The Underscore Archives

On 9/10/07, Tim Beadle <tim.beadle at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/07, Ed Mitchell <ed at edmitchell.co.uk> wrote:
> > yes indeedy. my friday has become free so i might pop along and all.
> > maybe some embittered swearing is in order ;)
>
> And lo! Did embittered swearing thus come to pass?

Kind of, but in the Llandoger. Upon further reflection and some
reading, he comes across as a big fat troll with nothing to say that
we mightn't occasionally think in the bath:

"Keen wore plain black, he spoke with a languid Brit-in-California
tone, and he was on a mission to tell people that most of us are
talentless. Remind you of anyone? Once the thought entered my mind, I
couldn't escape it. He was trying to be the Simon Cowell of new media.
He had words of praise for those who had a gift, and the training to
perfect it. For those with neither, the words were inevitably
harsh..."
http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/andrew-keen-wants-to-be-the-webs-simon-cowell/