436 Comments and a Review!

1 Guy Told the World About It

Last night at Open Comment Night, we had another great and rambling conversation. Mike Dunn of Nomadic Audio stopped by to see what was going on. He live blogged the Open Comments Night. Click the title to see what he said.

Highlights

Many thoughts were shared between blogger friends. New blogger friendships formed. Art was defined. Plans were made. Marketing ideas were discussed. Stories were told. A good time was had.

Here are some highlights.

Tracy Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:26 pm e
Well I went and looked at the 1000 paintings and thought it was dumb yet genius. Dumb because they’re not art. Genius because people are actually buying them.

ann michael [who bought 150] Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:26 pm e
I’m going to hang it on my wall to remember that I never want to work in a company with more than 150 people!

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:28 pm e
I’m with you Tracy. I wish I had time to put one of those dumb, fabulous ideas into place.

Joe, whatcha singing?

Chris, I think Ann bought her IQ.

Tracy Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
Oh my. I suppose if I shut my eyes, it might be art.

Then again, when I first started reading I was thinking that you picked a number and underneath that number was a real painting. And you were just sorta gambling with what you’d get.

Then I realized, no, you’re actually bidding on that number as the painting.

*sigh*

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
I’ve been listening to the soundtrack to a Chicago Restaurant website all day.

Art = something I’m willing to look at for ten years and still find interesting. I don’t think those numbers are interesting for a second.

Chris Cree Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:32 pm e
But it’s soooo… blue.

Mark Wade Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 6:33 pm e
Hang on everyone – I’ll go get Art…

Hey Art! C’mere – they’re tawkin’

ME Strauss Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:40 pm e
Whew, I just went back to read what i had been missing in the flurry. I had no idea that Easton dropped by. Once again. This is quite a party. Has Elvis been here yet?

Sheila Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:41 pm e
Naw, but Richard Petty’s appalled by all of the women not being ladies!

Claire Tompkins Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:42 pm e
I’m on California time, so happy hour has just started for me. So I’m here!
1000 paintings reminds me of that 1 million pixels website where you could buy ad space on a page for $1 per pixel. At the top it says “own a piece of Internet history!” Well, that wasn’t art.
On the other hand, there’s Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol who made art from ordinary stuff and advertising.

Mark Wade Says:
May 30th, 2006 at 7:42 pm e
Elvis was here but he was using I.E. so his comment didn’t get a number – then he got lost in Joe’s time warp… well, you get the idea… Laffin’!

Of course, Joe, AdLib, Hart, Steve, Ben, Thanos, and Martin were here too. Gosh I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Everyone is important to me. You know that.

Comments and Community

Thank you, Mike, for noticing. Thank you, everyone who came, even those who listened in.

If you missed it, skim the rest to read about the new comment plug-in, Brad and Angelina, the drunken moose and code-writing donkey, and the “Official Pick on Liz Day.” It was all in a night’s conversation . . .

All of those comments and it wasn’t about anyone misbehaving or doing something mean to somebody. Comments and community on a blog. Imagine that!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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