tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post321640358553786893..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Chowhound: 20th AnniversaryJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-41842304781188583822017-07-03T16:53:49.622-04:002017-07-03T16:53:49.622-04:00Hey, I know! I ONLY do good things! Not cuz I'...Hey, I know! I ONLY do good things! Not cuz I'm Mr. Fabulous (I'm definitely not), but simply because I stubbornly decline to do non-good things!<br /><br />I don't want compliments (save them for Mr. Fabulous!). But I would appreciate engagement with my other work, and willingness to evangelize them with some fraction of the enthusiasm that my best-known work encouraged for OTHER people's good works. <br /><br />Not as a favor, but simply/purely to help connect good things with those who'd enjoy them. Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-39344597593760584482017-07-03T16:23:53.236-04:002017-07-03T16:23:53.236-04:00But not all jazz musicians belong in a Monty Pytho...But not all jazz musicians belong in a Monty Python sketch.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y<br /><br />I meant what I said. You did a good thing. I accept my compliment on your behalf.Seth Godinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618554622444925936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-50712767176094245942017-07-03T15:09:34.270-04:002017-07-03T15:09:34.270-04:00=======
"Your original leap continues to leav...=======<br />"Your original leap continues to leave ripples."<br />=======<br /><br />Thanks, Seth. I think the app is way more useful and ingenious than Chowhound was. Everyone who's taken the time has agreed. It depresses me when people who respect my work won't take that time. But I think I see the problem.<br /><br />Consider this blog. It launched after the blogging trend. So people dismissed it for the superficial form of it - for some strange reason failing to imagine I'd make something fresh of that form. If you don't dive in, it's easy to imagine that this is "just some blog" (love it or hate it - I know it's not everyone's cup of tea - it's definitely not "just some blog").<br /><br />Same for the app. Apps are passé, so it's hard to get people to care - including those who ought to trust me not to be dull. I'm forced to concede Chowhound didn't succeed because it was great, heartfelt, or useful. It mostly succeeded because it was a web site, and web sites in 1997 were cool. Period.<br /><br />I'm a poor match for this world. I've got a jazz musician's disregard for form. It's not the song, it's what you do with it.Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-47357686911106958572017-07-03T06:25:11.117-04:002017-07-03T06:25:11.117-04:00Thanks for these riffs, Jim.
Chowhound's beha...Thanks for these riffs, Jim.<br /><br />Chowhound's behavior continues to astound (what, did they run out of space?) but this is a menschy piece, and I'm glad you posted it.<br /><br />Your original leap continues to leave ripples.Seth Godinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618554622444925936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-18366503572889493212017-07-02T06:41:08.849-04:002017-07-02T06:41:08.849-04:00Wishing you continued success down the road Dog! T...Wishing you continued success down the road Dog! Thanks for creating Chowhound!<br />regards,<br />johnkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12912352883133020537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-70279150271961004102017-07-01T23:21:43.927-04:002017-07-01T23:21:43.927-04:00Funny thing: I hate hot dogs! :)
Wouldn't it ...<br />Funny thing: I hate hot dogs! :)<br /><br />Wouldn't it have been awful and stifling if one dude's pref like that had been the law of the land?<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Val!Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-72879622249698787532017-07-01T22:28:05.287-04:002017-07-01T22:28:05.287-04:00One of my best experiences with Chowhound -- a hot...One of my best experiences with Chowhound -- a hot dog tour of Union County NJ. This was probably ten years ago. There was a guy named John who had a passion and discernment for hot dogs, buns, condiments. Never have I been so stuffed as at the end of that tour. I learned about little places that were near my home. Thanks Chowhound!Val in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219585605546108758noreply@blogger.com