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Originally Posted by SomeCreep
Sleazy is a successful webmaster, but "built an empire"? Thats going a little over board.
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Okay, maybe I am. The question is: what is an empire? Dictionary.com says an empire is . . .
"n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress 2: a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire" 3: a monarchy with an emperor as head of state 4: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate] 5: an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple [syn: Empire]"
Okay, so apples are out! However, a domain (read internet) ruled by an emperor (read anyone who owns the damn thing) seems fitting. Now the question comes down to one of validity. To qualify in the same category Choker did for the article, he would have to be considered "successful". WTF does that mean? Well, I'm the first to admit that that judgement is really up to me - that's my bias. However . . .
To me, anyone that can fly themselves to conferences whenever they want, have a whack of fun toys at their disposal and have created a decent name for themselves using the tools we all have available to us . . . that's success. It might not be (insert name of rich and powerful ruler of the world here) success, but it's enough to be able to qualify as someone with an "empire" that we can all learn something from.
Thoughts??