September 22, 2008
I'm In...Mostly
Dear Seattlest Readers,
It's true, I've gotten roped into being editor. Three years ago I wrote back to an ad on Craigslist, looking for writers, and now...this. Please, take the lesson: the internet is not "fun." It wants something from you. Your soul. *cough* Now is as good a time as any to point out that Seattlest is always looking for new voices. Please contact me if you'd like to write about your slice of Seattle without the distraction of compensation: dance, film, tech (hi-, lo-, bio-), bidness, kayaking, umbrella repair.
Actually, I've signed on as editor because Seattlest has been so much fun. When I started out in the mailroom, we were a very small and snarky city blog, and now we're slightly less small, only occasionally snarky, and have upgraded to triple shots in the morning. We still love talking about all things Seattle, from food and the great outdoors to local tech giants and the indie band that practices next door while you're trying to sleep. From editor Dan to editor Seth to editor Kim, we've been really lucky in having people who asked not what Seattle could do for us, but what we could conceivably post in about thirty minutes, clock's ticking. I hope to continue in that proud tradition.
Let's close with a promise: We'll keep our finger on the jumpy, over-caffeinated pulse of Seattle for you, and keep the comments section bright and inviting for your visits. And I will try to catch most of the its/it's and their/there/they're transpositions that make you cry out in anguish: "D00d! WTF? why cant u spell for shit?!!"
--MvB
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neato. congrats.
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Congrats!
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i vote you take post-conception time down to 15 minutes. and merge with metblogs! cheers!
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Aw, thanks Metbloggies!
@Kim: but then who would be have dance-offs with?
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and i love that you are only occasionally snarky.
we have way too much snark in seattle already.
kudos!
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Great deal for us - perhaps not so much for you.
congrats
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i think dance-offs with myballard would be fun. and we would so win!
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Congrats!
I love seattlest!
Great news feed, thanks for keeping it going!
Cheers,
-AK
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Oh God... I see this turning into a regular farm house of antics. I wish us all the best of luck. You're a mad man MvB. Mad.
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hot new internet meme: how many neighborhood blogs can you take in a dance-off?
at the very least this is motivation for a mega-meetup sometime.
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That mega-meetup NEEDS to happen.
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Hey, congratulations!! Sorry, I'm (obviously) behind the curve a bit, but this is pretty awesome.
I second Kim and Josh, and heartily endorse a danceoff. Obviously we can't have a Wii-sports tournament, because we all know who at Metblogs would win that one, but a danceoff... well, that'd just be peachy! :D