So I was totally on board with this right up until Giz up and moved to Florida and started hanging with the AARP crowd. This new BIG post font and image size, is, well, kinda annoying. Just my $0.02...
Is there a "Most Effective at Begging Its Brown-Nosing Readers for Nominations" category? Giz would be a shoo-in.
No, no, just kidding. In fact, I just nominated Giz for Best Blog and Best Online Community. Now, I don't know if/when my post will actually appear 'cuz it said something about me not having logged in through some kind of authentication process, which they don't bother to explain what that process is or how to get authenticated, they just make vague references to Yahoo and AIM without explanation, and that my post would appear in maybe 24 hours. Maybe. If they feel like it. If I do a funny little dance. I don't know, whatever.
But I hope my posting nominations, or someone else's, go through and get seen. Giz is THE blog I read the most, by far, not only for the sometimes-informative, sometimes-crazy content, but also for the incredible online community here.
Thanks for listening, y'all. Now I need to go wipe the chocolate off my nose...
@Shub-Niggurath: Jason, Shub-Niggurath is a marketing mastermind and, if I were Gizmodo, I'd jump on his testimonial example as a model of advertising genius. I'll give you some examples of how this could be developed:
"I was an underpaid, frumpy accountant before I discovered Gizmodo. Now I make a fortune selling small video cameras that go into naughty places and my dating life has really taken off big-time...and also makes me money!"
"I used to be a homeless, unwashed bum wearing filthy, smelly clothes. But, once I found Gizmodo, my life turned around. I've now earned Billion$ making USB humping dogs and none of my many well-compensated escorts complain anymore about my body odor!"
"Before Gizmodo, I spent my days in front of my computer isolated from real human beings. Now with Giz, I spend my days in front of my computer still isolated from real human beings but connected with thousands of people through the online Giz community. I mean, it's real people, just online. Virtual people. That's like people I never, ever really see, but I know they must be there. They must be there, right? You are all there...aren't you? Hello? Hello?"
11/20/08
The number of nominations a blog receives is irrelevant. One nomination is enough...
but I can't read anyway, so I tossed in my vote for the Giz.
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(We all said it sucks, but still, they did ask.)
(You know, like "How do you like it when I POKE THIS STICK IN YOUR EYE!")
11/19/08
If they think that's making things more readable they should hire Garrett Morris to produce their "Podcasts for the Hard of Hearing".
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;^)
11/19/08
No, no, just kidding. In fact, I just nominated Giz for Best Blog and Best Online Community. Now, I don't know if/when my post will actually appear 'cuz it said something about me not having logged in through some kind of authentication process, which they don't bother to explain what that process is or how to get authenticated, they just make vague references to Yahoo and AIM without explanation, and that my post would appear in maybe 24 hours. Maybe. If they feel like it. If I do a funny little dance. I don't know, whatever.
But I hope my posting nominations, or someone else's, go through and get seen. Giz is THE blog I read the most, by far, not only for the sometimes-informative, sometimes-crazy content, but also for the incredible online community here.
Thanks for listening, y'all. Now I need to go wipe the chocolate off my nose...
11/19/08
Thanks for keeping me out of finance :P
11/19/08
"I was an underpaid, frumpy accountant before I discovered Gizmodo. Now I make a fortune selling small video cameras that go into naughty places and my dating life has really taken off big-time...and also makes me money!"
"I used to be a homeless, unwashed bum wearing filthy, smelly clothes. But, once I found Gizmodo, my life turned around. I've now earned Billion$ making USB humping dogs and none of my many well-compensated escorts complain anymore about my body odor!"
"Before Gizmodo, I spent my days in front of my computer isolated from real human beings. Now with Giz, I spend my days in front of my computer still isolated from real human beings but connected with thousands of people through the online Giz community. I mean, it's real people, just online. Virtual people. That's like people I never, ever really see, but I know they must be there. They must be there, right? You are all there...aren't you? Hello? Hello?"
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