February 2007 - Posts

• Exposing your private parts to public view

  Not literally obviously, that's a whole different topic - but The Sydney Morning Herald has a good summary of the implications for privacy in an online world. For a flavour here's the end game list of how one can build a picture of 'you' from public domain Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 28 February 2007 18:19 by Steve Ellis | (Comments Off) Filed Under: Trust & Ethics, Marketing

• KFC, WalMart, JetBlue, Dell...are you prepared?

  Following on from some recent posts - my Friday evening moan and the KFC rats story - Jeremiah provides a more constructive commentary on these and other recent 'ugly' aspects of social media. The pertinent question is what are we each learning from Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 28 February 2007 17:32 by Steve Ellis | (Comments Off) Filed Under: Blogging, PR

• Quote of the day: Ryan Morrison

  "While you're on my blog please take note of the latest Twitter comment I posted about posting about my blog post about tumblr on tumblr and Twitter."How to be a Geek Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 28 February 2007 00:46 by Wade Rockett | (Comments Off) Filed Under: Random, Media

• There's a rat in my kitchen...

  Big rats too. And lots of them. Click on the image to reach the video. I doubt the KFC/Taco Bell PR team now trying to deal with this crisis will be heartened to know, but they are probably starring in the latest case Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 26 February 2007 08:16 by Steve Ellis | 2 Comments Filed Under: Marketing

• PR still doesn't get the new world

  Martin Moore starts the ball rolling here, Jeff Jarvis adds his bit - here - and the ..the world's leading... adds more of the same here. And my recent experiences are that they are bang on the money. Which is an uncomfortable point of view Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 23 February 2007 18:44 by Steve Ellis | 3 Comments Filed Under: Blogging, Trust & Ethics, PR

• Obvious puts Odeo up for sale

  Just got an e-mail from Obvious Corp announcing that its podcasting platform Odeo is available to a loving home. Saith the Obvious blog:In the last few months, we here at Obvious have been increasingly focused on Twitter. As a result, our original product, Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 21 February 2007 00:12 by Wade Rockett | (Comments Off) Filed Under: Media

• JetBlue CEO uses YouTube to address customers

  Link to videoJetBlue CEO and founder David Neeleman takes to the Intertubes to address JetBlue customers. He promises major changes at the company, including a Passenger Bill of Rights. (Extreme weather conditions last week led to massive delays and stranded Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 20 February 2007 19:11 by Wade Rockett | (Comments Off) Filed Under: PR, Media

• Meet me at SXSWi 2007

  If you're attending the South by Southwest Interactive festival this year, keep an eye out for the shifty character pictured below. From March 9-13 I'll be hanging out with the high-metabolism world dominators and arm-waving visionaries of the digital Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 16 February 2007 20:53 by Wade Rockett | (Comments Off) Filed Under: Random, Media

• EU law to expose fake blogs and self-serving online reviewers

  I missed this story in Saturday's Times Online but its subsequently stirred up a few comments at Church of the Customer and Slashdot. In outline terms, new EU consumer protection laws will prevent companies misrepresenting themselves as consumers. Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 12 February 2007 16:50 by Steve Ellis | 3 Comments Filed Under: Blogging, Trust & Ethics

• Guerrilla marketing in a national security state

  In my last post about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Boston bomb scare, I declared the campaign a "win for the client". That, of course, was before the client's parent company paid $2 million in restitution and compensation to the affected cities and various Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 09 February 2007 23:22 by Wade Rockett | 2 Comments Filed Under: Trust & Ethics, Marketing, PR

• Share this

  I saw this list of icons at the bottom of a blog post recently. In there you have DiggDel.icio.usNewsvineFurlBlinkbitsBlinklistBlogmarksCo.mmentsConnoteaDe.lirio.usFarkFeedmelinksLinkagogoMa.gnoliaNetvouz - don't quite know why this is Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 08 February 2007 21:45 by Andrew Martin | 3 Comments Filed Under: Blogging, Random

• Boston police mistake advertising light displays for bombs

  Behold the new face of terror! These battery powered light displays were installed at public locations in 10 American cities two weeks ago as part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Cartoon Network show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Yesterday Boston Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 01 February 2007 19:54 by Wade Rockett | 2 Comments Filed Under: Trust & Ethics, Marketing, PR, Media

• Comments from Government Leaders Forum

  Just back from the Government Leaders Forum (GLF) in Edinburgh. Hosted by Microsoft, the event brings together goverment figures from across Europe, including both technology policy makers and implementers. It may not quite be Davos, but when the coach Read More   Digg this |   Add to del.icio.us |   Post to reddit |   Add to facebook |   Add to StumbleUpon |   TwitThis posted 01 February 2007 08:06 by Steve Ellis | 1 Comments Filed Under: Trust & Ethics, Random, Technology