Scott Hanselman was kind enough to sing the praises of my blog a few months ago, completely unprompted. I finally met Scott in person at TechEd this year, and I can assure you that if you suck, Scott will be the first person to tell you that you suck.* That's how he rolls, ese. So getting a thumbs up from Mr. Hanselman is hard-earned praise indeed, and I do appreciate it.
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Unless five hundred people read this article, I have failed. Unless thirty people leave comments, I have failed. Unless it is linked to by forty other blogs, I have failed. Unless it is still being linked to by other blogs in six months’ time, I have failed. Unless it is so brilliant that I am spontaneously contacted by Penguin publishing, who beg me to convert the article into a short and satirical self-help book that goes on to sell six million copies, then I have failed. And failed bitterly. I really suck. I do.
Amen, Jeff. I’ve been an adict to Leon’s blog for more than a year now, and one of the things that amazes me the most of the guy is his way of throwing off great ideas for great would-be applications (like TimeSnapper, for example) as if it was nothing.
“As for Rory getting his panties in a wad over your comments”
I’ve taken that post down. Until I know for certain whether Jeff was trying to insult me or he, like you, can’t do the “compliment without negative qualification” thing, I’m going to leave it down.
Great stuff as always, Jeff. Thanks, I’ve added some new feeds to my daily fix.
As for Rory getting his panties in a wad over your comments, there are many of us who agree with you: Rory is a good writer, but the details of his personal life aren’t nearly as interesting as he sometimes thinks they are.
Or maybe I’m just saying that because I have deep-rooted insecurity that prevents me from giving unconditional praise to others. Man, Rory’s going to put a lot of poor starving shrinks out of jobs!