Do I trust a guy profiling bloggers who tells Chuck Olsen that his concerns are 'bullshit nonsense'? Makes me want to send some cash and resources over Chuck's way in the event he needs to bring his 'bullshit nonsense' to a court. And now for some googlejuice: Blogumentary.
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And now, on to Chuck's story of the interaction: Blogumentary: Will the Real Blogumentary Please Stand Up?
I hate to deal with negative energy in the world, but sometimes it rears its ugly head and throws up on you, completely unsolicited. You see, there's another blog documentary in the works, this one called Fifty-nine Bloggers. 2-minute interviews with each blogger, many of whom I've interviewed or chatted with. But the here's the thing: The "former Hollywood producer" refers to his film as Blogumentary, or a blogumentary, AT LEAST as often as the actual name of his film. I wrote him a nice email saying, best of luck with your cool project, and by the way it might be confusing to say things like "Blogumentary Sponsors" and "Bloggers in the Blogumentary" on your site. You know, since I already made a blog documentary by that name.
Well. I got a very nasty, wrong-headed email in return. Here's my favorite part:
You say it would cause "confusion" about your project. Just who would be confused? Readers of your blog? Your parents? While you're at it, why don't you complain to the 60 million users of the word "weblog" or "blog" or "journal" since you have one. Blog readers might get "confused" when reading yours, thinking that it resembles a real blog.Yep! Thank you, and goodnight. Remember to tip your waitstaff! I managed to be polite in my response to him yet again, and asked him not to belittle my legitimate concern, but apparently he doesn't give a rat's ass. Keep in mind, I've poured my heart and soul (and time and money) into Blogumentary since 2002, so you might say I'm a bit protective. Not overly-protective, I don't think. Do you? Anyway, I'm ready to move on now. Several Blogumentary fans came out of the woodwork in my defense. I count my lucky stars for them, and of course for my comfortable Google presence.
Please don't bother me with this bullshit nonsense.
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There ya be. I wonder how the long list of bloggers on the list would appreciate John Hart's attitude. I mean, Lessig, JOHO, Scoble, Haughey, Steve Rubel, etc. etc. etc. I have a feeling that Chuck brings up a legitimate concern, but because how Hollywood this John Hart guy is and how A-list the blogger list is, his voice might get censored and squashed. We'll see how this pans out.
