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	<title>Richard's Blog &#187; micro celebrity</title>
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		<title>Micro Celebrity and Internet Pioneers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d never heard the term &#8220;micro celebrity&#8221; until Andrew Baron, of Rocketboom, posted a note to the video blog list about a new video blog/podcast/whatever called pop17, hosted by Sarah Meyers. (I later found this article in Wired from November 2007 on the topic.)
Since Andrew recommended it, and I love Rocketboom, of course I watched [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d never heard the term &#8220;micro celebrity&#8221; until <a href="http://dembot.com">Andrew Baron</a>, of <a href="http://rocketboom.com">Rocketboom</a>, posted a note to the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/">video blog list</a> about a new video blog/podcast/whatever called <a href="http://pop17.com">pop17</a>, hosted by <a href="http://sarahmeyers.net/">Sarah Meyers</a>. (I later found <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-12/st_thompson">this article</a> in Wired from November 2007 on the topic.)</p>
<p>Since Andrew recommended it, and I love Rocketboom, of course I watched an episode and then subscribed, and enjoyed the episode.</p>
<p>A big part of the first episode was Sarah interviewing people on the street regarding internet celebrities and phenomena, and, not surprisingly most people hadn&#8217;t heard of anything. (In fact, I was disappointed that I didn&#8217;t know many of the topics/people either, and I like to think I&#8217;m some sort of a connoisseur of web culture).</p>
<p>This relates very much to <a href="http://richardshow.org/blog/2008/02/24/obamma-and-the-wild-web/#comment-143">a comment one of my student&#8217;s made</a> on another post. The interesting thing here is that we forget, or, at least I forget, that to be immersed in the web is still a brand new thing, and it&#8217;s something that relatively few of us share. I&#8217;m not talking about using the web, I&#8217;m talking about being immersed in the web. (Like someone who would actually be reading this blog post by Richard who wasn&#8217;t required to do so for class).</p>
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