OK, I know, all blog posts are by definition egotistical. But this one, I’ll warn you, is over the top.
Yesterday, I was in Times Square taping some B-roll — you know, the allegedly casual images of an interviewee just happening to walk in front of TV cameras — for Frontline [name-drop]. A guy hung nearby and when the producers and cameraman and I stopped talking, he came forward and asked whether I was Jeff Jarvis. I have to say, I was thrilled by this moment of nano-micro-mini-celebrity. Back when I was a newspaper columnist [showing off], I’d get recognized because the paper marketed its columnists on newsboxes and trucks. But here was a guy who recognized me from that silly picture to the right — and in Times Square, of all places. Yes, it’s a small, small world, after all.
You are an inspiration to many online writers and bloggers. I am a regular reader of your blog and writeups in The Guardian.
Jeff, I saw you the other day and walked right by you, muttering curse words under my breath.
I almost gave you a whooping – all thanks to that picture that’s indelibly etched in my memory.
I totally expected this story to end with, “…he came forward and asked whether I was Jeff Jarvis. I have to say, I was thrilled by this moment of nano-micro-mini-celebrity. Then he handed me some papers and said, ‘You’ve been served.’”
It’s the little joys in life that keep us going. All we ever want is to be cool and have a little ego stroking every once in a while. Is that so wrong? Good for you, Jeff.
did you autograph his computer… dude is going to make millions selling
that off ebay.
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