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Re: Advertise Different: Sony

chartreuse — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:52:08 -0000

Nice post.
Good site.
And that's a clever idea.

Re: Days of Our Lives, the blogosphere edition

chartreuse — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:48:43 -0000

your last line was the best of the weekend. it's easy to miss the forest when you're one of the trees...

Re: Music sales: Is p2p to blame or not?

chartreuse — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:24:19 -0000

Why do some people think change happens in a vacuum?

You cannot look at the decline in CD sales and ignore the rise of consuption of DVDs, Video Games and Cellphones.

You cannot look at the decline in CD sales and not look at the decrease of net income for consumers since 1999.

You cannot look at the decline of CD sales and ignore many different factors
.
And you also can't ignore that a lot of music just sucks.

Re: The Paris Hilton School of Blogging

chartreuse — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:08:55 -0000

Of all the folks linking to that post yours is my favorite. Really.

Funny stuff.

Re: Alienating the Longtail: How to Win a Popularity Contest

chartreuse — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:22:35 -0000

I've been ignoring all the noise about this Team New Orleans thing. I find it disheartening. A lot of people,seem to have missed the point.

This trip was about me verifying some informtion I heard. That's it.

I felt no responsibility to get any bloggers involved or anyone else who didn't volenteer.

Why should I? It was my own personal crusade to find my own answers to my own questions.

I told everyone involved not to say anything else about it until the editing is complete. (I am breaking my own rule!)

I preach on my blog about the power of individuals. I also try to practice what I preach. I had some issues and went and answered them in my own way.

Sorry if it hurt some folks feelings. But I really don't feel myself or anyone else involved should have to appologize for doing nothing wrong.

Re: Alienating the Longtail: How to Win a Popularity Contest

chartreuse — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:04:24 -0000

Aaron,

One at a time.
If you look in the comments of the WOW posts you'll see that I took down the picture of the person complaining immediately.

What I didn't sucumb to was the chorus of folks who wanted me to tag pictures their way.

I don't think bowing down to a few loud people is finding a middle ground.

It's the same with this New Orleans trip. A few loud bloggers had a problem with it.

I received many emails from some very high places who told me to just ignore them. Which is what I did.

One of the things I learned about fights on the internet. It is very easy to be big and loud. People fall into a trap when they start ignoring themselves and listening to the noise instead of looking at the facts.

I was very open about the New Orleans trip and The WOW post. The facts were laid out very clear.

The only thing that changed was that 6 bloggers (that's right 6) decided that the trip wasn't a good idea.

I was supposed to change what I was doing because of 6 people?

And there problem wasn't with me but with the way The Blog Herald presented it.

But I refuse to critisize the Herald or anyone else involved in my project. They could present things any way they want.

The facts and what I had to say has been on my blog for all to see.

Trying to control other media (and we are all media these days) isn't what I do.

By having them involved, the price I pay is dealing with the fallout of what they say.

So be it.

They were brave enough to stand by me so the least I could do is stand by them, weather it's Loren, Tne Blog Herald, or anyone else involved. I may not agree but I won't critisize publicly.

But the sad part to me was the few people, and it was only a few, who at first supported the project but then changed their minds and started accusing me of things like doing it for publicity, etc. (And I'm not talking about you bcause I don't remember hearing from you when I annouced it.)

The funny part is I was the only one who didn't change. I said what I was going to do from the giddyup and that's that.

The same with the WOW post. I say what I'm going to do and that's that.

Middle ground is very important in some cases. But it is also important sometimes to stand your ground. Or you'll be forced to follow the whims of everyone.

Re: Alienating the Longtail: How to Win a Popularity Contest

chartreuse — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:54:11 -0000

I'm always willing to have a civil debate.

I don't see the double talk.

I sent them there for one reason. To verify if what was in the email I recieved was true or not.

I don't think that's bullshit journalism. Or maybe it is.

Was there a preconceived agenda. Sure.

But that's modern journalism.

That's FoxNews and The Huffington Post.

Are you really upset that I use spin?

Re: Alienating the Longtail: How to Win a Popularity Contest

chartreuse — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:04:48 -0000

Who's more credible? Your boss or you roommate when it comes to choosing a movie you would like.

I believe that Journalism, as you are looking at it, is going the way of the buggywhip.

People want credible sources, but that has a lot to do with their point of view and the point of view of the person giving them the info.

In a million channel universe you want to get the views of those that think about things as you.

Tht doesn't make what they say less valid. Just more palitable for your taste.

That is one of the reasons Om was wrong at WordCamp. Old journalism is only going to get less and less important.

Re: Alienating the Longtail: How to Win a Popularity Contest

chartreuse — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:14:00 -0000

Can I call it 'New Journalism'? :)

Great coversation, we agree to disagree.

Speaking of bad journalist, check this out. It deserves some publicity.

http://www.copyblogger.com/journalistic-superio...

Re: The Problem With Just Audiences

chartreuse — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:58:57 -0000

An audience without a performance is call MySpace!

Thanks for the kind words...

Re: The Problem With Just Audiences

chartreuse — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:34:10 -0000

The audiences of the future create there own performance.
Your job is to be Ryan Seacrest.

Re: Potential Promise (Or, The Key to Building Network Value)

chartreuse — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:35:00 -0000

Fraser,
You're wrong about this one.
Potential promise? Isn't the potential promise dependent on the audience? Isn't the audience what provides that potential promise?

Friendster had no Ryan Seacrest. They did not treat the audience right (according to Danah and others). On the other hand MySpace is the opposite.

The audience creates it's own potential promise. That is what gives you traction. And that's why you need Ryan. :)

Re: Songs for Summer (”Funkier Than Rick James in a Purple Coffin”)

chartreuse — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:29:20 -0000

Anything by Juvenile...

Re: A Lesson On New Media From Howard Stern (Or, How Not To Make $500 Million From Ad Sense)

chartreuse — Thu, 25 May 2006 09:01:51 -0000

Required reading.
Great post.

Re: Brand Me. Brand You.

chartreuse — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:52:55 -0000

brilliant

Re: 2006/03/01/i-cant-wait-to-use-ether/

chartreuse — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:01:28 -0000

i like the idea. but when I went to register someone had TAKEN MY NAME!

Maybe I'll try sign up as Pete Cashmore instead. :)

Re: 2006/10/24/edgeio-raises-5-million-for-craigslist-competitor/

chartreuse — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:04:31 -0000

The fact they were able to raise another 5 million is amazing considering all the bad press they got in the outset. Maybe it can be a valuable service'

Somebody thinks so.

Re: 2008/06/26/new-media-expo-2008-contest/

chartreuse — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:08:07 -0000

mobile.

everyday i see folks on the subways watching video. more importantly i see folks jealously looking at them.

sponsor based.

more and more video will not be ad based but will have one sponsor (like concerts).

niche based.

like everything else, the most successful videos will be niche based not general entertainment based.

pretty female hosts will never go out of style.

Re: INNOVATING INNOVATION

chartreuse — Thu, 11 May 2006 19:21:17 -0000

Nice post. Some great ideas I haven't thought about...

Re: Avoid politics on my link blog…

chartreuse — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:25:44 -0000

Nothing wrong with writing about you believe in (it is your blog.)

Edwards is an interesting canidate. And I'm glad he used New Orleans as a symbol of some of the things wrong with this country.

Nice coverage on your part.

Re: Bubble 2.0 Is a Bubble in Media

chartreuse — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:19:45 -0000

I was waiting for you to mention Umair. He's one of the best minds on this new media stuff.

Re: Audiences Are NOT Created Equal

chartreuse — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:30:10 -0000

Great post and great discussion.
All the tech folks really have to do is let go of there apps and put it in the hands of different tribes. They'll figure out what to do with it.

Re: Who Has Time for Web 2.0?

chartreuse — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:44:23 -0000

You got this one right.
Think about regular folks and stop trying to impress photomatt!

Re: Web 2.0 vs. Privacy

chartreuse — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:17:57 -0000

I will repeat this because I think I've said it before.

The problem is not privacy. We gave up on privacy when we signed up for medical insurance.

The problem is secrecy.

People want to know what is going on with their data. That's not a web 2.0 issue. It's an issue for everybody.

Re: Morality 2.0

chartreuse — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:31 -0000

Forget moralizing, lets talk money.

If advertisers don't like the content then probably the content producers don't like them.

MySpace isn't producing the content, the audience is. When advertisers complain about MySpace they are complaining about the audience. And that ain't gonna sell many iPods. That's why you don't hear a peep out of the advertisers and you don't hear a peep out of the MySpace audience.

Re: Marketing 2.0 Can’t Fix Bad Products

chartreuse — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:50:46 -0000

GM blew it by not responding to critics.
They should have HIGHLIGHTED the hateful ads and said, "These folks don't like us. They obviously don't know about our Hybrid and Envirometally friendly cars." And then led to a link with info about their Hybrid cars.

If you put consumers in charge of a broken, old brand all they will do is tell you that itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s broken and old.

Great line (probably the best I've read from you ever) but the brand isn't broken and old. Only the perception of it is. They had a chance to dispell that and didn't.

Re: What If Media 2.0 Is Less Profitable Than Media 1.0?

chartreuse — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:34:47 -0000

You're (finally :) ) right about something.I've been saying for a while that advertising will be completely different. Who needs ads?

Re: Godzilla vs. Mothra

chartreuse — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:39:37 -0000

For the record. This is the best post (IMO) you have ever written.
Short, succint, and right on target.
I'm jealous.

Re: MySpace Should Let Users Create Their Own Magazines

chartreuse — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:49:33 -0000

You are 100% correct on this one Scott.

Re: The hidden power of blogs

chartreuse — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:43:44 -0000

Good points.
Even though BizNiche is a first mover in the field I think the market is wide open because Andy's sites are soooo boring.

Re: Building web-apps: reDesigning search (intro)

chartreuse — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:31:11 -0000

I like the idea. Had no idea you had a secret project happening.
I'm not going to bug you with questions but I couldn't actually get any search results. I kept getting an error.

But i read the about and other pages and think it's a cool idea. Power to the people, indeed.

Re: Business 101 – Getting paid

chartreuse — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:53:09 -0000

That is a very good idea. Can't wait to try it out.