Potentially embarrassing TV appearance!
I'm a bit nervous about mentioning this here (just in case I look like a complete idiot) but for those of you that are interested, I'm probably going to be on Sky News this evening very briefly talking about weblogs and why they're cool and all that jazz. Look for me around 5.45pm if you're near a TV, and send me supportive thoughts otherwise I'll cave with nerves.
Comments
Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.
Good Luck Tom! I'll be watching!
→ Posted by: minifig at January 13, 2006 4:15 PM
Don't worry Tom, I'll go easy on you.
We're just keen to learn more about the wonderful world of blogs from a Master of the Blogosphere like yourself.
See you at 5.45 p.m.
→ Posted by: JT at January 13, 2006 4:21 PM
I have to continually remind myself how few people actually know what a blog is - even now!
Good luck!
→ Posted by: pod0 at January 13, 2006 4:25 PM
Just remmember to have your fly's done up
→ Posted by: KS at January 13, 2006 4:37 PM
I won't see it, but Good Luck!
→ Posted by: Mark at January 13, 2006 4:48 PM
Just try not to think about the millions and millions of people watching your every move and listening to every word and just waiting for you to mess up. Sorry, couldn't help myself :) If you talk anything like you write you'll be fine!
→ Posted by: Jessica at January 13, 2006 4:50 PM
i'll be watching, say hi!
→ Posted by: mike at January 13, 2006 5:07 PM
Well done!
→ Posted by: tierpfleger at January 13, 2006 5:56 PM
Hey Tom, nice job. I thought you came across really well. Shame they only have you three minutes, though. I mean, did they really need to spend do much time on the stunt man catapult thing?
→ Posted by: MacDara at January 13, 2006 5:57 PM
'Have' you three minutes? Obviously I meant to type 'gave'. D'oh is me.
→ Posted by: MacDara at January 13, 2006 5:58 PM
Yeh you came across really well, although they spent a bit too much time on the rather bizarre Queen of Chavs montage.
→ Posted by: Mike at January 13, 2006 6:07 PM
Go Tom! x
→ Posted by: James Cronin at January 13, 2006 6:16 PM
The man catapult thing was great!
Oh, and, your hair was perfect, nothing to worry about there, it went great!
→ Posted by: DanCatt at January 13, 2006 6:16 PM
It went great! The director was a bit shaky before and after the interview, though.
→ Posted by: Chris at January 13, 2006 6:23 PM
You came across really well, and you didn't seem nervous at all.
→ Posted by: minifig at January 13, 2006 6:44 PM
Ha ha ha. I've just had an amazing conversation with my Dad. Guess what it was about.
Dad: There was a bloke on television earlier. He was supposed to be the top man in weblogs or blogs.
Me: Really?
Dad: Tom someday ... erm ...
Me: Tom Reynolds?
Dad: No. Tom ...
Me: Tom Coates?
Dad points at me and smiles.
Dad: And he was talking about someone whose blog he likes. Someone who's apparently very ... everybody reads.
Me: Jason Kottke?
Dad points at me again and smiles.
Dad: He said he thought he was a good one.
Me: Well everybody reads him. It's a habit. He's the guy who was able to give up his job and support himself by blogging fulltime.
Dad raises his eyebrows.
(sorry I missed it)
→ Posted by: Stuart Ian Burns at January 13, 2006 10:06 PM
And somebody, somewhere, has saved this in some format so we can all share yes?
(I missed it - I went to the shops. I was running low)
→ Posted by: Siobhan Curran at January 13, 2006 10:48 PM
Well I hope so, because my Tivo refused to record it. What a shame! Still, never mind, eh!?
→ Posted by: Tom Coates at January 13, 2006 10:54 PM
Not to worry.
As long as you don't start purring like George Galloway and start licking your whiskers, you'
ll do just fine.
→ Posted by: SmartAss at January 14, 2006 1:16 AM
Please tell me that someone somewhere has this thing posted online.
→ Posted by: Patrick Byrne at January 14, 2006 1:20 AM
Gah! Why did you have to be on the TV while I was at work Tom. Damn you to hell! I hope this pops up online somewhere.
→ Posted by: Natali at January 14, 2006 1:40 PM