Rex Sorgatz Take Two
July 7, 2008 | This entry was posted in Videos and tagged rex sorgatz fimoculous pop17. Bookmark the permalink.Rex Sorgatz of fimoculous deserves an encore! Well I decided to make a part two where we talk more about Rex.
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Hey J.,
I wrote a little bit about the origin of the article here:
http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-4484.cfm
Yeah, Kevin Kelly’s piece was a direct influence.
Chris says:
OOOH MAN I haven’t laughed so hard in a LONG time..
Pop, I busted out laughing VERY LOUD.. people are staring!!! When he said he was on there early on. . . like 1999 oh mannn
He missed “Early on” by 20 years! geez.
OMG how can he think 1999 was early on!???! Where’s he been? File this one under Internet-Ignorant.
Hey Chris, you’re right… that was supposed to mean “BLOGGING very early on,” not online very early on.
-Rex, online class of ’93
What really resonated for me was when Rex pointed out how he can’t spell Fimoculous while intoxicated. I’m finding the same problem with my sites, because I tend to be clever rather than clear. Perhaps we all need to think about that in a medium where it appears that most of the participants have short attention spans and terrible spelling?
I also wonder how Rex’s idea of the “biggest” internet person intersects with the Kevin Kelly idea of “1000 True Fans.” You can go through Jonathan Coulton, or Gabe & Tycho, or Yahtzee Croshaw, who are all internet-famous, and realize that there’s still a large percentage of the tech-savvy, let alone the world at large, who have no idea who any of these celebrities are. We’re a long way from the idea of the totally permeating celebrity, like a Tom Hanks, but who can say what the best way to quantify that new fame?