Internet Movers And Shakers
I’m not really in with the Internet movers and shakers. I know they are out there because they know people I know. I’ve been in the online business since 1996, when I joined AOL UK and the whole company could fit in one room.
I joined from The Guardian and most of the people there thought I was crazy to leave a national newspaper. But the newspaper didn’t have a website in those days and I was growing less interested in crossing my t’s than I was dotting my coms.
Despite eleven years (man and boy) in the business I know a lot of people but I don’t think any of them move or shake any differently depending on what I do. I’m not a member of the weberati, I’m no internaught - at best I’m a digicrat.
Obviously I’m a word guy. I know what works online. I get it, I’m just not doing the clicky clicky shakes. I do think it’s funny how someone’s going to stumble across this article by searching for “internet movers and shakers” and find out absolutely nothing. Yesterday someone came here looking for “good words to put on your facebook status“.
OK, maybe I’m playing myself down a bit. I know a lot of people in the business, and I know what works online, but then I’ve been doing this for eleven years, so I’m bound to have picked up a few things.
Anyway, next week sees the launch of This Is This + 1, where you can catch all your favourite posts one hour later than they normally go live. Obviously this takes a lot more work on my part, but hey - you’re worth it.
I’m working of a system which will allow these pages to be rendered on demand, but until then you’ll just have to settle for the technology everyone else uses.
(wipes brow, flips down visor and goes back to welding)
November 1st, 2007 at 8:45 am
Do we have to pay extra for this This Is This + 1? When can we expect This Is This 2.0?
“I was growing less interested in crossing my t’s than I was dotting my coms.”
Very nice.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:01 am
(flips up visor)
Thanks Wendy. This Is This + 1 is available to all Gold Club members, so it’s already a part of your package. I notice however, that you do not have the This Is This Roadside assistance, which I will add to your subscription for £30 a month.
(visor down)
November 1st, 2007 at 11:47 am
Are you going to launch This is This 2, 3 and 4, depending on who your audience is?
TIT2 (see how I’ve abbreviated) could include the posts that are slightly less mainstream than normal
TIT3 could be for the yoof crowd and include all the hip and trendy stuff you mention
TIT4 could be the posts that are incredibly intelligent, but no-one is exactly sure what they mean.
I think I’m onto something here…
Eagerly scribbles away on his notepad…
November 1st, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Exactly Rob. Also TIT 24 and TIT World.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:01 pm
What about the version for Scotland? Would that be TITS?
November 1st, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I’m eagerly anticipating the launch of TIT Movies, but TIT On Demand will also be convenient.
We’ll fete you as a member of the blogerati, if you like, Cliff.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pm
I suspect that TIT quality is only going to be diluted by diversification, I’m afraid.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:51 pm
So Katy, you’re saying that TITs aren’t as good when they’re spread around ?
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 am
I think she’s saying that Cliff should keep his TITs to himself.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I’m very much looking forward to the This is This World And Nature Knowledge channel launching. Especially because (Mediaweek tells me) that it’s going to have loads of soaps.
Many apologies for the above. I am ill.