1. Gordon, what's with the recent references to ethnicity? I've seen it on several blogs and have yet to find what started it. Could it have been Bloghercon? Gosh, I sure hope not.

Posted at 5:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Gary Potter

2. ETech crowd -- worthwhile observation. Not surprisingly, some analysts figure that's why SIDEWAYS, the movie was able to cross-over from an indy to a mainstream Oscar nominated film. It seems that out of about 300 film reviewers --the majority are white males in their 40's. Why relevant -- because it seems that they related strongly to the protagonists and probably envisiioned themselves in the lead roles. I wish I had the links to those articles/opinion pieces but I'm sure your savvy readers can find them. For what it's worth I tried to get a press pass to ETech but was turned down -- even though I write a regular column for iMedia (www.imediaconnection.com) and more than 100 articles per year, author 3 books yada, yada. Guess I should have just used my initials rather than my first name when applying for credentials?? Seriously, the world ahead is multicultural --but the rise of Citizen Media should even out any ethnic/gender concerns -- unless blogs start 'sniffing' first names and redlining zipcodes etc. js

Posted at 5:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Joyce Schwarz

3. Gordon, what's with the recent references to ethnicity? I've seen it on several blogs and have yet to find what started it. Could it have been Bloghercon? Gosh, I sure hope not.

Posted at 5:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Gary Potter

4. ETech crowd -- worthwhile observation. Not surprisingly, some analysts figure that's why SIDEWAYS, the movie was able to cross-over from an indy to a mainstream Oscar nominated film. It seems that out of about 300 film reviewers --the majority are white males in their 40's. Why relevant -- because it seems that they related strongly to the protagonists and probably envisiioned themselves in the lead roles. I wish I had the links to those articles/opinion pieces but I'm sure your savvy readers can find them. For what it's worth I tried to get a press pass to ETech but was turned down -- even though I write a regular column for iMedia (www.imediaconnection.com) and more than 100 articles per year, author 3 books yada, yada. Guess I should have just used my initials rather than my first name when applying for credentials?? Seriously, the world ahead is multicultural --but the rise of Citizen Media should even out any ethnic/gender concerns -- unless blogs start 'sniffing' first names and redlining zipcodes etc. js

Posted at 5:46AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Joyce Schwarz