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February 21, 2008
Please don't incite
Please don't incite: Jacqui Cheng is on my short list of techbloggers who are worth reading on most subjects, but here she quotes a little snippet out of context of my past weblog. Worse, they require membership to comment at Ars Technica... unless I make a new password, I'm locked out of the public record there. I keep open comments. Use 'em. Ask if there's a story. Delete your own spam, and keep open comments yourself. Key point: By trying to make controversies where there are none, by quoting corporate bloggers out-of-context and with new headlines, ad-bloggers are making it harder for any weblog communication to come from people in corporations. By quoting that one particular line in isolation, she is making the news herself, and making it more difficult for me and my partners to work. I fully expect someone at Apple PR is eating time of Adobe PR now, soon to eat my time, just because of her choice of story hook. Adobe staffers have been remarkably consistent for well over a year now: partners make their own news announcements. Period. End-of-story.
Posted by JohnDowdell at February 21, 2008 03:27 PM
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So Apple PR will either be asking you to stop saying you know nothing, or to stop suggesting that they have a tendancy to 'control the message'.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=44w-RYurbN4
Now, good luck not cracking a smile up when that call comes ;-)
Oh, and there may be a spelling mistake in your title (incite / insight) ;-)
sorry JD. I just couldn't resist.
Cheers,
A.
Posted by: andrew at February 21, 2008 05:36 PM
Hey A!
incite: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incite+?r=75
It's no problem that English isn't your first language. Just don't start commenting on other peoples spelling, OK?
Posted by: Luke at February 21, 2008 06:53 PM
Hey Luke!
Thanks for your incite ;-)
Cheers,
A.
Posted by: andrew at February 21, 2008 08:24 PM
omg, it's spreading... I blame the full moon last night.... ;-)
jd
Posted by: John Dowdell at February 21, 2008 09:28 PM
well, there was a lunar total eclipse the night before
Posted by: Tangent at February 22, 2008 06:56 AM