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“Blogarinos”. If I ever needed proof that DT is a secular Ned Flanders, this is it.
Which, to be clear, is great – if you remove the religious shtick, he is consistently the best, nicest human being on the Simpsons.
Also has a TV Trope named after him: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flanderization (Ned, that is, not DT)
Which is a shame, Ned was just a foil for homer initially, not the religious freak he became later.
At least we got some good episodes out of him even after the trope started (like Hurricane Neddy).
New respect for DT. Keep herding those Autopian cats.
I also want more blogs.
Wow. That is so desperate. Remind me to never be the boss. Sounds like a lot of cat-herding.
“ Hey! If you’re reading this it either means you’re a member and something is wrong (let me know, I’ll fix it). Or you’re not a member yet! ”
I am a member and I am reading this. I don’t even know what is wrong to complain about….
There seems to be some blogfuscation going on. Do we need to institute a blogstigation?
Umm, aren’t you supposed to be blogging too, boss??? How are your blogs coming along???
He is the EIC now,don’t you know. To be fair,he does some blogging as well
“I’m not mad, I’m just blogappointed.”
Okay I spent 30 years off and on in newspaper marketplace sales and delivery with 2 business degrees from FSU. This is what I would recommend if I were a consultant and why.
Remove David as an editor and make him a reporter. Yes he is an owner but let’s look at this. He is way too nice to be a boss and call anyone out for non performance. Look at his so nice attempts to call out writers that are not posting the necessary blogs. Plus having read DT articles since from the other site there isn’t one writer on the Autopian that can write as well as DT. He is better on subject matter, education, comical etc. I am not saying take away his authority and decision making authority but the site needs more DT articles because it is drifting towards dryness and stats. It is not what I was expecting when I recommend and heard that DT and JT start there own site. IMHO with 30 years experience
I’m not sure, a behind the scenes a**hole driving content will likely ruin this site. David and Torch are both gems and Matt seems to glue things together well. I like the off the cuff, non-corporate feel. An MBA will ruin this.
25+ years industrial experience.
True. I have 40 years experience being an asshole. It does not produce results.
Samesies!
An MBA will bring down any organization.
He can bring it down faster with a few Six Sigma f-sticks helping.
Ouch, that hurts. As someone who is Six Sigma trained.
It can and does work, in certain applications and situations. It is not a cure all and can do a LOT of damage if misapplied. In my experience, few organizations are actually mature enough to really do it properly.
Then you know.
Sadly yes… It is a tool like any other, and is unfortunately often misused.
Meh – I got a pretty reputable MBA… and I’m not afraid to admit that at least on that front the comments here may be accurate.
Companies can be managed to success in many ways, and what gets taught at MBAs rarely is the only, and often not even an effective way, in my experience.
I very much admire what our triumvirate and the whole team are doing here, their way!
A behind the scenes “a-hole” driving content is why I’m working here and not the lighting site. 🙂
Seriously, a month after I wrote a semi-truck story that got 1.5m pvs (more than any article in the entire company portfolio that quarter) I was told I couldn’t write random silly stories like that anymore because they “don’t click.” No more trains, no more weird stuff, no more writing about cars I bought. The data said otherwise, but okay.
Surely an MBA’s finely-tuned gut instincts outweigh any and all data, he said as sarcastically as humanly possible.
Please keep up with the deep dives. I’d love the see more motorcycles, maybe a few less RVs. And always more trains and planes!
Booo,that sucks Mercedes. He,of all people,should know that trains,more weird stuff and writing about shit you buy is what brings readers back here in the first place.
Not listening seems to be their superpower
It’s like telling a bird not to fly. Pure stupidity. (More trains pls)
IDK, I’ve observed a shift in the past 10 years or so. Being an a**hole boss to drive work/results doesn’t really fly anymore. Yeah that motivates some in the short term but in the long-term people will peace out. It may push out the lower performers but also some of your high performers that you didn’t want to lose.
Hey, if the complaint is that I’m “too nice,” I’ll take that — as long as we’re producing results, and we are.
It’s worth noting that, at the old site, nobody was a jerk to Jason and me (honestly, everyone left us alone), and we led that site to over 11 million monthly uniques. Put together a great team, set standards, allow writers the freedom to be themselves, and use data to provide gentle nudges in the right direction — it is the way.
With that said, there are loads of ways I can improve as EIC, and I’m committed to doing so. Luckily, I have the most amazing team of editors in my corner: Matt, Peter, and JT. What a trio!
It was not meant as a insult. It was meant to point out your good nature in a bad time. I am not a writer so I may have not conveyed my message clearly
https://i.ibb.co/rG4khS5c/rob-schneider-1-1-2000-fe560fe01be240419a03303026fb92cc.jpg
David Tracy (pictured above)
Will he get the reference?
Not a chance!
That’s a great picture of Carlos Tavares
Blogarino makes me automatically think a plane crashed somewhere.
(see blancorilio on YouTube)
Or Ned Flanders.
Blogarino? Isn’t that the weird executive that took over Twitter’s descent into full Nazi bar after Musk steered hard to starboard then shattered the rudder wheel to prevent corrections?
Nearly 30 years on and Office Space is still true.
Damn I’m getting old…
This was:
1. Fuckin hilarious
2. Extremely and endearingly transparent (proud to be a memberino)
3. Useful to see how a team I consider functioning super well is actually pulling it off
4. A great reminder not to skip on my blogs too (I got none brewing on this fine Saturday morning and I feel anxiety creeping in)
I just laughed at the picture 😀 “What’s … happening?” (not that DT gets that reference)
I would love to be part of your team. SO many creative writers that would seem to be fun to be friends with.
And other times, it’s like to clean up typos or words that look like you spoke them into a “smart” phone instead of typing them out.
I have always admired automotive magazine writers that come up with incredible and invocative descriptions I never could have.
And, I immediately spot a typo or a misspelling.
I blame my mother, English major, newspaper editor, who sent my letters home from college back to me with red ink on my grammatical or spelling errors. And continued to do so while I was a cub newspaper reporter before I got the jobs I wanted as a photographer, first print and then video.
Second half of my career was as a guy who implemented software for news organizations and a typo was almost always fatal with what I was trying to implement. Like 99% of the time.
That level of precision apparently made me a terrible guy to live with.
I’m retired, but old habits die hard and I’m not that much easier to live with.
I imagine engineers (of any kind) may run into the same domestic issues.
God bless the people who put up with us.
For me it’s units. I kept bothering a colleague this week because he talked about a compressor’s “square feet per minute”
That’s why sometimes when you try to re-inflate a tire, it remains flat.
Underrated comment
I feel ya, brother. I was raised by a grammar/fact pedant father who, for example, refused to pass the jar of fruit spread to me if I referred to it as “jelly” when it actually contained “preserves”. Or if I asked “Can I borrow the car today?” would respond with “I don’t know, can you?” Anyway, I feel like the near constant exposure to minor grammar and spelling mistakes (looking at you, in particular, Jason) is a way of vaccinating me against being a similar pedant (although my kids will probably tell you a different story…). I just take a deep breath and remind myself that this is the best damn auto website to have ever existed.
Oof! I know the pain of the can/may I conundrum question from back in that day. I suppose “may I” is the more polite way to pose that question. But really, they knew what we were asking. Stick wherever “for which” you will in that last sentence. I’m not big into dandling participles or really any other dangly bits.
Yep, Technical Writer here. Sometimes I have to turn off that part of my brain when reading stuff online, here and elsewhere. And at the moment there are parts of the document I am reviewing where I have been directed to turn off my brain. No touchees here! Errghh, my brain hurts.
I would like so badly to copyedit these articles
I guess he’s not into the whole brevity thing.
No.
Push the TAKES and the CONTENT. WE NEED STUFF.
Just write. I mean, like 25 pages of dribble. You know, about The Faces or Coltrane. You know, just fin’ write. Alright.
Nobody better move his “holy grail” swingline!
The Jeb! Bush “please blog” is killing me.
What, no “ABB! A always B be B Blogging! you [insert profane insults here]!”?
Or wait, has David not seen that?
Second prize is a set of steak knives.
100% has not seen.
David: PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN! COFFEE IS FOR BLOGGERS!
Me: No fucking way.
“…that’s my name! I drive a new 21st century German electric car, you drove here in a used ’80s Italian car!”
1) Get a dog
2) Name dog Blogarino
3) When DT asks about Blogarino share fotos of dog
4) ?
5) Profit
Blog is one of those words that’s gets funnier when you start overusing it…blog, blog, blog…
It’s better than bad, it’s good!
AND NOW HIGH-FASHION BLOG FOR GIRLS!
It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood!
By Blammo!
It’s blo-oog! It’s blo-oog! It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s … Wood???
Given that most writers aren’t real car people I think DT trying to keep up on your education is vital
Peter, whaaaat’s happening, so listen if you could go ahead and blog on Saturday, that’b greaaaaaat.
lol. so good.
Wait, David … have you SEEN “Office Space?”
Yeah, THAT is a revelation!
Uh oh – pretty soon the staff will be having meetings with ‘the Bobs’… 😮
What would you say you do here?
He’s a people person damnit!
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!
It’s ‘the Blogs’ around these parts
I noticed you are wearing the minimum flair.
“THERE’S MY FLAIR”
Fun fact: the restaurant manager was Mike Judge himself.
Blog Bobs?