Weblebrities quiz
January 25, 2007 in blogging
Some of us are fond of current events quizzes, which often gather wild answers from students (e.g., who is Condoleeza Rice? A member of the Black-eyed Peas.). #
Well, Forbes just came out with their list of “Weblebrities” (that’s my term for celebrities of the web, btw). The list is below the fold. Try to identify who they are. Share the list with your friends and colleagues, even students. No cheating by clicking on the links! #
The Web Celeb 25
1. Jessica Lee Rose #
2. Perez Hilton
3. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
4. Matt Drudge
5. Seth Godin
6. Jeff Jarvis
7. Glenn Reynolds
8. Amanda Congdon
9. Robert Scoble
10. Michael Arrington
11. Hosea Frank
12. Jimmy Wales
13. Harry Knowles
14. Frank Warren
15. Cory Doctorow
16. Xeni Jardin
17. Leo Laporte
18. Merlin Mann
19. John H. Hinderaker
20. Charles Johnson
21. Kevin Sites
22. Mark Lisanti
23. Jason Calacanis
24. Om Malik
25. Violet Blue #
A confession: I was only able to identify 19 on first glance. #
I got nine.
I only got seven. And even then, I knew one of them because he is a former student of mine (Robert Scoble from my West Valley College days).
We got some our first computers in our journalism program when Scoble was editor of the student newspaper and realized that Steve Wozniak was taking a Spanish class in a classroom next to the newsroom. Scoble approached the Woz and asked for a donation of computers to the journalism program.
Well, we got No. 3 immediately because he used to be the editor in chief of the Northern Star: Markos Moulitsas Zuniga.
Ralph & Bryan kicked by butt again … I only got six
Hrmmmm. I know 15 of them. I know Amanda Congdon because she's from Rocketboom and she just endorsed my company's site, StyleFeeder. I know Xeni and Cory and Violet Blue from BoingBoing. Seth Godin I know as a marketer, and I was on a video talk show with Om Malik once…. and the others from obsessive political-blog reading.