2/18/10

 

Chris Dovi, Fall Guy.

If only I had waited to send my updates yesterday... then I could have mentioned the Style Weekly / PR / Fired Reporter snafu.
*SIGH*... (files nails...)

Now, for someone who was just last summer called ugly words by the editor of Style in an email that cc'd other staffers (because I asserted that a ReTweet with no contradictory commentary implies endorsement of that content you are then spreading to followers), I have to say I found it ironic that that same editor who sent me those ugly emails (and had no professional repercussions for it) was the same person who, in this article, released the statement saying,
"disparaging language 'violated the core values we hold sacred...' ".

Read the reporter's email and the PR firm's take on it:
http://www.goldmanandassociates.com/2010/02/reporters-obscene-e-mail-reveals-societys-prejudice-against-the-disabled/comment-page-1/#comment-238

Sooooo... let's look at the issue.
The PR firm pitching to the Style Weekly reporter sells their client as a BLIND motivational speaker.

YET takes offense when the reporter refers to the client as blind in his email, after weeks of the PR firm bugging the reporter about what they refer to as their BLIND motivational speaker client....?

Curious: 
So it's ok to be called a blind motivational speaker but not ok to be called a blind jerk?
What do you think?

I think the reporter's publication let him be the fall guy.
Nice.

In the meantime... ponder this:


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I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

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2/17/10

 

C3 Richmond Breaks It Down: Technology was A-Buzz With Buzz This Week.

Technology was A-Buzz With Buzz This Week.

• Read about the Buzz controversy:
  
  
  • Why Google Buzz Isn't Buzzworthy: (GREAT article) http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3864381/Why-Google-Buzz-Isnt-Buzzworthy.htm
  • Excuse the language, but this blog exemplifies what Google did not consider: An abused ex-wife's legitimate case and reaction on why this is so wrong.
  • Shortly after: "Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes" http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=5Dpkfd68
  • Is Google Microsoft? http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/14/google-gmail-buzz-john-naughton
  • And, just in case: How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) http://j.mp/cxNjiA
    
    
• I was interested in the Winter Olympics as a case study regarding its use of new media:
  
  
  
  • Here's a list of all US Olympic athletes on Twitter: http://bit.ly/9J2baa
  • Foursquare continues to gain ground, and big media recognizes its value: The New York Times and Foursquare Partner for the Olympics http://bit.ly/cXPPah http://bit.ly/recom
     
• Forrester Research, a technology and market research company, sparked debate with its new employee blog policy.
  
  
  
  • Here's why limiting employees’ online presence is a big mistake in journalism and elsewhere http://bit.ly/b4BTIl
  • What you can learn from Forrester's new blogging policy? http://bit.ly/9dApoC
    
    
• Foursquare user? Embracing the "Hey Look At Me" on Buzz? Well, here's a good point to consider for all you public braggarts: http://pleaserobme.com/why
  
  
• FACEBOOK FAN PAGES: Has one of your employees set up your facebook Fan Page? (**This is also to note for advertising / web agencies where clients ask for you to create their fan page:) http://tinyurl.com/yd7r3c6
  
• Remember last week's Norwegian scuba divers chasing the Google Street Maps car?
  Well, check out what Germany did.
  
• Let's end with what children can do to better the world: Amount a fourth-grade Denver class has raised since last Mar to buy and free Sudanese slaves: $35,000 http://harpers.org/x/1999/2/6

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2/11/10

 

#SnOMG Doesn't Stop Data

No, really, #SnOMG was fun!

Until yesterday, when the blizzard hit as our children were on a school bus truckin' up Interstate 64...
But even then, once they were safe, I enjoyed it and, on my lunch break, even attempted my first cross country skiing! And I only broke one pole!!!! (I never said I was graceful.)


Here's what we rounded up this week to consider:

• What search engines say about you (and for your clients): http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=141956
• What's publicly available info on Facebook? It's not clear, not consistent, and its flaws may surprise you. http://bit.ly/9ISL5V
• Divers in Norway seem to dislike being disturbed by the Google Maps car during their daily tanning session http://bit.ly/9GQ5wD
• Here is a great article on the collision of Google and Facebook... a big picture view: http://regulargeek.com/2010/02/10/facebook-and-google-on-a-collision-course/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RegularGeek+%28Regular+Geek
• And Jeremiah Owyang continues the thread in "Google Buzz vs Facebook vs MySpace vs Twitter" (with which I agree).
• Continuing on this topic, here's what Harvard Biz has to say: "Google's Buzz, Twitter and the Semi-Public Life" http://s.hbr.org/ahup7K
• Like the Super Bowl? Like Twitter? Then this data should be mesmerizing fer ya.
• Missed the Super Bowl ads? Were ya focusing on the nachos (and maybe some beer) too much? Forbes has created an embedder where you can watch 'em all, once available.
  

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

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