« Blame NSLog() for this one | Main | Parent your own kids! »
So Derik DeLong, Author of "doodism" has decided that Shawn King is just a big jerk. Now, I've known Shawn a while, and there's times when I've definitely thought that, and I know he's returned the thought more than once too.
But why? Why Santa? Why is Shawn King a big jerk?
Well my child, it's because Shawn doesn't like Podcasts, and specifically, doesn't like Dawn and Drew. Oh the horror. Shawn hates podcasts. He probably pulls the wings off of flies too. (No, no, he doesn't, but if you give him a dollar, he might eat one.) Normally, most adults are going to say "Oh well, Shawn thinks most podcasts are crap and doesn't like Dawn and Drew. Look, the damned dog peed on the damned floor again." Not Derik. He's alllllllll hurted over this. He's MAD. He's really upset.
Basically, instead of recognizing that this will become another commonly accepted and used distribution medium, he wants to make sure his listeners stick with Audible. [Correction: Only old shows are charged for, the most recent is free.] He doesn’t give any recognition to some really good podcasts (such as the Daily Source Code, the MacCast, or TWiT). Instead, he tries to dissuade the listenership from the medium all together because they may realize that paying that money week-in, week-out for something they can get elsewhere (sans Radio Gold voice) for free. In particular, the MacCast and Inside Mac Radio have fulfilled my Mac radio needs. For free.
Oh Derik? Your correction's still not right. The stream of the most recent show is free. The downloads of the show are not free. A little fact checking can help you look less silly. ...The Daily Source Code? That explains SO much. Oy.
See, according to Derik, the only reason Shawn's doing this is because he's trying to somehow "keep his audience from realizing that they can get the same thing for free". That's nonsensical, because Shawn never says that. He's always said that if you like YML, then listen to it. If you like any of the other shows, listen to them. He's not going to tell you not to. If you think YML's worth paying for, great! If not, well, that's a shame, but you can listen live for free and listen to the stream of the most recent show for free.
Seems reasonable, right? Of course, were Derik to listen to the show, or maybe even, oh, email Shawn and ask him, then he wouldn't be able to have his temper tantrum. Oh wait, that's right, it's the Intarweb, never let reality intrude. See, this is the essential insecurity of prats like Derik. They can't handle anyone disagreeing with them. Especially a modestly famous someone. The idea that they just disagree doesn't occur to him. No, he seems to be very bothered that someone disagrees with him. OMGWTFBBQ!!!! OH NOES!! SOMEONE ON THE INTARWEB DISAGREES WITH ME!!! IF EVERYONE DOESN'T BOW TWO MY WISDUM, THEN I AM RONG!!!!!1111
.
Jesus kid, Shawn said that he thinks most podcasts are crap and thinks it's a fad. So what? I think most podcasts are crap, and that the popularity of podcasting is going to die down once people realize that most podcasts really are crap, and the authors of the podcasts run out of things to say. A LOT of people think most podcasts are crap. If you're going to write angry articles every time someone says podcasts are craptacular, you're going to have sore hands.
Oh yeah, he's all upset that Shawn's dissing other shows. Because, I can only hope he realizes that bashing other shows isn’t cool. It doesn’t make you look better; it only makes you look desperate. Based on what I’ve heard, he probably should be.
Um....Hello, pot? This is the Kettle? You're black. Yes. Yes, you are. Okay, bye now.
It's kind of hard to claim the high moral ground when you're doing the precise thing that you're bashing Shawn for, only in far less mature methods. Your Mac Jerks
? Are you going to call him a big stupid doodyhead too? What are you. 12? (Yes, I know you're 23 and a recent college CompSci graduate. That would of course, explain much about your attitude)
I mean, if you disagree with Shawn on his views regarding Podcasts, great. There's a dozen ways to do this, without getting into name calling, and not sounding like the jerk you accuse him of being. But then, your article would be like, not as d00d-eriffic, and you wouldn't get as much of a wank rating out of it. The increased in your site's hit count probably doesn't hurt either. (That's right little Who's...the more famous the subject of your rant, the more attention it attracts. I learned this recently when I discovered that Star Wars fans are a LOT more defensive than I thought they were.) But this is the Intarweb, and Derik Needs Attention, so he calls Shawn a few names. I hope you handle your other interpersonal problems with a tad more aplomb.
Oh yeah, Derik, (I really do keep seeing "Dorkrik" there, but I figure the neighborhood bullies took care of that for me long ago.), no fooling that Shawn did a podcast. It's that whole "Listening to your audience" thing. See, in the grownup world, we have professional needs and personal opinions. When a grownup has a professional need that contradicts a personal opinion, unless it's something that would cross certain morals or principles, a grownup sets aside the personal opinion, and takes care of the professional concern. In this case, the YML audience wanted a Podcast, so Shawn did one. That doesn't mean that he magically thinks most podcasts AREN'T crap, or that the hype around podcasting ISN'T stupid, but that he was doing his job. Doing your job
is a concept that is, I'm sure, still new and scary for you, but as you start working with grownups, you'll find that your personal opinion really doesn't count or matter, and that things in the big people's world are handled based on professional needs. Or you can live in your mom's basement. (Judging by the amount of self-aggrandizment on his site, I'm guessing Mom's basement is a real priority here.)
Guess what...Shawn disagrees with you. He's also not going to listen to every podcast on the planet like you seem to think he should. Using one podcast to illustrate why he doesn't like them isn't disingenuous...it's called an example. Maybe you should spend a little more time studying the concept of "Everyone doesn't agree with Derik" a little better, because you don't seem to have internalized it yet.
Oh, because I already know the first rebuttal...No, I don't really care what you think, or about you at all. But Shawn pointed out your article, and I've had a cold for a few days that just cocked up my Fourth of July weekend, so I'm in a bad mood, having a slow day, and was hoping to find a crippled baby seal to beat. You happened to be in the way. AKA...I was bored and now I'm not.
Yes, I am indeed, an asshole. I may even be Lord God King Asshole. I have references.
I'm a jerk too. All sorts of things. I eat a baby for breakfast, and kick small animals for a past time. Yep, all of it's true.
Just saving some time is all.
Posted by John C. Welch at 13:29 | Permalink
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.bynkii.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/82
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference More silliness on the Intarweb:
» Shawn King is a jerk from Stuff.
Jesus Welch, don’t you have anything better to do?
Well if you ask me, and no one did, Shawn King is a jerk. I have no reason other than my testicles telling me so, but in the absence of other information I’ll allow it. That being said it... [Read More]
Tracked on July 6, 2005 05:21 PM
Comments
No trackback? You can thank Shawn for pointing me over here. I got quite a kick out of your post. Thanks for the giggles!
Posted by: Derik | July 6, 2005 03:21 PM
I don't feel the need to do extra work beyond referring to the page in the article. If your setup needs more work than that, not my worry, nor my workload.
Posted by: John C. Welch | July 6, 2005 03:48 PM
I like your blog, but Im wondering about the 1200 some odd words framing an imaginary conversation where you poo poo 2 people for a perceived argument. Sounds like OS X server mailing list.
Come to think of it, you also have lots of caps shouting OMGWTFBBQ (which sounds a lot like OMGWTFSHOOPR00D also from the server list) You have to be careful, youre exhibiting signs of shoopism. :)
Posted by: dvsjr | July 13, 2005 09:20 AM
I was in a bad mood that day.
Posted by: John C. Welch | July 13, 2005 10:21 AM