Just picked up a copy of the Evening Standard to read on the train home and have been flicking through the accompanying booklet listing who they think are the 1000 most influential people in London. I get a listing in the New Media category where it says...
"Has arguably done more than anyone to popularise the internet at Westminster..."
A claim I wouldn't make even at my most egotistical. Interestingly only one other blogger features in the New Media section - Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing.
Looking through the fifty New Media names (most of whom I had never heard) , I suddenly felt my age. I was the sixth oldest.
Sixth most experienced, Iain!
ReplyDeleteMiddle age is shite, but you just have to get used to it..
ReplyDeleteSome days it is marginally better than the alternative...
Iain, When I picked this up, I immediately looked for you in the politics section.....mistakenly, not realising you were in another section, I declined to buy it.
ReplyDeleteWhich section is Gio in?
As Captain James T Kirk would no doubt put it: "Galloping around the Capital is a game for the young..."
ReplyDeleteIf it's any consolation, I am much older than you, but with not even one percent of your influence; but I'm still happy and chirpy (most of the time).
Don't worry Iain. You're undisputably the most influential new media person in Tunbridge Wells.
ReplyDeleteI read this on the train from Euston today. The worst section was the music one. Is there only that Winehouse woman and some rapper bloke under the age of 30 making music in London? How terribly sad is that?
ReplyDeleteBeing listed in a list - getting some of your own medicine back now!!
ReplyDeleteA claim I wouldn't make even at my most egotistical
ReplyDeleteAnd yet you feel compelled to post it.
Credit where credit is due, Iain Dale didn't exactly set the folks of Norfolk dancing with his performance during the 2005 election, but I think he has been very influential in opening up politics to groups of people who are perhaps put off by traditional politics. Party politics aside this deserves a lot of credit.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right Iain. Other people have done more than you and this blog is increasingly tedious. It's great to hear about your dog/train journey/family/home/weekend plans, but it doesn't make me read every day any more. It's over.
ReplyDeleteBye then.
ReplyDeleteOdd that my traffic continues to grow every month isn't it?
Age is just a number, so the saying goes...
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but I really don't like the term 'new media'. It sounds kind of outdated to me.
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ReplyDeleteLabour posters! I dont know!
Little jelly bellies, LOL!
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ReplyDeleteBy bye - don't let the door slam your ass on the way out.
What's more interesting is the non-mention of any "traditional" media - are they no longer influential?
ReplyDeleteWhat more could you possibly want...old and influential...you are the 'Iggy Pop/Ozzy Osborne' of your generation!
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