Persona Polarizes

Just a couple of days ago, my long time friend Nate had a bit of a social web run in on Buzz with popular tech blogger Robert Scoble.

I regularly read and enjoy commenting back to Robert at scobleizer.com and on various social sites, as well as reference his work here on occassion. I appreciate his focus on video quantity (over editing/production quality) and concentration on the message of the interviewee. But it turns out that some folks don’t appreciate his style or persona. There will always be personality issues surrounding opinionated folks with rapidly changing views. This is a fact of producing content that we must accept. We’re going to rub some people the wrong way (I have angered my fair share of redditors and HackerNews commenters with posts). But this post isn’t about getting angry at bloggers, it’s about persona and sharing more of my own here.

This blog is not just how I think, it represents who I am

Nate also suggested I share more of my personality on this blog. But this is hard to do for startup/tech based content and more philosophical ideas. So I’ll begin the best way I can, and that’s by sharing my personal video and photo blog (linked above or at messel.posterous.com). If you’d like to see stand alone posts starting with my honeymoon with Michelle, they begin here June 1st. I hope you enjoy the video shorts and images as much as Michelle and I already have.

  • Ronaldessel

    mark, your doing a fantastic job at doing what you do best (being you). i also enjoy reading robert scoble's posts and his ability to change with the times, even when he bucks the trends. i also enjoy all those that comment and discuss your visions or delve off into tangents (which i tend to do every nanosecond). healthy opinions don't have to agree as long as you respect the others point of view. i hope you and michelle are having a most excellent honeymoon stay in california, and i've had fun looking at the blog posts and videos from posterous. see you at the airport tomorrow night.
    ron eazy, victus, and waffles

  • http://www.victusspiritus.com/ Mark Essel

    Thanks super Ron, we are ready to journey home tomorrow. Look forward to tomorrow night and seeing you, dogs and sleeping in our bed.