Blogger Grabs Shotgun, Hijinks Ensue

Ryan Tate — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:53:33 EDT

Gothamist took aim, Felix Salmon took a swipe and Jason Linkins took stock. The Twitterati were on the receiving end.

The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins reflected on what Robert Novak's death meant to him.

Reuters' Felix Salmon reveled in his immunity from the AP and Bloomberg social media policies.

Gothamist's Jake Dobkin decided he'd investigate this second amendment he's heard so much about lately.

Lindsay Robertson lamented the tyranny of the news cycle.

The New York Times instructed Jennifer 8. Lee to take "the dog days of summer" literally.

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The mathematical term for it is "luck"

Paul Boutin — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:30:10 EST

Portfolio.com blogger Felix Salmon normally spends his time dryly bemoaning how much smarter than me he is. But buried at the end of a lengthy piece of guesswork decrying the not-as-smart-as-Felix-ness of Valleywag's new pay scale, the guy does some actual reporting:

One thing I've noticed in my years blogging is that your most popular posts are never your best posts, and that it's pretty much impossible to predict which posts are going to catch on and get lots of pageviews. The new Gawker pay scheme, then, might well end up simply rewarding the lucky, rather than the good.

Exactly, Felix, exactly! By the way, Felix, here's a trick I use to mask my lower IQ: Take your conclusion and move it from the last sentence to the first, as I've done to you here. It allows people not as sharp-witted as Felix Salmon to understand why they should bother reading the rest of your article.

Gawker: valleywag, felix salmon

Blogger Grabs Shotgun, Hijinks Ensue

The mathematical term for it is "luck"