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Re: Horizon Realty’s blunder!

jamesbedell — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:11:48 -0000

Nice post! I think people's gut feeling about facebook and twitter (see: your fave social media site) is a sense of communal ownership. They realize their content is part of what makes the site worth visiting and so more so that even the basic web, corporate use/engagement in the social web needs to be carefully calibrated. This smacks of big corporate attacking one of US. Who hasn't, on twitter especially, passed a comment about some product or service? It's exactly that kind of commentary that marketers are vying for. Yet some genuine negative feedback sent these guys looking for their legal team. EPIC FAIL

Re: The FTC vs Green Marketing– Who Will Win?

jamesbedell — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:48:48 -0000

Great Post! I think what we're starting to see are two breeds of consumer. One is the is iPhone/Blackberry carrying type checking out products with an app like Good Guide an obsessively reading labels. The second group doesn't actively seek information and therefore relies on TFC to dole out better/smarter ratings for products. It's important for the 1st group to always be the pace-setter, but it's equally important that the second group doesn't get left behind.

Re: SCOTUS and the Latina

jamesbedell — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:21:16 -0000

This came up as a point of debate between myself and someone on twitter who believed wanting a Latina on the cours was equivalent to being a racist. I reject that for the reasons above. Sotomayor is qualified on sound legal grounds and as an individual. Being a minority only enhances those qualifications.

PS I can't stand Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh or anyone that feels entitled to tell people how to think.

Re: James' Notebook - Today’s Project. The wife asked me to call on my...

jamesbedell — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:16:10 -0000

Trying out comments, they seem to be working.