A Review of This Site on Blawg Review

Perhaps it's a little incestuous that the Editor of Blawg Review posted some kind words about Legal Underground in "Previewing Blawg Review #1." After all, I'm a contributing editor of Blawg Review--the Editor's got to be nice to me. But oh well. It gives me another chance to remind everyone to submit their own favorite posts for Monday's first edition. The rules are here. The deadline is Saturday at midnight.

The Editor's post also gives me another opportunity to point out that I'm not the Editor. Since he's chosen to remain anonymous, people assume he must be me or Kevin Heller, the other contributing editor. But he's not. Why the Editor has chosen to be anonymous, I'm not sure, but I suppose he has his reasons. (Memo to Editor: No matter how hard you try, you'll always lack the sex appeal of Belle de Jour.)

In any case, I'm serious about this next point: it would be unethical for me to write a complimentary review of this site and post it somewhere else anonymously. That's not what happened, I'm not the Editor of Blawg Review, end of story.

Comments

[Editor 'n' Chef]

As to the identity of the anonymous Editor of Blawg Review it is really beyond the purpose of the project to enquire, so we will speak no more of it save to say once and for all that, to give some individuality to this personage, he is described as a character which sometimes occurs in actual society--a person who, having spent his life within the necessary duties of a technical profession, from which he has been at length emancipated, finds himself without any occupation whatever, and is apt to become the prey of ennui, until he discerns some petty subject of investigation commensurate to his talents, the study of which gives him employment in solitude; while the conscious possession of information peculiar to himself, adds to his consequence in society.

[Anon]

But what about that post on techlawadvisor that said you were the author of blawgreview? You would think he might know.

[Evan]

Anon: That's the problem. Neither Kevin nor I know who the editor is. So I suppose it could be Kevin--but I don't think it is. All I can say is that I've been corresponding with the editor by e-mail for quite awhile. In the world of the Internet, it's common to embark on serious and sustained projects with no more "interfacing" than that.

Something else I know. Based on the Editor's comment just above, he's obviously been reading way too much Henry James.

[JR]

I have a hunch who "Editor 'n' Chef" is but my hunch is not based on very much. When I emailed Editor he/she signed the email with "Cheers." I don't know of that many people who do that but I do know of some.

[Evan]

JR: I guess it's not Scheherazade Fowler. Interestingly, her linked post, in which she says she does not like the closing "Cheers," demonstrates that lots of people must sign their e-mails like that. So your hunch might not mean much.

[Mike]

I have it narrowed down to three, but I'm going to take "Eds" advice and apply my energies to making the project work instead of snooping. Anyhow, kudos to Ed for not taking credit for the project. I am much more eager to help someone who doesn't want to steal the glory than I would be if I thought Ed was using me as a tool of his/her self-promotion. So, it shows that Ed is more committed to making Blawg Review work than using Blawg Review as a way to drum up business.