Comments on: So It’s Come To This: Behold, Music Reviews With A 160-Character Limit

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:23:06 +0000

@DavidWatts: Nice, but that ain't no Rock, Rot and Rule.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:52:19 +0000

This reminds me of writing for Londonist, except without an “editor” pushing me to chuck in more superlatives and undeserved praise.

By: revmatty

revmatty — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:23:53 +0000

@Maura Johnston: That's a good point as well, I hadn't been thinking of it as a pronoun in that context. And I'd really hate to see everyone move to iblppr and iflkr and itmblr naming to emphasize the centrality of the specific user in each web 2.0.3.9.7.alpha application.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:27:31 +0000

Maura, thank you so much for the writeup. We agree that the brevity of blips actually can make reading reviews more fun, and far more succinct. Moreover, we believe the real value comes when it's your friends' reviews. While we believe there is some value in long-form reviews for bigger purchases, we have tried to build blippr upon the trust of people whom you already know. We feel that, while one long review from a friend or critic may indeed have value, five short reviews are that much more valuable.

Thanks again for the writeup!

Best,
JC
CEO of blippr

P.S. @revmatty rather than "vowel-challenged", we prefer "vowel conservationists" ;)

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:41:15 +0000

@revmatty: one might argue that 'i,' being the most important pronoun of the present era, transcends its vowel status when it comes to web 2.0 names. but your point stands.

By: revmatty

revmatty — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:19:52 +0000

"another vowelless Web 2.0 entry that lets users grade on a one-of-four-emoticon scales"

Just to nitpick: 'i' is a vowel. Maybe 'vowel-deficient' or 'vowel-challenged' would be better.

By: Marth

Marth — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:58:26 +0000

So it’s kind of like reading Vice record reviews, except not nearly as funny and/or insulting to your ethnicity or religion.

By: angshu

angshu — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:55:53 +0000

How come there’s no “Their best since Exile on Main St.”?

By: DavidWatts

DavidWatts — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:51:50 +0000

A much, much better spin on this theme: [www.areyoucrappingme.com]

Every song on every album reviewed is either CRAP, jam, or MONSTER JAM. Percentages are assigned accordingly.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:18:06 +0000

can’t wait for da capo ’09’s special section of these