Yeah I didn't mean to suggest he isn't *known* but having been seen by an audience of 20,000 isn't exactly *famous* in a traditional sense. My larger point is that fame is relative. If I were to ask my co-workers or my family who he was, it's very likely that none if any would have heard of him.
On the other hand I did hear some random guy talking about Ask a Ninja in the coffee shop the other day ... that was sorta surprising to me. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS http://lofistl.com http://billstreeter.net --- In [email protected], "Stephanie Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ze Frank was the closing keynote speaker at the annual STC conference this > year, approx. 20,000 attendees of professional technical writers. So, um, > he's *known.* > > --Stephanie > > On 6/20/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think Markus was talking about Times person of the year issue where > > they named the person of the year as "you." > > > > Are your friends familuar with YouTube? That's videoblogging. When you > > talk about things like "most famous" etc. Those are hard things to > > quantify. There are Videobloggers like Zefrank who is very famous in > > some circles but is virtually unknown in others. And he never did put > > his stuff on YouTube and yet the most popular YouTubers probably get > > way more views than he ever did--and it's very likely that few on this > > list had ever heard of them. What I'm saying is "fame" is relative. > > Some of us are "famous" to a few--which sounds like an oxymoron, but > > it's true in a way. But thats the world we live in now--even > > conventional definitions of what seem like simple things like "fame" > > don't really mean anything anymore. So what I'm saying is that your > > question isn't an easy one to answer. To someone not familuar with > > internet video none of us doing this is famous in the least. > > > > Bill Streeter > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > http://lofistl.com > > http://billstreeter.net > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "oovooworld" <simon@> wrote: > > > > > > Well yes I'd heard I was mentioned but I was hoping someone else was > > > kicking around with half the skill...its a lot of pressure to live > > > with you know...<sigh> > > > > > > I don't know how I missed that issue of Time. Was it the same one > > that > > > had the article reviewing George Bush's new pioneering green policy? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Stephanie Bryant > Author, Videoblogging for Dummies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mortaine.com/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
