Okay, this will inevitably get me a ton of hate mail but that will just go to show the advantage of the interactive nature of blogs versus traditional one-way media like newspapers.
I just read a brief article on New York Magazine’s web site about ex-mobster, ex-informant, ex-”goodfella” Henry Hill and his paintings for sale on eBay (someone paid $53 USD plus shipping for that one above - seriously). I heard about Hill’s new hobby/business last week on the Howard Stern show and ran out and bought the Goodfellas DVD to watch some of the scenes they were talking about on the radio show. I wanted to make mention of that by leaving a comment on the New York Mag site. But alas, the old world has not fully caught up with the new. While they do have links to post a reference to the article on Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us, and Furl, there is no “comments” area for me to share my views directly on the article page itself. So we’re forced to write our commentary on spectacularly amazing sites such as this one.
Am I expecting too much? Have I truly joined “generation me“, expecting to discuss all topics when and where I see them? (attention baby boomers & beyond: I’m trying to make money from your ignorance by linking you to Amazon.com using my affiliate account)
The blog has become the defacto way to exchange ideas around the globe. Large media properties like New York Magazine should open their doors to the “me” crowd and let us call it like we see it, right on their digital doorsteps. We’ll be nice, I promise.
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