Yeah, I Invented The Lisa
Oy, I wonder if this is what I’ll be famous for…
[Karl Ribas:] Ok… first things first… what’s the story behind “The Lisa” alias? I’m seeing it referenced just about everywhere, including on t-shirts, and I’m curious as to how it came to life.
[Lisa Barone:] It’s somewhat embarrassing and I blame the whole thing on Nathan Weinberg! As most are aware, the Bruce Clay, Inc. blog opened up comments back in January after much reader insistence. This made a lot of people very happy, including Nathan Weinberg. Nathan wrote a blog post called Bruce Clay Adds Comments, Other Stuff and in his high level of excitement (heh) made a small typo and included an erroneous “the” in front of my name. Being an obnoxious blogger, I ran with it and in that week’s Friday Recap I joked that from here on out I was “The Lisa”!
Naturally, I was kidding and just […]
Original post by Nathan Weinberg