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	Phil's Blogservations Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Posted by philgomes 2:38 PM Edelman, Blogservations, Editorial Oversight, Etc. Edelman, Blogservations, Editorial Oversight, Etc. Okay... Enough folks have asked me this question privately that I feel the need to say something in this public forum. For those of you who have asked me... ...whether I now ghostwrite or otherwise have day-to-day oversight over Richard Edelman's blog, or ...whether Richard Edelman has similarly co-opted this blog, or ...whether the two of us sit like crafty online Svengalis in smoky rooms with cigars and bourbons in hand, deviously plotting what we're going to post; when we're going to post it; and, generally, hatching some nefarious scheme to twist the blogosphere into some staid, polluted pastiche of the wonderful communications medium that it is and the key social changes it represents... ...the answers, respectively, are: "No" and, "Definitely, no" and, "Please take the #@&%$ tinfoil off of your head, step out of the Faraday cage, and hold off on hitting your 'Oliver Stone'-labeled speed-dial button for just a minute while I explain." For one example... In Richard's post about the Edelman/Technorati survey (which I will address separately) as well as several other posts, it's pretty clear that we take our inspirations from very different sources. Do you honestly think that someone who blogs about Fields Of The Nephilim, A Band Called Pain, Motorhead, and Paradise Lost is very likely to have a reference to Oklahoma! on the tip of his tongue? Similarly, do you really believe that Christopher Hannegan is likely to use Evil Ash's command of the Deadites in Army Of Darkness as a metaphor for employee communication? Among a host of other things, it's about rich conversation, diversity of opinion, domain expertise, and responsible self-expression. Screw with that at your peril. Thanks to this blog, Edelman knew exactly who it was hiring. This site is a pretty fair representation of who I am and what I do on-and-off-the clock. Seems to me it would be foolish to hire someone you'd necessarily want to "change", especially when that person leads a semi-public life. Repeat: No one at Edelman now holds the reins on this blog. Seriously, folks. I mean, have you even heard my first podcast, for Pete's sake? All of that said, as my interactions with Richard, Christopher, and future Edelbloggers continue, I'm sure elements of our conversations might end up online. That's inevitable. I hope this clears up a few things. Thanks. Bye. | HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil's demented imagination. Hell, to be perfectly honest, even Phil disagrees with what he thinks sometimes. This site has virtually no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Clicking on a link doesn't automatically send a 1/2-cent donation to UNICEF. You can't buy, sell, auction, swap, find a date, win friends, influence people, cross the chasm, or decode the human genome using this site. You won't get free email. You won't win a free video game console. This site will not end world hunger, foster peace in the Middle East, help you smell better, teach you how to swing dance, or move the global economy from petroleum to hydrogen fuels. You'll learn a lot about this site's master, though, which amounts to a haphazard collection of strange and useless facts that pretty much won't help you at all.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This is the blog of Phil Gomes, SVP with Edelman Digital and senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research. This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. Phil currently resides in Chicago, IL. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes.com View my page on PROpenMic SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.