I read today that Microsoft just added its own blog service. <\/p>\n

Jump. The. Shark.<\/em><\/p>\n

It sort of reminds me of when Geocities was bought up by Yahoo. <\/p>\n

However, with that said and recognizing that I often contradict myself without noticing, I still havent lost my blogbug. I discovered last night that two people who I digitally respect a great deal have added my humble blog to their sites. They’re two highly creative people I met off of GAB and have met without the avatar of Dead Robot. <\/p>\n

Ladies first: Uncle Al<\/a> was the man behind the icons when GAB started. Mostly he writes about meat, which is good. And music. Which goes with meat. Mostly. The rest of his site is a site to see. The man is a Wacom tablet god.<\/p>\n

And then there’s Dawn’s Brain<\/a>, a freelance designer documenting various foibles and adventures in the crazy koo-koo world of going out on your own. So far she’s written some pretty insightful stuff (I smell “Freelance Design for Dummies” in the works!) and throws in a human element of self doubt to make it racy and a good read.<\/p>\n

You’ve all read the stories of people meeting online and being weirded out by the actual live-meet. No different here. I remember walking away from the handshake-say-hi with Uncle Al like I had just been spit on by a rock star, and didnt care…he acknowledged me! And the first time I met Dawn I was suprised at her gentle attitude (she would talk to people on the streetcars) and whipcrack smarts. <\/p>\n

Good people brought together by the warming radiation of our monitors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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