The other day, while we stood around complaining about Twitter, a friend said this gem of a new-media one-liner:: "Can't we all just blog like adults here? Jesus!" We laughed and laughed, but really, the answer is no, we can't seem to.
The New York Times has some jerk live-blogging Thanksgiving. Some newspaper in Colorado sent a reporter to "tweet" a funeral. Most recently, A16 chef Nate Appleman has been documenting his every move on Eater, leading to this conversation between ourselves and MenuPages: Chicago editor Helen Rosner:
Helen: who the f*ck is nate appleman?She went on to be less than complementary of the posts, which run toward the mundane: "Just ran 4 miles on the streets of NYC. Very hectic, very dangerous." Um, ok. We're glad Appleman had the chance to get a run in, but still scratching the head as to why it deserves coverage on one of the country's biggest food sites. This micro-feed stuff is getting out of hand, if we may don our curmudgeon hat for a moment. Soon, we'll never be able to leave the desk for fear of missing Thomas Keller's description of what was in his stool. Annoying.
me: chef at A-16
which is a restaurant in SF
Helen: eater is being his personal twitter
me: haha
Caroline was right. Can't we just blog like adults here?
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