OSM Part XVIIIIII

Yeah, that's not a real Roman numeral, I don't think.

Anyway, more OSM thoughts, cos I'll be gone tomorrow.

First, this made me a bit sad.

Recently my OSM colleagues and I have been subjected to all kinds of criticism, much of it well intentioned and warranted. But a fair amount has been surprisingly personal, bordering on the abusive. (My wife and I were about to allow our precocious daughter to have an internet connection, but now we think we'll postpone it.) Some of this criticism came from people my colleagues and I thought were friends who did not even give us the common courtesy of querying us on why we did a certain thing. Besides being rude, that's not very good reporting from an MSM or blog perspective.

Now, LYT things I'm a sucka for letting this get to me. Especially since he's probably talking about Dennis and probably has no concept of a website named Pererro. But it did make me feel a bit sad for the guy. He's still a person, etc. And he did admit a lot of it was warranted.

Next, you have this:

Meanwhile, the former Pajamas now OSM launch of which I’m part is still trying to right itself before it comes crashing down on our heads. Contrary to hysterical predictions from full-time Internet Liberals, OSM proved to be anything but a steam-roller, NeoCon wehrmacht. On the contrary, apart from a certain palpable political pluralism, it looks more like the Keystone Kops. Turns out that bloggers are bloggers and not great strategic geniuses, so we’ll see.

Hey, that guy commented on Pererro, maybe. I'm instinctually very suspicious of someone with any sort commenting on the Pere, but you never know. But anyway, happy with the sentiments laid out here.


And then, one of the things I was most annoyed about really really was a joke (which LYT sort of tried to tell me earlier) as I could see here. Having a supremely manic day is all I can offer as a sort of excuse.

And... now what? Seems like this story is being pushed by those both more annoyed and capable than me, but my semi-connectedness to Luke Ford and PM way back give me a bit of an in, so I'll keep an eye on it. Oh, and Dennis revealed his secret identity!

So, I feel like something is being accomplished. Dennis and many others may disagree. But I like giving people credit when I can.

Keep Bloggers humble!

Keep Bloggers humble!

And...

Don't eat monkeys! They're smart!