http://blog.blogebrity.com Blogebrity is welcoming the explosion of the first generation of bloggers and their rise to media dominance. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:40:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I may have overreacted a bit. [itsmejulia.com] Previously (as in, one day prior): I'm done. It's not worth it http://blog.blogebrity.com/2008/well-that-didnt-last-long/ Or, How Nick Denton's Balls Revived Gawker The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress [Gawker] Nick Denton's Balls [BuzzFeed] Gawker - Site Summary [Site Meter] http://blog.blogebrity.com/2008/site-meter-totally-hearts-e-meters/ http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/internet-people-makes-us-cry-tears-of-joy/ Who says Twitter's just a timewaster? Just this AM, we found the Top 100 Blogs by Blog Juice list by way of Hugh MacLeod's Twitter. The list grabs its data from Text Link Ads Blog Juice Calculator, which ranks blogs by Bloglines subscriptions (my kingdom for some Google Reader data), ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/you-know-we-love-us-some-lists/ As our friends as Mashable pointed out, blogging is celebrating its 10th birthday this weekend. Here at Blogebrity, we're marking this momentous occasion by getting off of our asses and getting back in the game. Not only will this dormant-for-a-quarter blog be seeing some action again, but some big things ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/happy-10th-birthday-blogging/ I rely on Slate for the no-nonsense insight into every popular news story. The online-only magazine always finds the question the average newsreader is asking and gives an authoritative answer. Accustomed to trusting that authority, I felt kind of silly reading a Slate commentary on the Imus scandal when writer ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/dear-slate-could-you-maybe-watch-the-stuff-you-review/ 1. Emily Gould is no Jessica Coen. The former Gawker editor could jab out from a tight spot. She's like a cornered puma. (Fellow alums Choire Sicha and Elizabeth Spiers? Other, similar pumas.) But when Kimmel criticizes the user-submitted "Gawker Stalker" celebrity-sighting feature, Gould acts like a flustered, wide-eyed audience ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/jimmy-kimmel-vs-gawkers-emily-gould-on-larry-king-live/ I'll skip all the "Oh my god, this takes me back to freshman year communications class" commentary and just assure everyone that after watching this, ABC News must be so proud of having Amanda on board. David Lynch is all "Game over, man!" http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/amanda-congdon-broke-her-brain-inflicts-pain-on-others/ After reading blogger Alex Blagg's "Vote for Sanjay" manifesto (thesis: We can expose the inanity of American idol by making this charming but untalented performer win), a commenter remarked, "Alex Blagg is the new Chuck Klosterman." You know what, the Best Week Ever blogger is better than Klosterman, the tired ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/alex-blagg-is-the-new-chuck-klosterman/ RSS godfather Dave Winer announced that his blog Scripting News, the longest-running known blog on the web, turned 10 on Sunday. That's despite Winer's habit of promising to quit (the last fake deadline was 31 December 2006). Why has he kept it up so long? Well, when your blog is ... http://blog.blogebrity.com/2007/scripting-news-turns-10-will-probably-go-to-11/