Let's Hear it For Levity (Jeff Jarvis' Dell Hell Nothwithstanding...)
Thank goodness for people with senses of humor, because in times of heightened questions about U.S. pre-9/11 intelligence (today's No. 4 blog post) and rising anti-war sentiment (Cindy Sheehan remains the most blogged-about personality today), creeping computer worms and smarmy state politics (thanks to Republican Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, today's 10th burstiest person), some people can still laugh.
Help! I've fallen...and I was pushed!
Like the folks at the satire-heavy Onion, whose theory of Intelligent Falling (as an alternative to intelligent design) is today's No 2. most-shared link among bloggers. "Heh, heh, heh" chuckles Dave Does The Blog.
Its proper place in "history"
Over at BoingBoing, an underground effort to reshelve copies of George Orwell's 1984 (out of fiction and into history/current events) is under way, an effort being noticed domestically and internationally.
Jeff Jarvis, the non-chuckling exception
But the one guy in the blogosphere not laughing today is BuzzMachine's Jeff Jarvis, whose ongoing troubles with a Dell computer and equally poor follow-up service have gained immense traction. His latest "Dear Mr. Dell" commentary on the continuing saga ranks No. 3 among all blog posts today and has created quite a conversation in less than a day. Do You Hear Us Now?" asks Whatsnextblog; "More Dell Hell" comments CommonSenseDesk. Great points are made about the impact and influence of active online consumers with a penchant to speak their personal truths...
Posted by Sue MacDonald at August 18, 2005 10:14 AM
