So I'm walking down the road with two of the loveliest people. Phil and Matt Webb (I have to say his surname because he's not 'Jones'). And we're being very silly and giggly about Micro-Celebrities which is a nonsense term for people... er, who are well known in this circle but not outside it - but the miracle of the interweb makes them seem sooo much more important. Ahem. Which was part of the humour of it. Phil was namechecked quite heavily in Clay's Keynote this morning so we were (obviously, because we're from London) taking the piss out of him, and it all got very silly.
So we go to an Ethiopian restaurant to eat - very nice but not very hot - and in walk 4 geeks. We mildly laugh about the fact that we should be wearing our nametags, and then Matt notices as we leave that one of them was - gasp! Justin Hall!
So we tried to goggle through the window at him, being very stupid. Hilariously, given the meaning of all this micro-celebrity shit, I was telling this story to Jones and JPC today and - brilliantly, neither of them knew who Justin Hall was. Which was perfect.
I have to say, despite the knackeredness and being sick on Saturday, it has been such extraordinary fun hanging out with my mates for days and calling it work. So good to be around people for whom I have so much more than just affection.
Posted by cait at April 25, 2003 11:43 PM | TrackBack