Industry Standard returns -- as a blog
Go to IndustryStandard.com and you'll see the following, "It's 2004 and you're reading new writing on this website. Something must be terribly wrong. What year is it? Did you hit your head? Did I?"No, you didn't. What you're seeing is the reincarnation fo The Industry Standard as a Weblog -- kinda.
"We writers may suffer delusions of personal grandeur, but this modest weblog is not the first step in some eventual resurrection of The Industry Standard," writes Jimmy Gutterman, the former editor of The Standard's Media Grok newsletter. "It's not 1999 anymore. But there still is an Internet economy, as Google's forthcoming IPO will remind everyone. Why not look at that economy with the Standard's logo smiling at the top of the page? Server logs reveal that many people still visit this site; let's give you something fresh to read.
"What else is different? Back then my work was vetted by Amy Bernstein, Eric Savitz, Pat Sullivan, and Jonathan Weber, four of the sharpest editors I'll ever have the pleasure to write for; here we're merely blogging, and a spellcheck applet is the only thing between us and you. Readers of The Standard will now be forced to learn how my copy reads without an outstanding editor protecting you.
"I'll be in this slot for a week, to be relieved next Monday by another blogger who was associated with The Standard during its heyday. For all of us, this is a chance to remain associated with a brand that still means a great deal to us, in whatever form. None of us are getting paid for this (at least I'm not getting paid; compadres, let me know if I'm getting a raw deal). It's a hobby. Hey, it's either this or clean the kitchen."
Good call. We don’t care about your kitchen. But this is a great idea. And it's good to see new uses for blogs continue to pop up.
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1 comments about 'Industry Standard returns -- as a blog'Just reading up on some of this lately, was interesting.
Posted by popup at August 31, 2004 5:20 PM
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