Eye of the blogger.
"Recognition is the greatest motivator."
That was the fortune inside my cookie tonight. And while it might not be a fortune per se, it sure as heck is accurate.
Allow me to elaborate.
As you're obviously well aware, all five AP editors have blogs that we keep regularly updated (well, some of us more than others...). A few months ago, at our monthly staff meeting, our web guru Rob announced that he had the stats for the most-read blog of the previous month, and it was mine.
No big deal, right?
At the next staff meeting, the stakes got higher. Rob appropriated a gag gift we were given by Hopeless Records and turned it into the "#1 AP Blogger Trophy," to be awarded at all future staff meetings to whoever the top dog was at the time. And somehow, someway, there was an upset. Tim "I swear I have pulse" Karan stole the trophy right out from under me. I figured the reason he was late to work every morning is that he spends his mornings hitting F5 on his keyboard, refreshing his blog a couple hundred times to ensure he would beat me.
"No problem," I said to myself. I just figured I'd up the quality and quantity of my blogs, knowing good, old fashioned hard work would pay off, and it did -- I won the trophy the following month. But then, just 48 hours ago, we had our most recent staff meeting. And the difference between the hit totals on my blog versus Tim's blog was 11.
Eleven. That's it. Tim "30 And Flirty" Karan beat me by 11 measly hits.
This aggression will not stand.
I wanted to run this campaign on the issues and the issues alone. I didn't want to have to resort to mudslinging. But the underhanded tactics by my opponent cannot go unnoticed.
ITEM 1
I blog about the summer Olympics, and specifically, Michael Phelps. A scant few days later, Tim blogs about the exact same thing, even going so far as to use the exact same photo of Michael Phelps.
ITEM 2
In August, I wrote a bunch of haikus profiling anticipated fall releases. It was, by all accounts, a smashing success -- so much so that Tim felt the need to rip the idea off three months later to write about his sad, pathetic fantasy football league (that, yes, I am a participant in, but only because I believe in keeping your friends close and your enemies closer).
ITEM 3
Okay, I can't find an item 3. But still, whose blog would you rather read -- one written by someone who yells obscenities at cats (and probably bites their heads off once the camera is turned off)?
Or someone who loves puppies so much, he helps rescue them from kill shelters on the weekends?
The decision is simple, people. Help prevent feline decapitation and hit "reload" on my blog. Do it for America.
That was the fortune inside my cookie tonight. And while it might not be a fortune per se, it sure as heck is accurate.
Allow me to elaborate.
As you're obviously well aware, all five AP editors have blogs that we keep regularly updated (well, some of us more than others...). A few months ago, at our monthly staff meeting, our web guru Rob announced that he had the stats for the most-read blog of the previous month, and it was mine.
No big deal, right?
At the next staff meeting, the stakes got higher. Rob appropriated a gag gift we were given by Hopeless Records and turned it into the "#1 AP Blogger Trophy," to be awarded at all future staff meetings to whoever the top dog was at the time. And somehow, someway, there was an upset. Tim "I swear I have pulse" Karan stole the trophy right out from under me. I figured the reason he was late to work every morning is that he spends his mornings hitting F5 on his keyboard, refreshing his blog a couple hundred times to ensure he would beat me.
"No problem," I said to myself. I just figured I'd up the quality and quantity of my blogs, knowing good, old fashioned hard work would pay off, and it did -- I won the trophy the following month. But then, just 48 hours ago, we had our most recent staff meeting. And the difference between the hit totals on my blog versus Tim's blog was 11.
Eleven. That's it. Tim "30 And Flirty" Karan beat me by 11 measly hits.
This aggression will not stand.
I wanted to run this campaign on the issues and the issues alone. I didn't want to have to resort to mudslinging. But the underhanded tactics by my opponent cannot go unnoticed.
ITEM 1
I blog about the summer Olympics, and specifically, Michael Phelps. A scant few days later, Tim blogs about the exact same thing, even going so far as to use the exact same photo of Michael Phelps.
ITEM 2
In August, I wrote a bunch of haikus profiling anticipated fall releases. It was, by all accounts, a smashing success -- so much so that Tim felt the need to rip the idea off three months later to write about his sad, pathetic fantasy football league (that, yes, I am a participant in, but only because I believe in keeping your friends close and your enemies closer).
ITEM 3
Okay, I can't find an item 3. But still, whose blog would you rather read -- one written by someone who yells obscenities at cats (and probably bites their heads off once the camera is turned off)?
Or someone who loves puppies so much, he helps rescue them from kill shelters on the weekends?
The decision is simple, people. Help prevent feline decapitation and hit "reload" on my blog. Do it for America.
posted by Scott Heisel at
11:46 PM
3 Comments:
Scott, I do enjoy your blog yet I also enjoy Tim's. So of course, i was torn throughout this blog about whom to throw my support to. However, you won me over with the puppy.
puppies > cats.
hmmm, I do love both yours and Tim's blogs! But you do update yours more often than he does. So, I believe it is you who should have that trophy!
And anyone who loves puppies is a winner in my book =]
I think the pictures of you and Tim are all time classic, and should be the little pics on the side of your blogs. I will say if this vote comes down to cats v. dogs, I gatta go with cats. litterbox > picking up shit in the yard.
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