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Drama 2.0

Some months ago, I discovered this little angry pot of a blog. I quite like this blog. But let me warn you before you click that link: it's steaming hot & angry.

"The Drama 2.0" log is written by an expert on "anything", combined with an "impressive track record in the financial world", after landing a $5 million deal to write his own blog (why he needed the $5 mill to start writing with his amazing background is a mystery to me).

To me, he's part of the new type of blogger we've seen emerge in the last few years. While blogging was merely an academic or personal exercise in the past, it's now also the fortunate few's  luxury job. "Drama 2.0" writes:

When he's not busy making the world a better place for himself, Drama 2.0 enjoys Cuban cigars, fine dining, wine and liquor, yachting, fast cars and foreign women. Drama 2.0 currently spends most of his time in Punta del Este, Dubai and Prague
but is sometimes found in Monaco, Moscow and St. Kitts.

The luxury blogger loves drama. Gossip, fame and deconstruction. While they're jet setting about,  they share with us all the wrong doings of the world (some in a more intelligent way than others).

Drama 2.0. is after the wrong doings of the early web community. Maybe because of his strong financial background, it becomes extra obvious to him that there is a lack of monetization of today's web? So while he's leaving the following note to Tim O'Reilly:

"..next time you decide to cash in with another conference that piggybacks on an overhyped "industry," give it a generic name so that you save yourself the embarrassment of having to spew a bullshit rationale for a new focus when that "industry" declines. My suggestion for your next conference: Circle Jerk 2009. The motto: "Everybody gets a turn."

...it's worth noting perhaps, that thanks to the early community's "hyped up" web, Drama 2.0 is able to surf a $5 mill wave as a blogger?

Yes, everybody gets a turn. Clearly when looking at the bigger picture, the old boys added value somewhere after all.

I am trying to understand why the commenting feature on weblogs seems to be such a hot topic. Diane argues against them (permalinks please?). I am not sure if I really understand the problem or why some have such a phobia around them. Diane writes:

"Mike takes an interesting position on blog comments, one with which I substantially agree. What he doesn't talk about is how comments perniciously give the appearance of a "dialogue" but in fact are just another vehicle for one person, the commenter, to speak past another in the interest of, in his words, "a tiny spasm of assertion that fails to engage with any other perspective."

Mmm. Where to begin. The appearance of a "dialogue"... just another vehicle for one person... is the problem that people change the original topic, misunderstand the topic, disagrees... or a fear of the other person behind the comment?

Martin Spernau who is writing an (very exciting!) article for TEKKA, gives me some praise for my editorial efforts in helping him with his writing, over at Traumwind. In this context, he mentions that "Blogging will not teach you how to write, because it lacks (constructive) feedback."

So what do we learn from blogging?

What is the strangest, most bizzare search string that lead someone to your blog?

This string, absurdly enough, ranks Bloggerdydoc first at Google:

do norwegian elkhound have purple tongues

Hmmm, I have to admit that I'll have to get back to you on that one...

What's yours?

Oh look how cute - a dad who blogs and isn't afraid of designing a dad blog!

It makes me happy to see.

Are we really seeing a Doubling in the blogoshpere or have we all began writing secret blogs?

Kathleen and Eric got married in a blog ceremony...

I promise to love, honor, and obey cherish you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and wealth, in times of sorrow and times of joy. I will be your friend, your lover, your confidant. I promise to never stop trying to become the patient, understanding man you deserve.

Love,

Your husband

Eric

The happy couple explains:

The state of Texas has a little known law governing "informal marriage". For a marriage to be legal, we must publicly declare that we consider each other as spouses and this fact be known to other residents of the state of Texas. We got our certificate this afternoon and have now fulfilled the requirements as there's bound to be a Texas resident or two amongst our joint readership. Feel free to witness our marriage here.

All this time, I've been checking Diane's blog, who is traveling in Russia and promised to share her experiences. Hmm. But no updates... nothing.. I began thinking that perhaps I should worry about her.

Suddenly, I found out why. Diane is here: Priviet, Priviet.

Congratulations to my mum, who won Journal of the Week with her Blog:

After a cold rainfull may month, we had nice warm sunshine today. Both my husbond Sigurd and I have been working in the garden all day long. Because the weather was so nice I left all the doors open. Suddently A bird found its way in to the house, and we tryed to help him out. I bleendet all the windows exept for one small one, and the bird hit the window and fall down. He was scared, crying, and I took a clooding around him carrying him outside.

Read more of her blog

Frostey (my autistic student) tells a story about how English became so darned complicated - a theory he came up with after learning a little bit Norwegian~!

Back incredibly long ago, when the Englishmen were escaping from Rome, one child who was studying on how to speak Latin totally flunked out (just like the soon-to-be immigrants from Rome-to-France and Rome-to-Spain).

Read on!