Comments on: “Forgetting” To Keynote A Blog Conference? Seriously?

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:44:35 +0000

@Duncan — people might like you, they might hate you, but they can’t dispute the record. :)

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:22:56 +0000

I forgot is transparent and honest. Wanting someone to be dishonest goes against the very core of what blogging and social networking is all about. He forgot… so what?! he’s obviously a busy guy.

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Reminder: Think before you blog - - mathewingram.com/work — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:36:53 +0000

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By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:38:53 +0000

charming (I saw the comments by email). Always know when people don’t give their name they cant stand by their convictions.

For the record Michael never told me he was coming, the BlogExpo people told me he was, and that was the context of the quote. I guess like everyone else I believed it to be true because I didn’t ask Michael himself. Lesson learned by everyone: communication is vital at every stage.

As for anons comments: I’ve started over 200 sites, taken a blogging network to VC, paid off most of a mortgage, spoken at a ton of conferences etc, been quoted in books, MSM including a couple of front pages..oh yeah, nearly forget, documented the rise of blogging from nothing… so I’m interested into what little experience I have? I may not be perfect, and I’m certainly never always right, but I at least have the strength of my convictions to put my name to what I write.

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:44:16 +0000

Sorry “anonymous”, but your ad-hominem attacks bore me, and now violate the blog’s comment policy.

You’ll have to bring up your issues with Duncan outside this blog.

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:33:57 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:01:21 +0000

@ Duncan, any time you come to “defend” your friends on blogs, you make an ass out of yourself and them ** moderated **