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The Jorn Barger Affair

Back in October 2003, Jorn Barger, the man credited with coining the term “weblog”, went missing in the small town of Socorro, New Mexico. Then in December, Barger was “found” in the same small town, having relocated to a new home and taken some time off the Usenet, Slashdot, and his blog, without telling anyone.

A year and a half later, Paul Boutin caught up with Barger, an A-lister, for a piece called Robot Wisdom on the street (Wired Magazine, July 2005). Boutin’s article described Barger as a “bum”, homeless on the streets of San Francisco.

Yesterday Jorn replied on Wikipedia, calling Boutin’s article “fiction”, but not saying much else, besides noting:

I tried to sit down with Boutin and tell him the real story, but his mind was so closed he spent the entire time talking about himself.

So what gives? Why does Paul Boutin think Jorn Barger is homeless, when Jorn Barger doesn’t think he is homeless?

This entry was posted by Kyle Bunch on Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 at 10:13 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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