Blogging Blind

I really don't know anything about blogging other than I write something and press the publish button.

All that stuff about Trackbacks and Technorati and Feeds and Diggs and Stumblewhatever and who-the-hell-knows-what is a mystery. So I'm trying to learn.

I was reading up this afternoon and I found that I've been insulting my readers by not responding to their comments. My feeling has been that by responding to their comments I always get the last word, which is not fair. But apparently in Blog World it is rude not to respond. So, to those commenters to whom I have not responded I apologize.

I promise to learn my etiquette and always chew my words carefully and wash my hands before blogging.

Gutless Wonders and Bad-Ass Bedwetters

I have spent some time recently reading advertising blogs. For the most part they're a depressing lot. The bloggers tend to fall into two categories:

1. Gutless wonders
2. Bad-ass bedwetters

The "gutless wonders" are the most depressing. They are bullies who anonymously attack other people and their work, but don't have the balls to state their own names or show their own work.

The "bad-ass bedwetters" are ad people who are having trouble cutting it and, ergo, hate the ad business. Also anonymous, they present themselves as anarchic, hard-living rebels. My guess is they are mostly suburban mediocrities masquerading as hard cases. They demonstrate their bad-ass credentials just like 8th graders -- by using lots of naughty words.

The "bad-ass bedwetters" tend to be better writers and are often funny. The "gutless wonders" are simply malevolent and pathetic.

I Didn't Know I Was A Pornographer

Two months ago I wrote a blog entry called "Interporn". It was a speculation on the issue of internet pornography.

A few days ago, I was checking to see where traffic to this blog comes from. I wanted to see which keywords are leading people here. The number one keyword is not "advertising"; it's not "contrarian"; it's not "marketing" or "business" or anything to do with the advertising or marketing industries. It's "interporn".

Almost 7% of the people who get to this blog are actually looking for pornography.

The information superhighway my ass.