{"id":162,"date":"2007-05-06T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-06T20:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2007-05-07T07:30:02","modified_gmt":"2007-05-07T05:30:02","slug":"who-the-hell-does-david-bullard-think-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/who-the-hell-does-david-bullard-think-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Who the hell does David Bullard think he is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have just read his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundaytimes.co.za\/Columnists\/DavidBullard\/Article.aspx?id=452352\">piece<\/a> in the Sunday Times and wonders what gives him the right to attack us bloggers out there.&nbsp; As Vincent say in his <a href=\"http:\/\/vincentmaher.com\/mit\/?p=347\">reply<\/a>, there is so much inaccuracies and generalizations that I have the impression that David Bullard has no idea what blogging is all about.<\/p>\n<p>I have a full time job and have no interest in becoming a journalist, hell there is a lot of people like Vincent that does a way better job than me.&nbsp; But I have opinions about things that I want to share.&nbsp; I have technical knowledge about my job I can share.&nbsp; To do these things I do not need to be a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Just to show how little David Bullard knows.&nbsp; If publishing houses find blogs like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tertia.org\/\">So Close<\/a> interesting by printing a book out of it, who is he to say that it does not add value and that there is no following.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe only 20 or 30 people read my blog but that is a couple of people that show an interest in who and what I am. It is a place I can use to have a communication with like minded people and they with me.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times, under whose direction and auspices, Bullard has written the piece owes each and everyone of us bloggers an apology.<\/p>\n<p>So, David Bullard, get back to play with your cars on a Sunday Afternoon and leave us bloggers alone.<\/p>\n<p><i><u><b>Update:<\/b><\/u><\/i> You can read more here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/wiredgecko.net\/2007\/05\/ill-just-write-some-drivel-then-bullard\/\">Wired Gecko<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nicharalambous.com\/2007\/05\/06\/david-bullard-attacks-blogs\/\">Nic Haralambous<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unodewaal.com\/2007\/05\/06\/david-bullard-plays-air-opinion\/\">Uno de Waal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"Shaun%20Dewberry\">Shaun Dewberry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenman.co.za\/b2evolution\/blogs\/index.php?title=david_bullard_causes_a_blog_site_storm&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1\">Neverness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/wiredgecko.net\/2007\/05\/ill-just-write-some-drivel-then-bullard\/\">Paul Jacobson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/ericedelstein.com\/2007\/05\/06\/does-david-bullard-have-a-point\/\">Eric Edelsein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/coda.co.za\/archive\/20070506\/23:36:22\">Coda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" href=\"http:\/\/justinhartman.com\/2007\/05\/07\/is-david-bullard-an-utter-wanker\/\">Justin Hartman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sunday%20times\" rel=\"tag\">sunday times<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/david%20bullard\" rel=\"tag\">david bullard<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/so%20close\" rel=\"tag\">so close<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/communication\" rel=\"tag\">communication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have just read his piece in the Sunday Times and wonders what gives him the right to attack us bloggers out there.&nbsp; As Vincent say in his reply, there is so much inaccuracies and generalizations that I have the impression <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/who-the-hell-does-david-bullard-think-he-is\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Who the hell does David Bullard think he is?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-collaboration","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}