Comments on: Seattle Observations

By: What A Strange Journey The Past Year Has Been - SeanPAune.com

What A Strange Journey The Past Year Has Been - SeanPAune.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:55:55 +0000

[...] it shows you is posts you did on that same date in past years. Well, a year ago today I was in Seattle, WA (and writing thoughts about the city that did not please all of my readers) for the SummerMash [...]

By: M

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:52:30 +0000

OMG! SEATTLE SPEAKS! I love personification. Although, I must say, Seattle is a bit touchy. Sean, you made a city cry. All this time I thought it was the weather, when really, it’s you. You bastard.

You also made me laugh and look at you with awe. Sean, if you can make a city speak, can you do me a favor? Could you please write a post about Disney’s Fantasia? Those brooms have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.

But back to Seattle. Beef up, shrimpy. He’s not even your boyfriend and you’re still overreacting. Sheesh.

By: Sean P Aune

Sean P Aune — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:11:19 +0000

First off it was called “observations”, meaning “this is what I observed, here is what I thought of what I observed.”

Secondly, I never put much stock into comments left by people who don’t have the gumption to sign their real name or even leave a real email address.

As for what I expected from the record stores was at least somewhat of an acknowledgment of the rich musical history of Seattle, not a bunch of beat up used copies of No Doubt albums (which I saw in both stores). That’s just simple marketing, play to your strengths.

As for what else I did or did not do in Seattle, thanks for making assumptions. Gee, what a “ridiculous and naive” comment left to a post.

Again, sign your name, or you get ridiculed. My blog is named for me, automatically meaning I stand behind everything I say on it, you can at least do the same.

By: Seattle

Seattle — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:11:03 +0000

Seattle thinks it’s ridiculous to judge our city by the Space Needle (you didn’t need to fly here to learn it’s a tourist trap); our hotel parking (hotels in SF charge $40-$50 btw, and why should other guests subsidize your need for a car in the city? (think green)); and our bricks-and-mortar record stores (what were you expecting, a store full of music unavailable anywhere else?).

Try to spend more than a couple hours on the ground before forming an opinion. Check out the neighborhoods. Go out at night. Get out on the water. Talk to some people don’t just eavesdrop.

For a tech blogger such as yourself, visit some startups. Or why not go visit Microsoft, or Amazon, or Boeing, or Starbucks, or Real Networks, or Nordstrom. Think to yourself, how many companies like this were started by people in Missouri? Of course Seattle is going to be a lot like everywhere else, but at least try to find and appreciate some of the good things that make cities different. What a ridiculous and naive post.