So Playboy has come out with its list of the web’s hottest bloggers (and shockingly, Hillary Clinton didn’t make the list). Let’s hear it for female bloggers getting the recognition they deserve, right!? Heh.
Well, not surprisingly it has started a bit of an uproar in the blogosphere, and while as a woman I do understand the point being made - that, as Aaron Brazell of Technosailor.com wrote in the comments section: “the *last* thing [women in the tech community] need is to have geek guys everywhere thinking of them because of their T&A and not because of their competency” – I must admit I feel encouraged by the fact that Playboy “gets” that smart women are sexy too.
Because, really Hef? How can you watch this without wanting to poke your eyes out?
And ever the optimist, I do see another upside to Playboy trolling the ‘net for the hottest blogger babes… the opportunity for the ladies to unite and come up with our list of the Hottest Male Bloggers!
Actually, this little experiment came into fruition last night while Twitter was abuzz about the infamous Playboy list. Once I put out the query for the Hottest Male Bloggers, the tweets – but mostly DMs (private direct messages)! – came flooding in, and I compiled a list of the male bloggers who received the most nominations within the 2-hour (or so) window of voting.
I don’t think I really have to state the obvious here, but this whole thing is completely tongue-in-cheek. That being said, if any of the male bloggers on the list have no sense of humor don’t want to be included (what, you don’t want to be considered man meat!?), simple email me and I’ll take you off – to the disappointment of your groupies everywhere.
So without further ado, here are the nominations for the Hottest Male Blogger:
- Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com, a popular blog focused on social networking.
Why he’s hot: See photo.
photo: Valleywag
- Mike Doe, comedian and writer of the comedy blog MikeDoe.net.
Why he’s hot: Funny is sexy.
photo: Twitter
- Jason Phillips, graphic artist and site admin at the blog GorillaSushi.com.
Why he’s hot: Supposedly he’ll do a nekkid webcam show if he gets more than one vote. That’s intriguing.
photo: GorillaSushi
- Jeremy Biser, founder of Discovering Dad, a site about learning what it means to be a good Dad.
Why he’s hot: He’s a family man.
photo: DiscoveringDad
- Guy Kawasaki, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine.
Why he’s hot: Brains (intelligence, not what’s literally inside the skull) are hot.
photo: GuyKawasaki
- Joeprah, blogs about life as a stay-at-home dad to 3 daughters at Joeprah.com.
Why he’s hot: See profession.
photo: Joeprah
- Ezra Klein, an associate editor at The American Prospect.
Why he’s hot: He makes a mean kung pao.
photo: Prospect.org
- Peter Shankman, founder of HelpAReporter.com.
Why he’s hot: He’s training for the NYC marathon. And? He jumps out of airplanes for fun.
photo: Shankman.com
So who gets your vote? DM me on Twitter OR email me at porricelli AT gmail DOT com with your vote by Monday, July 14th at 5 PM EST. (Don’t worry, your secret vote is safe with me and I won’t do anything with your email address.)
Playboy says they’ll ask their most click-worthy candidate to pose for their site… what should we ask of our Hottest Male Blogger?
You are too funny!!
I’ll be sending you my vote shortly. ;o)
seeing as this is a *family* site, maybe a shirtless pic? or maybe just a major shout out to all of the winner’s awesome fans
This is hilarious!
Great list Jane! And obviously Playboy mistakenly looked me over. I know it was a total mis-step on their part. Because seriously, I have brains and I am hot.
Oh, but this isn’t about me…
Pete by far is uber hot. I hope that if I ever meet him I don’t melt to the ground.
Mike–funny is hot for sure!
I *heart* Guy!
Peter Shankman is the coolest!
Who is this Ezra guy? Oh my.
Wow. The fan on my laptop just went into overdrive. Way too much hotness on one page!
OK, I vote for Jason Phillips, only because I don’t think he really has the guts to do anything nekkid online.
I love that you took this and ran with it. So funny. And some really hot guys. Poor Aaron, he isn’t there, huh?
Pete and Peter get my vote (must be something in the name – I totally remember a very intense, unrequited crush on a boy with the same name in Kindergarten all the way through to third grade when I sadly moved away) Oops, digressing…
but seriously, even as much as turning the tables is good for a laugh, can you see Playboy citing a woman’s hotness based on the fact that she stays at home with her kids or cooks? (just noticing that three of the reasons for hot are all based on things society deems non-traditional for men, whereas the reasons on the playboy site were all about the stereotypes)
I saw that Playboy poll that was flying around Twitter. You should really make Peter Cashmore’s votes weighted differently, as it’s not fair that mortal men have to compete with his hotness.
I’m voting for Jason cause with a promise like that, he’d better deliver
Oh, and he’s pretty damn hot too.
WOW! Tough choices here. Amazing what comes out of a twitter conversation.
I will be casting my vote in a few… hmmm & what shall they do if they win??? I’ll send some thoughts on that too.
Way to go w/ this post!
J
Heh… too funny.
Honestly tho – I still vote for Matthew McConaughey… Mostly because while I think all of the guys on this list are there deservedly, I can think of a dozen or two more that I find ‘hot’ for reasons of my own.
The thing is, I’d never ‘out’ them publicly because a HUGE part of the attraction is their wit, intelligence & humor – and that makes a man sexy no matter his age or his physical ‘attributes’. And besides, they’d all feel awkward being ogled.
Omg, you crack me up woman! I love it. I wish we could vote for more than one…
This rocks! How much fun can’t wait to hear who wins!
I am VERY disappointed that I didn’t receive a nomination – I am extremely tepid actually
I would have to vote for my own hubby. I know, I know – he’s not even listed, but he always has my vote.
Actually there are many others too who could not make it into this list, but are too hot!
James is by far the hottest blogger. Who the hell are these guys?
http://jamesstewart.co.nz/
I’ll have to agree that Pete is hot!
My vote goes to Pete.
But really he my be nice to look at but he’s more then that he has the grin, the ambition, and the smarts .
Vote sent
Pete is definitely very hot – plus he has an accent. Unstoppable!
However, this Ezra guy has caught my eye…I’ll have to do some thinking about him….er….this….this topic…. later tonight.
oh man, this is pitiful. these options suck.
Guy Kawasaki is, hands down, the hottest male blogger. Why? Because – and I speak from personal knowledge – Guy has *brains* and, more importantly, *soul*.
And that is about as sexy as it gets.
Well, since Drew Rozell didn’t make the cut, I’m going with Peter Shankman.
Pete at mashable gets my vote – Totally Dreamy and wow an accent and smarts to go with it!!!
His chiseled looks are half the reason Mashable is so big… the accent is the second half
OK. Totally Pete from Mashable.com
But don’t tell Matt!
xo,
Audrey
LOVE THIS! My vote has to go to @mikedoe, just because he hangs out at @akaMonty’s radio show every Friday night and puts up with an extraordinary amount of crap.
But let me just say, you ROCK!
Pete & Ezra are both tasty in these photos!
Shankman!? Are you kidding me?!? Are you blind? Is this the sympathy vote option?
Pete Cashmore is HOT as hell…and i should know its 10:00pm and still 92 where i live:)
In my humble opinion, there appears to be an omission. If he were on the list, I’d vote for Sean Percival. He’s funny and sexy and also has an accent (to me anyway, ‘cause I’m an Aussie). But in true aussie chick perving form, I’d go for BOTH Sean and Pete as shown in this pic .. enjoy
http://tinyurl.com/6h95ve Just whack me in the middle!
Thank you Spidey, I blogged about this horrible omission.
http://www.seanpercival.com/blog/2008/07/11/serious-omission/
You are hysterical! I love it! I vote for the mashable guy!
btw…you’ve been tagged by me!
http://lauralovesart.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/tag-youre-it/
~Laura
This is the moment that every geek, nerd, non-beautiful person in all time has been waiting for. Liberation! The tables have turned! GEEK IS HOT!
Mike Doe…but only because I couldn’t vote for Joel McHale (because well, he doesn’t have a blog) but they’re both funny and hot!
Smart is sexy… That is a great list and funny too … turnabout is indeed fair
Can I vote again? This one’s public – Peter all the way – he just tweeted a link here
Hi Jane – I just saw Pete’s comment to you on Twitter and that convinced me to come over here and lend my support. Nothing wrong with throwing a blonde med student into that mix, right? lol
It has to be me, surely, I’ve still got all my own teeth, although I’ve almost ran out of cranial hair, but isn’t that a sign of virility, anyway, I’m using a laptop on my lap wearing shorts the fan is in just the wrong place for cooling…or…maybe…not…
db
Shankman. Killer sense of humor! But oddly, will go out for drinks with PR people all around the country, but shuns his own NYC hood….perhaps he’s afraid of being mobbed. sigh….it must be a burden to be that funny AND cute.
my vote is tied between peter and gary, can I please have 2 votes?
As a dad blogger, I have to give love (platonic mind you) to my boyz! Those would be Joeprah and Jeremy. But Joeprah is already a celebrity coveted by all moms on the net. So, in the spirit of leveling the playing field, I’ll give this vote to Jeremy.
My vote goes to Jeremy Biser. He is after all a handsome guy AND a Wishpot Baby Dad Expert!
This reminds of me of Gawker looking for the hottest straight single guys in book publishing (trust me, there ain’t many). It’s like shooting fish in a barrel, where the barrel is very very large, and there aren’t many fish.
I can’t vote. These guys are all young enough to be my sons. It just ain’t right!
Sharon – MomGenerations
ps not that I’m not enjoying the contest!!
Personally, I’d vote for this guy (if us guys are allowed to vote) because he is crazy good-looking!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/1398931092_ef31f60a45.jpg?v=0
But since he’s not on the list I’m casting my vote for Jeremy Biser! He’s the man!
I’ve got to vote for Peter Shankman, because who else has a harem *ahem* I mean HARO list full of PR professionals who hang on his every word?!
This contest is just hysterical! I’ve already DM’d you about who gets my vote. If I knew how to whistle I would. Whurrrt-Whrewwww!
As BusyDad mentioned, dad bloggers are always ready to support one of our own so I’ve got to give props to Jeremy as well.
I have to vote for Jeremy!!!
I’m another Shankman fan. He’s funny, talented, has put together an amazing resource (HARO) and does all this without ever sleeping.