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Mike Arrington: The quintessential blogger?

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Congrats to Mike for being named one of Time’s 100 most influential people (although one wag on Twitter wondered whether this wasn’t just the magazine’s attempt at blogosphere “link bait”). For what it’s worth, he appears ... Continue reading »

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Corvida
1 year ago

Ha! That is not the quintessential blogger. FAIL!

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frederic
1 year ago

No - having a tempter is definitely not a characteristic of most bloggers I have ever met. Passionate and opinionated - sure. But whatever Arrington's characteristics are, they sure haven't held him back.

p.s. I can only wonder who that wag on Twitter was who would dare say such a thing... :)

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mathewi
1 year ago

Thanks, Frederic -- couldn't remember who the wag was, but now I know :-)

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Cynthia Brumfield
1 year ago

Mathew,

I had drinks with Mike and a few other people at Mesh and was surprised at how his "real life" persona didn't (forgive the pun) mesh with his onstage or blogging persona. You're right -- he was thoughtful, intelligent and polite. Not what I expected.

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E.
1 year ago

Arianna Huffington names those traits because those are traits she has herself and would love to be refered to as the "quintessential blogger”.

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