Bad Rocketboom puns, pain, and life goes on.
Published by Jonny Goldstein on 6 Jul 2006 at 7:36 am.
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While up frantically checking out technorati links to catch up on the very public split between the creative pillars of Rocketboom, Andrew Baron and Amanda Congdon, I found a post decrying the spate of bad puns about the Rocketboom, er, implosion. I’m as guilty as the rest.
Anyway, whatever happens in Andrew and Amanda’s future, the current situation is a bummer. Their show, to date, was an ambitious effort that combined a serious work ethic with adventurous content. It was not everyone’s cup of tea, but it was the preferred media beverage of around 300,000 viewers, and that’s a big deal. And that’s why there has been so much to do about the split. When something is that much of an attention node, it rocks the whole electronic nervous system we call the Internet when it ruptures.
A lot of talented, good folks worked on Rocketboom, like our very own Bre Pettis. I personally liked the way that Rocketboom stayed connected to the vlogosphere, sampling and shouting out vloggers on a regular basis.
Pain sucks, but it’s useful. It means something is wrong and needs to change. So the technologically mediated complex of social relationships they used to call Rocketboom is going to change. One thing is for sure, all the people involved in Rocketboom to date will keep making media. Because they need to, and because they can. And the pain will subside eventually. See you on the internets and at the bar.
