Mike’s Points

Okay, I’ve only once directly posted about Strumpette. Yeah, I’ve included the Strumpette site a few times, but have really stayed away from Strumpette on my blog.

Before I go on, let me say for the record that, early on, the strumpette blog focused on attacks and I think offered very little value. However, of late, the author(s) is(are) bringing up some good points and posts worth reading. And, if I had to commit, I’d say there is more than one author. Now, back to my post . . . .

However, after a few e-mail exchanges with “Amanda Chapel” in the past couple or so weeks, I got to thinking: I haven’t really heard of or read many Brian Connolly comments on any blogs lately? Have there been any??

I checked, and found none since early March.

What I did find was further evidence from Ron May that Brian Connolly is much more behind the Strumpette blog than either AC or BC wants to tell us.

“I think it is time we stop being fooled and step back. Connolly is coming out. Connolly is stepping out from behind the curtain because he has had his fun, he has successfully fooled everyone, and now, he is tired of it since there is nothing left to prove.

So, as far as I am concerned, Connolly is Amanda or at least a significant part of the Amanda project.”

May makes several good points and comparisons in his post — too many for me to repeat here.

In case you are new to the blogosphere and wondering who is Amanda Chapel? What is strumpette.com? Who is Brian Connolly? Why should I care? (Actually, no. You shouldn’t care, and I don’t really. But, its can fun.). For some history, see:

> Strumpette’s very first post.

> Scott Baradell’s Media Orchard: Here and here. (That last here also includes reference to Ron May and The May Report.)

> Robert French’s InfOpinions, and a comment I posted.

> Mike Krempasky of Krempasky.com.

At the end of it all, it doesn’t really matter who author(s) strumpette.com. What matters more — or at least as much as who the author(s) is(are) — is the content: Is it worth reading?

That’s for you to decide. (And, as AC/BC has said in the past, the site does get plenty of traffic.)

– Mike

Technorati tags: Strumpette, Brian Connolly, Ron May,

I’m a big list guy. If I’m not rushed at the end of the day or don’t have to leave early for a t-ball, I take some time to regroup and jot down a list of things for me to do the next day at work. For some time now, I’ve had an things to do list swirling around in my head for this blog.

Some I’ve done lately, like adding links and that PR pitch button.

Not that you really care what I want to do with my blog, but here goes my current Mike’s Points things to do list. Of course, if you have any suggestions of your own, e-mail me or leave a comment. I’m always looking to get better.

Change the order around of stuff there on the left. Maybe move the about me up higher (for any new surfers that might visit and wonder who the heck is Mike). Look at moving down the monthly archives list.

Add some design elements. I’m much more of a writer than I am a designer. I’m pretty good with newspaper layout (Any remember using wax machines and using an Exacto/X-Actor knife to physically cut and paste?), but not great with other, more graphic design.

Double-check the links I do have, and look to add some (for both PR and related ones, and non-PR ones).

Figure out how to better list the buttons there towards the bottom on the left. I can’t get any consistency or for them even to nicely line up.

Check out the updated Cocomments and see about adding that again. It is a great idea. (Does it now work with Haloscan comments?)

That’s enough for now.
– Mike