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Re: Rockin’ on the High Seas

EdRoberts — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:40:44 -0000

Have fun Lynnette! Great to see the re-spunkified goodness back. :)

Re: S.M.A.A – Social Media Addicts Association

EdRoberts — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:40:43 -0000

Reminds me of Jeffrey Sass' video: The Perils of Twitter and Social Networking: A PSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5QQF4GULU

Re: July SMCKC Breakfast

EdRoberts — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:37:26 -0000

Thanks again for catching the video. You rock as always!
BTW: Simply use http://SocialMediaKC.com so if we decide to make our own site, it'll reference the right place. :)

Re: New Palm Pre Commercial Strikes Cord

EdRoberts — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:29 -0000

I'm tired of advertising spending more time being artistic over giving you reasons to purchase their device. Are these series of ads designed to sell Pre's or win advertising awards?

Do something like the "this weekend" video Palm has on their website. SHOW us why all this "works together" and fills the need I have for my everyday problems.

Re: rizzn's personal blog

Free Games Guy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:39:03 -0000

If that phone is everything it looks to be I will be getting one as soon as it is publicly released!

Re: A different stimulus idea that might work

EdRoberts — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:34:18 -0000

Maybe I'm confused here...

Are the businesses getting the bailout money required to pay it back? I'm assuming so. If not, then inflation should be through the roof. Or.. are we assuming that many of these businesses will fail anyway, and the government never gets back the money?

I totally understand the employment side of things though. Anything that creates jobs, and increases consumer confidence is a good thing.

Re: rizzn's personal blog

kabon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:07:03 -0000

I have nothing against gphone, but my heart is already stolen by my blackberry :D

Re: (jeff)isa-balloon! | (jeff)isageek.net

EdRoberts — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:04:11 -0000

THAT rocks!

Re: Time to keep our promise

cspenn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:02:48 -0000

The only reason I'd argue for coming down so heavily on the bailout folks is that it was a near-exact repeat of 9/11 and Iraq - imminent danger, financial meltdown only days away, sign this into law NOW and pay no attention to it! And Congress, or a majority of it, bought it a THIRD time, hook, line, and sinker - and we're seeing the results of their actions now with bonuses, dividends, and acquisitions, none of which were supposed to happen, but of course were baked into the cake.

Once, sure, I can understand. 9/11 was legitimately terrifying, and lawmakers signed into law the PATRIOT Act, which was a stinker. They should have known better for Iraq - WMDs now!!! - but didn't. The bailout was strike #3.

Re: Time to keep our promise

EdRoberts — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:23:04 -0000

No offense Chris (and you know I have a TON of respect for you), but I fail to see that logic. To call for the unilateral removal of those that voted for the bailout, yet find it ok to promote someone who DID simply does not make sense.

In other words, we should weigh heavily against those that voted for the bailout, but not make it our only decision making tool for anybody running for office.

Re: Time to keep our promise

cspenn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:35:54 -0000

I would hold to that. If they're up for re-election in their Senatorial positions, vote 'em out.

As for the big election, that's a call you have to make yourself.

Re: Time to keep our promise

EdRoberts — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:30:23 -0000

Can this include Senator McCain and Senator Obama? .... please?

Re: What the f&!@ were they thinking?: Levi 501

EdRoberts — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:52:19 -0000

I totally agree. Unfortunately, this seems to be the latest trend in "viral marketing". Do something that's ridiculously controversial to build up Google juice. Hey! It got you to write about it. While I'm not sure if this falls into that category, it's certainly more than a unusual and grotesque effort on the part of a long standing and respected brand, that just lost a great deal of their respect. People are going to write AND link to it.

Re: rizzn's personal blog

nathan — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:36:46 -0000

I like t-mobile, i've been with them since my first cell phone.

Re: rizzn's personal blog

EdRoberts — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:10:56 -0000

If it wasn't on T-Mobile, I'd consider it. Although... at least they'd be better than AT&T

Re: Tracking Twitter With Twitterfeed

EdRoberts — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:14:36 -0000

I'll have to explore this option, as it's been something I've been looking at for quite some time. Derek's Tweenky can do a "track" to email via search terms as well, but it also manages to grab the originating twitter's name. You can simply have it email your phone's email address (see provider for format).

Only downfalls to this are that the service is still very beta, and "Tweenky track for 'searchterm" appears as both the subject and in the body, so there is little room for the actual message in the SMS.

The originating poster missing is because Summize searches only include this information as a link in their feeds. While not as reliable, you can probably subscribe directly to your Twitter replies tab (providing you can utilize a username/password.). While it may miss @s in the middle of a tweet, you'd at least get the Twitter handle.

Re: my socks don't fit

hilker — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:42:23 -0000

my shirt was drenched when we got back if that's any indication. it caused me to lok up the meanings of dew point & heat index: fascinating stuff!

Re: my socks don't fit

EdRoberts — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:05:46 -0000

Walked to the farmer's market? Are you sure you didn't swim? *grin*

Re: my socks don't fit

hilker — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:09 -0000

hey ed -
i didn't know saturday was that high! maybe we wouldn't have walked to the farmer's market had i known that. but i'll take any chance i can get to gloat to my family in phoenix. :)

Re: my socks don't fit

EdRoberts — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:30:52 -0000

With the incredible humidity we've had, no surprise. And this was the cool day. Sat had a heat index of 114!

Re: Summertime Blues (Okay, not really.)

EdRoberts — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:31:17 -0000

The title of this post instantly had me singing "No More Summertime Blues" from Geoff Smith.

MMmmm... strawberries.

Re: My MacBook Mission - Accomplished!

davedelaney — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:17:06 -0000

Thanks Ed. Mike is a great guy. I'm looking forward to the prospect of
working with him on this project. We'll see how it shapes up.

Cheers,
Dave

Re: Why the Google / Viacom lawsuit may be GOOD for online media

EdRoberts — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:11:58 -0000

Viacom commenter: Thanks for the comment. I always love to see companies engaged in the conversation that is going on.

I don't know if I'd blame Google for the lack of public knowledge of your legal and embeddable content. Yes, the fact that people posted your content to YouTube before this option was available didn't help, but don't blame others for the lack of effective marketing on your end. All that said, you are definitely right, with sites like YouTube also distributing clips royalty free, you loose money on your content. Unfortunately, with user submitted sites, you know as well as I do that moderating the content is nearly impossible. This is why I hope that a distribution deal can be made with sites like YouTube so it doesn't take a lawsuit to receive a check for your work.

Re: My MacBook Mission - Accomplished!

EdRoberts — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:23 -0000

Very cool Dave. I remember Jeff Ray speaking rather highly of Mike (I used to work with Jeff in KC before he zipped off to Nashville). Great to hear that he's diving into some new media initiatives. Best of luck to him, and best of luck to you as you utilize the gift in your work.

Re: The evolution of marketing after search

EdRoberts — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:33:52 -0000

Absolutely Chris! The incredible wealth of this information is staggering, and frankly, I'm surprised we haven't seen it utilized that much yet.
I actually blogged about the iPhone and "proximity marketing" a year or so ago that talked along these lines. The point being is that it's only a matter of time... and it IS coming (no reason to think it isn't). Add GPS enabled phones that access this data, and this kind of stuff can be sent to you not only at the right time, but also when you are at a place you can make a purchase.
For example... you only need to add a dash of the DB to the Starbucks iTunes store, and it's already set up! You like Matthew Ebel's music? hey, we played something in the last hour you may be interested in. Press here to purchase!