This website is supremely interesting… it’s a search tool, like Google, but in a more targeted, detailed way. On 123 People you can type in your name and get a conglomeration of all the links, photos and phrases tied to you on the internet - all things that are publicly available. The result is a packaged, digitalized reflection of your public person, up to this point in time. The site calls itself a real time people search tool.
When I searched myself the results were quite amusing. Because I’ve reported for the Daily about Obama, there was an awkward shot of Obama and Clinton navigating around each other on stage during a debate. The tagcloud of keywords associated with me included “gay marriage,” “gay marriage bans,” “gay,” “religion,” “obama,” and “thinks.” And there is a picture of me from two summers ago, overeating at a hookah place/restaurant in St. Mark’s.
Less impressive than Elise finding herself on the NYTimes, but things I found:
- A million and one photos of Bill Ayers that are supposed to be me
- A link on the SESP Web site to a story I wrote about the Next Big Sound
- The roster for Random Bear Attack
I’m everywhere! I’m on youtube, I’m on wikipedia, I’m on IMDB, I’m on the news (less than ten miles away!)! I even make some rockin’ video game music.
Okay, so the only thing I have that’s really me is the judge wiki. I think I kind of prefer that.
