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I usually steer away from controversy on this blog. I said nothing during "Rory-Gate"
that Ted and Roy started even though
I had an opinion. Now, to be clear, Roy and I are blog-friends, we've chatted,
emailed, we are cordial. Regulator kicks
the llama's ass - Roy's a fine fellow.
That said, Roy, are you trying to be a commentator, or are you just trying to stir
crap up? Seriously, relax.
Roy commented
on my Apprentice.NET post and thought that winning the tickets to the Influencer's
Dinner was cheesy and represented some kind of larger disintegration of the social
fabric of the blogosphere, or possible space-time. Note, the emphasis is
mine.
Sure, I know some of this is tongue in cheek sorta thing,
but still. When did Bloggers become rock stars to win dinners with?
".Net Influencers"? hmm... I know these are all great people but C'mon! just wear
the "I'm a Legend, worship me." T-shirt and be done with it already.
Do we really want to cultivate the cult of the worshiping masses? In the last
year I've seen Bloggers become celebrities, celebrities become legends,
and I've seen legends become myths. We need to remember (and especially those who
are at the helm) who we are and what we are here to do. We should not get all full
of ourselves creating contests for people to meet us. We should just meet them. We
should not be handing out autographs, but software, tips, tricks and code. Oh and
gadgets. I have to say that yes, I'd love to meet with each and every one of the “cool
bunch” but I would feel really awkward trying to win their grace through a contest.
What's next? A Don Box coffee mug? wasn't the “software legends” thing enough? Isn't
this all getting a little out of proportion? [RoyO]
This isn't a bloggers dinner. There'll be Program Managers there, people who
write specs, people in charge of .NET namespaces, people who influence the
direction of the .NET Framework. YES there will be some MVPs there, and YES
there will be some RDs there. Microsoft decides who is an influencer.
Dude, I was very happy to meet Don Box, and I'd be even happier to meet Tim Berners-Lee.
However, I didn't say myth, legend, king or queen, celebrity or worship me.
I specifically said "Illuminati"
with the definition being "#5: Any persons who profess
special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment" with the operative word here
being profess.
It's just a velvet rope, and if you don't want to party in the champagne room, don't
go to the club. The dinner existed (I didn't invent the dinner) before my little
promotion and dinners like it will exist after. This is all in fun, there's
no intentional elitism.
If you don't want to meet Donald Trump, then don't try out for the Apprentice.
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