Six Degrees of Blogging
Speaking of Jason Zada's blog, it's odd how I came upon it in the first place. I had posted my portfolio online a couple of years ago. One day, I get an e-mail from an art director in Italy who wrote to tell me how much he liked my work.
Visiting his links led me to Liz Warren Zada's ColorblindTV blog. She also was an art director in San Francisco. I think this may have been the first "blog" I ever visited. It felt very voyeuristic, almost like reading her diary. It's odd, because I had essentially been publishing a blog without knowing it since 1996 at the Laughing Drunk site.
Her site led me to her husband Jason's blog. After Liz had got pregnant, her updates became infrequent and I began reading Jason's site more. I linked to his site. After leaving a comment on one of his posts, a few months later, I discovered he was linking to my blog.
On one of his photo posts, he put up some pictures from a Giants game he went to the night before. I recognized one of the people. Apparently we had friends in common. A casual acquaintence also happens to be his partner at his agency EVB. Not only that, but a writer I worked with briefly works there as well. Small world.
Jason keeps a list of blogs he visits on his site. I have been on the front page of links for a year now, but since he added a slew of new links, I have migrated lower in the list. I suspect my link will soon find its way onto the second page... a slight blow to my linkage ego.
Visiting his links led me to Liz Warren Zada's ColorblindTV blog. She also was an art director in San Francisco. I think this may have been the first "blog" I ever visited. It felt very voyeuristic, almost like reading her diary. It's odd, because I had essentially been publishing a blog without knowing it since 1996 at the Laughing Drunk site.
Her site led me to her husband Jason's blog. After Liz had got pregnant, her updates became infrequent and I began reading Jason's site more. I linked to his site. After leaving a comment on one of his posts, a few months later, I discovered he was linking to my blog.
On one of his photo posts, he put up some pictures from a Giants game he went to the night before. I recognized one of the people. Apparently we had friends in common. A casual acquaintence also happens to be his partner at his agency EVB. Not only that, but a writer I worked with briefly works there as well. Small world.
Jason keeps a list of blogs he visits on his site. I have been on the front page of links for a year now, but since he added a slew of new links, I have migrated lower in the list. I suspect my link will soon find its way onto the second page... a slight blow to my linkage ego.
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