A very egotistical post
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.
Tags: Weblogs
December 14th, 2006 at 7:00 am
You are an inspiration to many online writers and bloggers. I am a regular reader of your blog and writeups in The Guardian.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:25 am
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.
December 14th, 2006 at 9:23 am
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.’”
December 15th, 2006 at 9:59 am
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.
December 16th, 2006 at 5:58 am
did you autograph his computer… dude is going to make millions selling
that off ebay.
December 18th, 2006 at 6:41 am
[...] I normally don’t play web games, but this was started by Jeff Pulver and then Amanda Congdon tagged me so, oh, well, what the hell, now I need to come up with five things most people wouldn’t know about me — which isn’t easy when your life is an open blog. This seems even more egotistical than blogging itself. But here goes: [...]