m fairly certain Kinsley is pulling a fast one and this “Joe” is a not an actual person, but a composite with characteristics of Kaus, Sullivan, and maybe Fallows and others.

]]> By: On The Turning Away » On the Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Dog http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6362 On The Turning Away » On the Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Dog Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:51:08 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6362 <p>[...] Just about every self-respecting journalist type immediately looked in the mirror and…what did they see? The sleuths at Blog P.I. went philosophical but outed Andrew Sullivan, “In The Land Of The Blind, The One-Eyed Item Is King”; Gawker pointed to Malcolm Gladwell. « Houghton Mifflin Folded into Riverdeep   [...]</p> [...] Just about every self-respecting journalist type immediately looked in the mirror and…what did they see? The sleuths at Blog P.I. went philosophical but outed Andrew Sullivan, “In The Land Of The Blind, The One-Eyed Item Is King”; Gawker pointed to Malcolm Gladwell. « Houghton Mifflin Folded into Riverdeep   [...]

]]> By: William Beutler http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6361 William Beutler Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:20:49 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6361 <p>Alkali, you're certainly right about the nature of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010610050015/http://www.jamesfallows.com/" rel="nofollow">Fallows' eponymous website</a>, though at least according to the archive.org link in the previous clause, it wasn't up and running until 2001. Even if it was, solipsism I don't find -- there's just too little content to be egomaniacal. It doesn't move me, but thanks for the suggestion.</p> <p>Also worth noting: Sullivan's website wasn't quite a blog when it first launched, either. In the early days one could select both "heavy" and "lite" distributions, the former certainly being weighed down by too much Flash, and the latter eventually morphing into The Daily Dish as we know it today.</p> Alkali, you’re certainly right about the nature of Fallows’ eponymous website, though at least according to the archive.org link in the previous clause, it wasn’t up and running until 2001. Even if it was, solipsism I don’t find — there’s just too little content to be egomaniacal. It doesn’t move me, but thanks for the suggestion.

Also worth noting: Sullivan’s website wasn’t quite a blog when it first launched, either. In the early days one could select both “heavy” and “lite” distributions, the former certainly being weighed down by too much Flash, and the latter eventually morphing into The Daily Dish as we know it today.

]]> By: alkali http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6351 alkali Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:33:45 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6351 <p>Incidentally, I think Kinsley's point is not that the journalist was in fact an egomaniac, but rather that the idea of putting up a self-branded web site seemed egomaniacal at that point in time, as compared to now when everyone does it.</p> Incidentally, I think Kinsley’s point is not that the journalist was in fact an egomaniac, but rather that the idea of putting up a self-branded web site seemed egomaniacal at that point in time, as compared to now when everyone does it.

]]> By: alkali http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6350 alkali Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:30:18 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6350 <p>I am virtually certain this is James Fallows. It wasn't a blog-type or other frequently updated site at the time, just (as Kinsley suggests) sort of an on-line CV.</p> I am virtually certain this is James Fallows. It wasn’t a blog-type or other frequently updated site at the time, just (as Kinsley suggests) sort of an on-line CV.

]]> By: de stijl http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6271 de stijl Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:33:56 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6271 <p>Mickey Kaus</p> Mickey Kaus

]]> By: Timothy http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6264 Timothy Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6264 <p><em>Is there seriously anyone left who doesn’t think this is Andrew Sullivan?</em></p> <p>Andrew Sullivan.</p> Is there seriously anyone left who doesn’t think this is Andrew Sullivan?

Andrew Sullivan.

]]> By: Wonkette http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6249 Wonkette Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:47:22 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-item-is-king#comment-6249 <p><strong>Michael Kinsley Holds Our Interest For Record One Paragraph...</strong></p> <p>There’s a pretty good li’l blind item in Michael Kinsley’s column this week (thesis: people on the Internet sure are full of themselves MySpace MySpace blog bloggy blog): The first person I knew who had a Web site of his......</p> Michael Kinsley Holds Our Interest For Record One Paragraph…

There’s a pretty good li’l blind item in Michael Kinsley’s column this week (thesis: people on the Internet sure are full of themselves MySpace MySpace blog bloggy blog): The first person I knew who had a Web site of his……

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