September 20, 2001

2:16 PM

Jason does it again, this is written by the best of the news harvesters, high praise indeed.
posted by johnny novak (10 comments total)

They know their news - I spent good (company) money on their feeds last year, maybe we'll be able to buy a
XML feed of Jason or even MeFi this year.
posted by johnny novak at 2:25 PM on September 20, 2001

Does it help that Jason works for Moreover?
posted by LuckyDuck at 2:43 PM on September 20, 2001

Oh
posted by johnny novak at 2:48 PM on September 20, 2001

luckyduck, i think that the fact that jason worked for moreover only provided an easy example. i found the article to be more about weblogs as an information source than about jason's site in particular.
posted by phooey at 2:49 PM on September 20, 2001

hmm, joined today, 1 comment - ah I see.
posted by johnny novak at 3:16 PM on September 20, 2001

Would have been nicer if he'd actually talked to Jason....
posted by jaustinspace at 4:03 PM on September 20, 2001

Guh.
posted by valerie at 4:31 PM on September 20, 2001

Criticize if you want, but I thought Kottke's coverage was some of the best online. Minimalist, but very informative. His emphasis on first-person stories and photos kept me going back throughout the day.
posted by waxpancake at 4:38 PM on September 20, 2001

Dude. Kottke rules. He was not mentioned in today's NY Times Circuits section [does anyone read that?], but World New York was.
posted by TurkeyMustard at 7:40 PM on September 20, 2001

Just so that it's out there, I don't work for Moreover anymore...and either does Mr. Denton for that matter (he's chairman of the board, not an employee). I am friends with Nick and was probably an easy target for him to write about on a deadline because he already knew a bunch about me.

Would have been nicer if he'd actually talked to Jason....

Heh, I was thinking that too. He got my age and my home state wrong, and I've travelled a bit more than he indicated (but not much more, unfortunately). Not that it matters...the story wasn't about me, it was about weblogs. That's the important bit.
posted by jkottke at 8:48 PM on September 21, 2001