Comments on: 70 Year Old Newsviner Gets On The Ohio Ballot

By: Matt J

Matt J — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting. He seems down to earth considering he calls himself old fogey.

By: Chris Griffin

Chris Griffin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What I find interesting is this 70 year old is tech savvy enough to even know how to use something like Newsvine. My mom who is over 20 years younger is a complete idiot when it comes to anything to do with computers. I remember spending almost 45 minutes trying to explain to her how to copy and paste…..ugh.

Anyways it says a lot about Newsvine’s popularity and ease of use.

By: Chris Griffin

Chris Griffin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

On another note, its refreshing to see a CEO not blog about his company or what blah blah conference he’s going to be at every other post.

I’ve grown weary of blogs that has become nothing but self-promotion. I know this is one of the objectives of having a blog in the first place, but there has to be a certain ratio of insightful articles to self-promotion. Reading insightful content is why I subscribed in the first place, and that insightful content is what probably opened the door to all the conferences these people are speaking at/hosting in the first place.

Toot your horn all you want, but don’t blow my eardrums out.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Chris. Yeah, to be honest, as much as I love Newsvine, I’d rather only talk about it maybe 10% of the time here. Never really enjoyed the self-promotion thing too much. Better to have other people talking about you…

By: Bradley

Bradley — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Woohoo for Ohio!

By: Kevin Marino

Kevin Marino — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Very cool. Gonna have to check out Newsvine ( I read your blog but never went to Newsvine, go figure).

Glad you minimize self-promo here. Self-promo is good, but only in the right context.

Cream of Wheat rules!!!!