tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post8667864384868085303..comments2023-11-11T14:03:11.166-05:00Comments on Life Among The Mammals: Social Media and Being Almost FamousLen Bullardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12001043126774600957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post-37978206859159072952010-02-11T15:24:09.747-05:002010-02-11T15:24:09.747-05:00*blush**blush*John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post-77064636228189952292010-01-19T17:11:20.089-05:002010-01-19T17:11:20.089-05:00My sense of meeting you at first was surprise. Yo...My sense of meeting you at first was surprise. You don't look like yourself. Then relief: I don't have to apologize because he gets it. Then joy: this man is my friend and always was even before I knew it.<br /><br />Smarts are good and useful but kindness of heart is a blessing and a gift, John. You've both but while the first earned my respect only the second garnered Len Bullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001043126774600957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post-5304499824095100642010-01-19T15:02:53.322-05:002010-01-19T15:02:53.322-05:00I remember that Sinbad (not the sailor) described ...I remember that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(entertainer)" rel="nofollow">Sinbad</a> (not the sailor) described himself that way in an interview.<br /><br />My moment of almost fame was XML 2001, where many had heard of me but almost nobody knew what I looked like. (Since I have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia" rel="nofollow">face blindness</a>, this is the John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post-77126290377333444422010-01-15T17:41:15.635-05:002010-01-15T17:41:15.635-05:00I think Tim Bray gets that honor. More than most ...I think Tim Bray gets that honor. More than most haven't heard of me. My fame would be plotted on the left bottom quadrant.<br /><br />Though in some ways the VF6 brouhaha reminds me of the mid 90s on the web with the XML crowd taking it and ourselves all a little too seriously. <br /><br />I look back over my time on this planet and the truth is, almost all of the really good and Len Bullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001043126774600957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800281.post-64706702530783578302010-01-15T17:16:56.663-05:002010-01-15T17:16:56.663-05:00How about on being the most famous person that mos...How about on being the most famous person that most people have never heard of?John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com