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Gamechangers.com's Mike Bonifer has written a nicely thought-through HE tribute, calling yours truly the October 2009 game-changer of the month. Except his piece was just posted today, 11.12. Why wait 12 days after the end of October to announce this honor? I should either be the November game-changer guy or Bonifer should have run this 30 days ago. Or...whatever, he should have waited until next April.

The site is a promotion for Bonifer's book, "Gamechangers: Improvisation for Business in the Networked World."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM

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Stringer Bell says ...

Seems like he researched high and low for those 12 days, and couldn't find a more worthy game changer.

Congrats Jeff.

Posted by Stringer Bell at November 12, 2009 2:11 PM

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Muscle McGurk says ...

I wonder what website he was really reading.

Posted by Muscle McGurk at November 12, 2009 2:23 PM

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Jonathan Spuij says ...

"he commentary by a smart, often-vicious pack of readers are the icing on the cake."

Yay!

Posted by Jonathan Spuij at November 12, 2009 2:25 PM

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YRG says ...

Great to see you recognized. I've followed you for a couple years now and hope to keep coming back for years more.

Posted by YRG at November 12, 2009 2:26 PM

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Gordon27 says ...

I don't mean this as an insult, Jeff, but I don't understand what "game" you "changed" and, reading that article, I still don't. It's a very nice shout-out, though.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 12, 2009 2:46 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson says ...

Based on the article, the game changed would be that unlike many other entertainment journalists, Jeff writes stuff that isn't predictable.

Inferring from things in the article, and based on everything, I'd say the game he changed was to be an entertainment writer who makes a living blogging. Very few pull that off, and he was certainly one of the first.

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson at November 12, 2009 3:28 PM

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SolarTheSign says ...

Wells: it took awhile for the judges (me) to tabulate the votes (1) because we were moving into a house we bought in West Adams near downtown L.A.

G27: He changed his own game to adapt to the changing game of entertainment journalism.

Posted by SolarTheSign at November 12, 2009 3:36 PM

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shanes5 says ...

Jeff,
Congratulations on being recognized for your fierce independence. I've been a follower since reel.com, and even though you sometimes leave me aghast at your fundamentalist nature...I'm always entertained. Looking forward to many years of continued insight.

Posted by shanes5 at November 12, 2009 4:06 PM

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Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

We are vicious, but smart. Sound about right...

Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie at November 12, 2009 4:26 PM

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Gordon27 says ...

Solar - fair enough; I was thinking the "game" was something bigger than just his own game that he had changed, that he had possibly had something (that i missed) to do with the latter changing game to which you refer, but what you're saying makes sense.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 12, 2009 8:53 PM

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Dzayson says ...

Wells, I've read your stuff since '98 at Mr. Showbiz, and I congratulate you on your long-deserved tribute. Keep up the good work!

Posted by Dzayson at November 13, 2009 1:28 AM

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griddle says ...

Now that I read this short post it really is an interesting question of why to wait 12 days to announce this? Anyway, I hope that after I'll cook a French sandwich on the pan grill that I have on the stove, I hope to read additional information about the subject that I discovered from reading the post above.

Posted by griddle at January 28, 2011 10:45 AM

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