the best well kept secret in the blogosphere
Japan is pretty much a trendsetter when it comes to novelty things and people, and things that people do. Just when you thought that you’d seen/read/heard it all, a new fad would burst like plum blossoms in spring, mortifyingly humbling our jaded cynical selves into shocked silent puppies.
I would like to shock you myself, so ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present the BEST well kept secret in the blogosphere. Ready? Here you go…
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Joi Ito is a woman.
Joi Ito is a woman.
JOI ITO IS A WOMAN!!!
That’s right. All of us have been duped, the blind bats that we all are. You’ve got to admit; a Japanese man wearing a robe - that’s not culture; THAT’S NOT A MAN AT ALL!
Via Jack of All Blogs (thanks Edrei)
10 Most Powerful Women in Blogging[...]
8. Joi Ito of Technorati (http://joi.ito.com ) has her hands in a lot of Web 2.0 companies, some you might not even know about yet. This makes her damn powerful. Often times the one you don’t know that well is the most powerful. My personal favorite because she seems to help people get shit done.
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Research is overrated.
Tags: blogosphere, fakeplan, funny, joi ito
I was studying Immunological Hypersensitivity when I was blogging that. I swear to God, I was more facinated in Xiaxue being in there than Joi Ito being a man.
Does this mean Xiaxie might be a man too?
sorry to rain on your parade, but…
“Sorry about having a ambiguous name, but I’m not a woman. I’ve been mistaken for a women by various bloggers, but this is the first time I’ve made it on a 10 most XYZ Women in ABC list. ;-P”
got it off here
Edrei: you were being the typical male?
thanks for the laugh, I’m still laughing 
j o e l : I know
The FUNNY 10 Most Powerful Women in Blogging
liberalcowboy made a list of 10 most powerful women in blogging, but it turned up to become a joke. He mistakenly assumed Joi Ito is a woman!
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suanie: your sarcasm needs more work. Joel didn’t get it. haha
Well you know…you’re alone for so long. You start to get wierd ideas you know?
I saw that article, and was like, WTH? That’s why you should do some research first.
And F-kstress is actually KY. %-)
male? female? no difference leh I think.
btw, thanks for the good luck wishes
i remembered distinctively some blogger met joi ito eons ago and he’s a man (saw his pic, reminded me of pai mei in kill bill, only with darker follicles). after eidrei’s post, i scanned furiously for the word female in joi ito’s blog. couldn’t find whey….
ahaha…she sarcastic ar? didn’t get it. paiseh…
guess sarcasm is only most effective when spoken
Joel: Sarcasm is only most effective when spoken?
Right. What do you call it when everybody gets a joke but one person doesn’t? Does it mean the joke isn’t funny?
Since you’re immune to written sarcasm, my entire comment is drippin with it. Just so you know.
WRITTEN sarcasm is the highest form of sarcasm, actually.
erna: sorry if i offended you… but i bet you’re one of those people who can’t wait for people to screw up so that you can verbally blast them back to the stone age.
I always thought of Joi as a guy. And long before I met a Zimbabweian dude of that name recently.
Joel: Aww, poor baby. He takes it personal, is it? *pats* *pats some more*
It’s not about your screwing up. If you didn’t get the post, you could have laughed and admitted you didn’t get it. Instead, you dissed ‘written sarcasm’.
Verbally blast people who made mistakes? Haha…isn’t that what you were trying to do when you tried to enlighten poor, misguided Suanie about her mistaken belief?
And by the way, Joi Ito isn’t a woman but a transsexual mongoose.
“And by the way, Joi Ito isn’t a woman but a transsexual mongoose.”
shock shock horror horror shock shock horror
Joi who?