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Re: Flickr goes even more mainstream - WA Tourism photo collection

kevinbriody — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:59:43 -0000

I saw that - very cool use of Flickr and "crowd sourcing" - though I still
have serious issues with the campaign tagline of "SayWA". Seriously, that is
the best they could do to promote the state?

Re: That “other” Kevin Briody wins an Emmy

kevinbriody — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:56:51 -0000

Hi Kevin! Excellent, glad you stopped by. I'll drop you an email to say hello. :)

Re: Beach pic from my Flickr stream gets picked up

kevinbriody — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:56:00 -0000

It was a great spot for a honeymoon, someplace on the long term wish list to do again.

Re: Have Passion, and Be Amazing

kevinbriody — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:21 -0000

@Kyle, thanks for the comment!

@Fiffer, actually I used to use Falbum on this blog, but with a prior theme (K2). I couldn't get it to work at all with Thesis, and just didn't have the time to really sit down and play with the template enough to figure it out. I also used Slickr Gallery with Lightbox for a while, which was cool but unwieldy for me.

So instead on Thesis for the photo sidebars I just use FlickrRSS, and for the images on my Photos page (found in the top nav) I use a simple but cool plugin called PictureGrid by Kieran Delaney. It only shows one set from your Flickr stream, but that's all I needed for now. You can see all my plugins listed at http://kevinbriody.net/about/plugins/ for the links (including the Slickr link under "Inactive").

Re: The Accidental Spokesperon - The better side of corporate blogging

kevinbriody — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:05 -0000

Hi Douglas, thanks for commenting. I think the hybrid model as you described has some legs in certain companies. But part of what I really like about more of the freewheeling, organic model of lots of employee blogs without filter is that it shows off how much a company trusts its employees and is willing to directly connect those employees - unvarnished - to their customers. Adding a deliberate layer of moderation, even if pretty loose, could undermine this impression.

Still, I'll go check out compendium to learn more!

Re: Nike "employee" lashes out over Duck uniform critics

kevinbriody — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:58:43 -0000

Mason - wow old post comes to life! :) I agree about the recruiting value of the uniforms, in that regards they have been a raging success. My personal taste is towarda the more traditional (maybe joey harrington era) duck unis though. On the discussions I think it's great to debate changes to sport like this- the point on the post above was a nike employee (who designs the duck unis in question) anon commenting and flaming the critics. That was just poor form.

Re: Recollections from Marketing & Online Communities 2008

kevinbriody — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:24:07 -0000

Test comment here...

Re: Stale Blogs, or How to Tell When A Company is Left for Dead

kevinbriody — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:57:06 -0000

Hey Larry!
Good to hear Bleezer will get some love coming up - it looks like a nice tool, so I'll make a point of checking it out. And watching for blog updates. :)

Re: Wordpress Amateur Hour: enabling large file uploads with upload_max_filesize

kevinbriody — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:36:23 -0000

@Infinitely - haha, glad I could help. :) That's why I wrote this, as I figured if it took me 10 hours or so of painful hunting online, others must be in the same boat.

Re: A bit of inspiration in the morning

kevinbriody — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:09:36 -0000

Hi Nick - I sent you an email directly. FYI to anyone else reading this, I moved blogs over to http://kevinbriody.net - so any comments here may take a VERY long time to get approved.

Re: That “other” Kevin Briody wins an Emmy

kevinbriody — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:28:12 -0000

Actually, I was referring to Kevin Briody, the folk musician from Connecticut, who I happen to share a name with. I just thought it was somewhat cool that at least someone out there with my (our) name won an Emmy! :)

Re: PR industry: Still grasping for a clue

kevinbriody — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:46:55 -0000

I'm glad someone else noticed this line. I love it - visions of a spaghetti mass of wires sticking out with an engineer yelling "soldering iron stat!"

Re: Wordpress Amateur Hour: Including Twitter alerts in main page

kevinbriody — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:15:10 -0000

Testing out this here comment function.

Re: Defining my online brand - should seattleduck.com remain as is?

kevinbriody — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:55:58 -0000

@ Kip - I agree. Thinking about it, the blogs I have stayed the most loyal too are the ones who are clearly identifiable in terms of what their focus is (marketing, tech news, etc) yet also clearly the product of a person I can connect with and relate to. So a pure marketing blog might be better saved for guest posts elsewhere, a group project, etc rather than the mainstay of my online brand.

@ Alex - I like the idea of a unique RSS feed based on tags. I'll have to poke around and see if there is a WP plugin for that or something I can route through Feedburner. I also think I'm leaning towards the kevinbriody.net/blog option as you suggest. I can dream up 1000 "catchy" blog names yet I want something that a) is "me" online and b) is built to last beyond whatever I think might be cool or neat today. Keeping it simple is probably ideal. I'll save the cute names for side projects.

If I do the above however, I need to think about either leaving seattleduck.com in place in order to not break the permalinks, or some kind of Wordpress .htaccess hack or migration process to move them all and redirect over to the new blog. Fortunately I have a couple weeks off starting tomorrow, so I feel a project coming on! :)

Thanks for all the great comments. Any more, please fire away.

Re: Defining my online brand - should seattleduck.com remain as is?

kevinbriody — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:07:22 -0000

Well said Scott - the idea of a fresh start is very appealing, and likewise I've learned a ton about blogging over the past several years and want to put that to use. Seattleduck has been a great experience, but I feel I could really do better.

Re: When the lawyers run the business

kevinbriody — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:09:26 -0000

:-) No offense to a future lawyer intended! The comment was meant to highlight an unfortunate power shift occurring within many larger companies - where strategy and marketing decisions are in effect being made by the legal team w/o deference to the business experts. The results often blow up. Just like there are instances where marketers absolutely need to run things by legal first, the same should happen going the other way as well.

So this wasn't meant as "all lawyers are bad" or "lack all creativity" but rather that both functional specialities inside a business have a role and should consult each other, and maintain a certain power equilibrium. The balance right now to largely out of whack, in favor of the legal teams.

Re: Geek Throw Down: Transformers vs Robotech

kevinbriody — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:47 -0000

Ooh, you're right. I forgot about that connection. From what I recall, FASA's artists flat out lifted several of the mech drawings from RoboTech. Let me showcase my geekiness for a moment :-): Maurader (Zentraedi officier's pod); Rifleman (Raider X); Archer (Gladiator); Warhammer (Excalibur); Phoenix (Super Veritech); Stinger/Wasp (normal Veritechs). Plus two or three more.

There must have been a bit of legal fun, or just a "doh!" moment on the part of FASA, as all those designs disappeared from later sourcebooks.

FASA itself eventually got bought by Microsoft in order to create the MechWarrior game series, but rights to the fiction and such have been passed all over the place. I think Wizards of the Coast might own it now, though the recently licensed out the right to publish "Classic" BattleTech sourcebooks to some small company up in Bellingham (I think?). The whole thing is like an IP carnival. :-)

Re: AppleTV invades my living room

kevinbriody — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:36:52 -0000

@Beau - thanks :)

@Dean - an ad, but a very helpful one! Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't heard about you guys but I will definitely be checking out your site.

Re: Who’s going to Seattle BizJam this weekend?

kevinbriody — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:01:28 -0000

I'll track you down Dan! :)

Re: No more Digital Image Suite?

kevinbriody — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:01:06 -0000

@Tom: That's a great suggestion. I haven't played with Paint.net in a long time, so I'm curious to see how it has progressed. Off to download...

Re: Finally sitting down to learn my DSLR

kevinbriody — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:30:00 -0000

Thanks for the comment Tom. I've always wanted to look at my camera as more than a tool (to document my baby growing up, for example), but as a bit of an artists brush. My inner creative side is a tad restrained in my current job, so now that I know a bit more about how to actually use the camera, we'll see what and how I can paint! :)

Re: Example #6,732 of why it’s generally a bad idea to sue a blogger

kevinbriody — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:56:26 -0000

Eric - true, but at the same time they just might have panicked period. Hanlon's Razor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor might apply here: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."

Re: The silent ‘e’ is still stalking me

kevinbriody — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:16:41 -0000

LOL, I'll restrain my eye-rolling and give the service a shot. Like I said, I think I can see some real applications for folks involved in community marketing, working with bloggers, PR, and so on. I hadn't thought about the domain name cost though, great point!

Re: Yet Another Theme

kevinbriody — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:33:25 -0000

thanks :). I already have 2-3 other header pics ready to swap in and out. Not 100% set on this one, but it's the one I had most readily accessible. As you said, a whole new obsession.

Re: Found again - Battlestar!

kevinbriody — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:30:35 -0000

oh...my...lord, Sarah! That is a weird coincidence, I've got to admit. I love the fact my blog popped up on your Google search for starbucks too. :) I'll drop you and email to catch up. - Kevin