Mossberg’s Mistaken Identity
I was at one of those swanky San Francisco events and a young woman in a splendid evening gown walked up to me. She squinted and said she was thrilled to meet me and loved my presentation about blogs at an event two years ago. I did not recognize her, but I meet thousands of people a year. I did not remember the event, I go to hundreds and speak at dozens. I asked her which one.
She said All Things D.
She thought I was Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal.
The problem is that I was wearing a sign around my neck that said DJ CLINE in big letters. This woman was obviously not wearing her glasses for the sake of vanity.
Even though she could not really see me, I can see how she made the mistake, I was standing next to Kara Swisher at the time. Walt and I resemble each other the same way hybrid cars do, except he is much more distinguished.
Dear Walt, you have some lovely fans out there, they just can’t see you very well.
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Posted by dj in Blumbers, Commentary, Humor []