There are many people in our industry who think they are a lot more important than they really are…People who measure themselves by false metrics such as Twitter followers, Facebook friends, LinkedIn connections, or any other data that doesn’t actually measure the amount of good you’re bringing to the world.

– from a commentary about Jason Calacanis’ fake pre-launch tweets about the iPad Never Dupe Your Readers, Mike Industries

Related video: my web 2.0 talk Authenticity Is the New Authority and Tummelvision 4 w/ Kathy Sierra