When Everybody on the Internet Knows You're a Dog, But No One Else Does

Remember this New Yorker cartoon?

Well, now everyone knows you're a dog if you're Internet Famous. Brad Stone at Newsweek reports that bloggers are becoming famous in the offline world as well, but we're not recognizable on the street just yet (unless you're Jeff Jarvis or Chris Pirillo, who's profiled today). Even better, Stone has the inside dish about how some bloggers were irate over Blogebrity's A, B, C taxonomy. This really is so petty.

While it's true you can become "famous" on the Internet, it's not nearly the same as being famous offline. Today I came within two feet of a Very Famous Person from the entertainment world (not saying who, sorry, but I will tell you a half-hour later I was in an earthquake - hmmm). Believe me, he had no idea who I was, but I knew who he was.

So, if you aspire to become Internet Famous, I guess I can tell you first hand it's fun, but it doesn't make you any more well known in the meatspace, really. It's more of a sideshow to see how people make a big deal of it. And I don't expect many people on that A-list to achieve lasting offline fame. Basically we're all still just dogs, right dawg? Woof. Woof.