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.
16 comments:
Sixth most experienced, Iain!
Middle age is shite, but you just have to get used to it..
Some 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.
Which section is Gio in?
As Captain James T Kirk would no doubt put it: "Galloping around the Capital is a game for the young..."
If 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.
I 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?
Being listed in a list - getting some of your own medicine back now!!
A claim I wouldn't make even at my most egotistical
And 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.
Yeah, 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.
Bye then.
Odd that my traffic continues to grow every month isn't it?
Age is just a number, so the saying goes...
I don't know why, but I really don't like the term 'new media'. It sounds kind of outdated to me.
Anon 10:56 PM
Labour posters! I dont know!
Little jelly bellies, LOL!
Anon 10:56
By 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?
What more could you possibly want...old and influential...you are the 'Iggy Pop/Ozzy Osborne' of your generation!
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