Seth Godin is a Good Guy, I Am a Dope!

Seth commented on my snarky posting responding with:

Robert, I'm sure you'll be pleased to set the record straight.For the last week, I've been traveling and haven't read the Times once. Also worth noting is that Imal sent me the ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE, not the article.So, no foul, right?

There is definitely no foul on Seth's part, only on mine. I'm still trying to reconcile the whole is it better to act like a dope thing. I haven't reconciled it yet because it seems like maybe sometimes it is better, at least if your goal was to get Seth to check out your blog. My apologies to Seth and I respect the good natured way he handled it.

For now, I'm still savoring #756 and as a complete aside, I also respect that Hank Aaron paid his respects to Barry Bonds via a video message (picture below). It's not every day you can tie Seth, Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron together : )

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Seth Godin May be Over His 'Stats' Problem, but...

update 8/10: please see the following: Seth Godin is a Good Guy, I Am a Dope
(i didn't simply delete this post because I am OK with the historical record reflecting some of my dopiness, Seth is a good guy, as I'm sure is Imal who originally forwarded the link to Seth).

...does not seem to be over inexplicably failing to source the New York Times' story that inspired the blurb. Eww. Here's Seth's post:

I'm totally over my stats problem...
But I worry that if you're an author, you might not be. You might be spending hours a day checking your sales ranking on Amazon. If that's you, I hope you'll forgive me sharing this site that Imal sent in today. Type in an author's name and watch the rankings all day long. If I were in charge, I'd reformat the page, but like I said, I don't check anymore.

Here is his un-sourced creative inspiration. I bring this up only because the guy yammers on constantly about things like "building trust", and one good way to build trust is to give credit where credit is due. Especially when the original inspiration is much more interesting than what you have to write...