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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
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"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows."
- Atul Arora
from Bookmarklet
Oy vey.
- Akiva
ROFL
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
As of Sunday morning, this news, which is a big international story (check Google News for all the cites), still hasn't been reported by the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Drudge Report, etc. I guess the cognitive dissonance is too overwhelming for most major American media outlets to digest.
- Sean McBride
Ok: The New York Daily News reported the story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news...
- Sean McBride
Tonight is the beginning of the end of the "geeks-only" phase of FriendFeed. Now that Guy Kawasaki is here the marketers will start showing up.
Akash Sharma, Ozer Wrzl (EN), Martynas and 126 other people liked this
I'm showing Six Flags tomorrow...lol
- sean andersen
*doffs hat in respect to the passing of the time of geeks*
- WoH: Minding her Steves
So what's next?
- Kevin Arth
yeah but unlike twitter, I'm not so sure internet marketers would feel successful on FriendFeed with everyone blocking them
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Now on to Google Wave!
- sean andersen
And the spammers too, I guess. Great..
- Citronella
And ghost posters / commenters.
- Ben Hanten
Slayerboy: good marketers won't get blocked. I really appreciated getting cuts in line at Six Flags because of their Twitter contest.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Good marketers aren't most marketers :)
- Brett Kelly
Brett: only good ones will survive here.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Or they will drown.
- sean andersen
Robert: I don't mind good marketers, as long as they're genuine. Too many of them (particular the "social media marketing gurus") are just unforgivably obnoxious and fake in their attempts to pimp their own garbage services/blog. So, I really hope you're right :)
- Brett Kelly
Bad marketers on FriendFeed will survive in search results. Do a search for a couple of terms like 'canon 135mm' and you'll see plenty of entries that are just links to people selling the lens. You're not going to block them all. I don't see that as a big problem, but I suspect they'll be successful enough there to keep them coming.
- Edward Coffey
Start? I've been here for a loooong time. A few of my 'marketing' friends have been too.
- AJ Kohn
Marketers phase has already started in Turkey. Friendfeed is generally used by them, or I think like that...
- Sabri Küstür
we need like a freindfeed costranostra to keep the peace, and make things just poof into the ethersphere
- Robert Higgins
so wish i was a freindfeed coder and i could merge with the stream and provide some community services... :AKA Hiro Protaganist
- Robert Higgins
@Robert: +1 for Snowcrash reference.
- AJ Kohn
I'm in Marketing, and I've been here from the beginning. Are you slandering my craft, Mr. Scoble? :)
- Louis Gray
Louis: you don't work for a big brand. When you sell your souls and work for a big brand let us know, OK? ;-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Robert, wait, don't you work for a big brand?
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: sssshhhhh.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
"Now on to Google Wave! - sean andersen" Exactly. Unless the FF core team is over there on the sandbox right now, doing all they can to start the scrambling scrum RIGHT NOW, the big GWave will assimilate all. At least until the assimilation wave after that. FF has maybe a one year window -- if that -- to make it's move, whatever that might be, starting right now.
- michael silverton
Citronella - I like that the spammers are vaporized almost instantly here. Decent built in tools for group reporting.
- BairdWilliamson
If I got here before Guy and I'm geekless does that give me any special designation?
- Kimber Scott
michael silverton: Wave sandbox already looks like Gmail. I bet when they release it, it will be Gmail 2.0. I hope Bret & co. are studying it close...
- sean andersen
Kimber: you are geeky because you were here before...whether you like that designation or not :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Louis has more than *one* soul? Or is this a left-foot, right-foot thing. Colour me confus`ed :D
- Micah
LOL! Well, I guess I could be called an amateur geek...
- Kimber Scott
from email
Pot. Kettle. Black.
- Gilbert Harding
@silverton, agreed that FriendFeed has a limited time window to figure out what it wants to be when it's all grown up.. in other news, can't believe it took Guy this long to show up here to play. Nothing wrong with a little marketing, especially if it's of the "Moving the Freeline" variety.. +1 Gilbert, LOL.
- Alex Schleber
If I were Guy, or the head of any company, be it a camera shop or whatever, whenever I had a little free time, I'd tweet out, "Hey, I'm going to be on FriendFeed for an hour or so, answering any questions about Alltop, telling you about its features, advantages, and benefits, come join in!" or something like that. That's a vertical that feeds off Twitter and really enriches both platforms, utilizing them both for their strengths.
- Stephen Pickering
With Leo, Steve Rubel, and Guy K now all here .. this landscape is about to change ... agreed.
- Charlie Anzman
I'm reading Crossing the Chasm, only 18 years after it was published. Can I blend in as a "marketer" now?
- DGentry
<LOL>
- Allen Harkleroad
Say it isn't so Joe! It will be interesting to watch the transformation, will FriendFeed go to the dark side or will it make a stand :)
- Owen Greaves
true.. true..
- Cesar Sanchez
So, do you think the population will tend to shift to more casual people than the creme de la creme people. I feel so, since there are only the innovative, open-minded people on FriendFeed right now; and I think the change is pretty near.
- Yiğit Arda Türkoğlu
Marketing guys have always been here. The difference... tactics and respect. That being said change is always happening and even still I'm not sure Friendfeed will hit the critical mass Twitter has with marketers. The friendfeed brand will likely be defined differently than Twitter and attract different people. Time will tell.
- Jim Goldstein
from iPhone
why? can't marketing guys and geeks get along?
- kakuei
No. We cannot get along. This war has been waged for too long, and too much blood has been spilled. Most of us no longer even remember why we are fighting, but it doesn't matter. Victory is all that matters.
- DGentry
The marketers are already here, but most of them are totally clueless about how friendfeed works. They somehow think they can dump their stuff here and it will get "found" and when that doesn't work, they just go back to twitter. The ones that do understand how it works either feel it is too much damn work to fake being real to be worth it, or they are the real deal and it works quite well for them.
- April
April: I think there's some cost-benefit analysis going on there. There's a smaller crowd at FF and it takes a lot more work. Plus, most people here are marketing jaded.
- Trent Hamm
Guy is a marketer, sure, but also a geek. Geeks phase ends when the Celebs show up.
- Garin Kilpatrick
well if they start selling, just dont click "like" or "comment" and they will drop off the page in minutes
- Mark
I think some marketers are already here..but anyway, you think Guy being here will change things much?
- Rob Sellen :o)
Robert, "Wanna learn how to get 1,000's of Friendfeed friends in no time. Click here http://somespammylink.com to learn my patent pending, amazing, fantastic, game-changing, and revolutionary way to gain residual income through the magic of your Friendfeed friends." Don't click yet, I was just brushing up!
- Sean Powell
I'm so honored to have read this message from scoble. I'm grateful for our "geeks only" days that we've all shared! LOL
- Jason Pollock
No Kidding! Welcome Guy Kawasaki, who ever your are.
- Houseofmax
Yes I agree
- Randy Allen Bishop
thats unfortunate, but who is GuyK?
- echostreamer
When the marketer wagon shows up I'll be going private.
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
Yeah, Jim Goldstein sez it: those of us from the dark side that stumbled into these sweet precincts have kept a low profile... sorta like taking your hat off when you go to church ; >
- Thom Kennon
he's actually been here awhile, just not posting, mr scoble
- chaz2b
Some ppl cannot be stopped. Like me! Not geeky enough, a girl, too wall st. Watch out, cause tenacity wins every time.
- Liza + = ?
well then lets learn from Twitter and not follow every stupid command that celebrities give us to rocket them to the top of friend feed. BOYCOTT ALL CELEBRITIES ON FRIEND FEED to save this from becoming the punchline that twitter. save the whales, then save friend feed plez :)
- echostreamer
Jason Pollock liked this, that is HILARIOUS! He posts the most redundant links on Twitter...a notorious spammer. At least Guy admits what he does, still somewhat annoying. Not sure why Leo Laporte was mentioned, I don't see him fitting that GK mold at all.
- Benjamin Taylor
In retrospect ... it seems to have been a hit and run for now ?? Hoping not. Would be great to see him actively engaging here. A LOT to offer. Marketing crowd? ... No worries - There's always 'block, tackle and hide .....' here
- Charlie Anzman
Robert, I think this is such crazy talk, you're a marketer too ;)
- Jeremiah Owyang
Umm, I'm pretty sure that Guy is also a geek. Regardless of what his cool cred is...then again his cool cred is totally geek cool cred.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Guy Kawasaki does have magic initials, I will give him that.
- Garin Kilpatrick
Post, Kimber added you as a friend on Goodreads. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, friends with Kimber. To confirm this friend request, follow the below link: http://www.goodreads.com/friend... &utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite - Kimber (kimberscott.art@gmail.com)
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from email
doh!
- Jonathan Blundell
Well now with the FB acquisition this post just seems like a jab in the eye. Poor FF.
- Lindsay
The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst Engineer - http://www.somethingawful.com/d...
Jason Packe, Robb Fulks, R M and 5 other people liked this
Just uploaded Facebook for iPhone 3.0 to the App Store for review. :)
Marco Fabbri, Mete Donmez, Vijendar and 27 other people liked this
Congrats on getting the new Facebook app for iPhone done, looking forward to getting it.
- Robert Scoble
Ooh, looking forward to it! Hopefully it fixes a few of the issues I'd been having with the current one.
- Jandy
And if they decline it, just post it as an attachment here on FriendFeed. :)
- Louis Gray
Looking forward to trying it out!
- Paula W
looking forward to new the new facebook app.
- Fuad Arshad
I just wish there was a native client for Android.... That is what would make me very happy... but, Congrats, on getting the latest update out the door...
- Robert
Rick Astley vs Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Gives You Up - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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iTad, Lindsay, Ankush Narula and 14 other people liked this
What's this with the CEO and the Whole and the Foods?
- Dylan Martin
I didn't realize how much he does exactly the same little dance the whole video.
- Lindsay
From my inbox: Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be...
Angel Smith, Adam Taylor, SH (Siteler Hakkında) and 127 other people liked this
Such the philosopher. Um, you didn't take your wife to China did you?
- Rick Emery
From the great philosopher Leo !
- Chris Ames
It seems Leo got this in his E-mail.
- Brent - Yes I am
Heard this from a customer the other day, but he ended it, "So don't giver her any crap." It's funnier that way.
- Jeremiah Green
In my house you have to give me the groceries to get a meal, but you can give my wife flour and sugar and she'll give you back bliss in a cookie.
- dthree
How true, and how soon us men forget...
- Sean Higgins
Give the greats a sad song, they'll make it better - won't bore people w/my list
- heretic_twit
I'll give her the sperm and let the government pay for the baby like all the homies do in compton.
- John Hillestad
"when the leaf falls, the tree trembles" - remember Neda from Iran
- heretic_twit
If you give her your wallet, it will become full....... (not with money, but with bills) *ducks*
- Sudar
Love it.
- Michele Lorito-Chase
How true! I just gave a bad answer and got back the Hell.
- Opensource Obscure
Too True!
- Lillian Banchik
from twhirl
I love it. Sent it to my girlfriend. I know she is going to agree.
- Parvez Halim
I am a woman ..... trying to give me some money and see what happens FIUUU! FIUUU! :-)
- pallina60 Loon
First comes the Wedding Ring then comes the Suffer-Ring ;-)
- Richard Bitting
@pallina60Loon LOL a massive exception to the rule
- Parvez Halim
@ Parvez Halim: I do not think is exceptional. People prefer to think that the woman is sweet and helpful. Sometimes it is not so
- pallina60 Loon
@ ❦ ❦ Kiyomi & Ken: I have not talked to repay the money :-)
- pallina60 Loon
@Richard Bitting: LOL
- pallina60 Loon
um...
- Liz Dorland
When did you start 'reading' your mail Leo? I had a lot to write to you for years but couldn't find a way to reach you. I didn't bother writing an e-mail since you repeatedly mentioned that you didn't read them at all :)
- M. Serdar Kuzuloglu
from Android
با عضویت در اتاق " در ارتباط با توییتر... " از جدید ترین متعلقات این سرویس با خبر شوید... اسمایلی : (تبلیغات).http://friendfeed.com/twitte-r
- سینه سرخ
Am I the only one who thinks this quote is a bit male chauvinistic? The quote has a wrapper that appears to make women look great but underneath, it stereotypes women as a typical "wife" in a submissive male chauvinistic system. Again, my 2 cents based on a cursory reading on a hectic day.
- Krishnan Subramanian
Good point. Groceries and meal are chauvinistic, among others. Sorry, but the theme had good intent.
- Dan Barber
Hello and welcome to "Proud to be a Woman".
- Mine Ekim
LOL - Love it
- Tyson Williams
@sochews i would like to bitch slap anyone malaysian who doesn't know who yasmin is.
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The fracas - http://www.bytebot.net/blog...
Andrew Kok liked this
Nicely written takedown and easily understood for an outsider who's only been half-following this issue until now. I'd like to see Nasrul's response now.
- Andrew Kok
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / * (PG-13) - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps...
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How to tell who the good guys are, by Andrew Sullivan. "They're the ones who sometimes rescue a beleaguered riot policeman." Great point! RT @rizzn - http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_dai...
ilmelonedipachino, Mitchell Tsai, Josh McConnell and 215 other people liked this
Wow - great picture
- Jesse Stay
he could be performing a judo hip throw. video is probably needed to verify the picture.
- sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
Is still Love making the world going round?
- Bita
i would love to see this image travel through the media.
- MikeAmundsen
I saw the previous images of this scene and was trying to figure out if he WAS helping or not.
- Kreg Steppe
Police in Iran charged at protesters using their motorbikes, in a bid to break up a street rally. One policeman crashed his bike during the charge and was helped to safety by protesters. An Italian journalist caught the incident on his mobile phone. Video courtesy of Corriere della Sera TV @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
- Chris Zlatis
Now this is an amazing photograph, serving as a great reminder that humanity is capable at once of both terrible and great things. I hope it is one of assistance, much as that very moving video above showed.
- Nick Wade
the video is great, too. shows that, even at crazy times, there are good-hearted people acting to protect anyone in need. i wonder how often this has been happening over the last few days.
- MikeAmundsen
Good luck, Mamoot!
- Ayşe E.
I saw these images last night, and I'm heartened to learn that the protesters were in fact helping this guy :) Thanks Mamoot!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Mamoot, stay strong. Stay safe. You will prevail.
- Uche Ogbuji
Good luck to you in your fight for your rights. I hope you are successful and may God keep you safe!
- Californian
Marmoot we are with you!
- Francine Hardaway
@mamoot: be safe. there are many ways to resist; some very subtle. time is always on your side.
- MikeAmundsen
WOWOWO that is awesome!! that is a good guy for sure!
- Susan Beebe
sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq: watch http://www.youtube.com/watch... and you'll see that they really are helping the cop.
- Chris Charabaruk
@mamoot Good luck and stay safe.
- imperator3733
thx Chris Zlatis & Chris Charabaruk = WIN for the video links.
- sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
This one has my vote for the Pulitzer...
- John Fenzel
I bet the guy in green got a beating once he got the policeman to the safety of the riot police
- Viran
They look like family.
- Garin Kilpatrick
:(
- Exir
Stay safe, Mamoot
- Marci Golub
@Mamoot we are all watching and care very much about your freedom!
- Ryan Petty
This photo should win a Pulitzer Prize. I never expected to see photos like this one come out of Iran. Amazing: - http://twitpic.com/7c85l
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http://tehranlive.org/ is the site that seems to have originated this photo.
- Robert Scoble
I wish I knew who shot the photo. Anyone know?
- Robert Scoble
Absolut!!
- Ronald
No country is one dimensional. That's why I'm so mad at the local media.
- Mo Kargas
Robert: don't think we should unveil them, otherwise they'll be arrested ;)
- Nir Ben Yona
Absolutely incredible
- Michael Krigsman
It is pretty remarkable. It was so good when I saw it last night on Twitter I was afraid it might be a fake.
- Jeff Namnum
I'm afraid to think what happened to this brave woman.
- Orli Yakuel
Jill: thank you. Here's his Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/amirpix... and his photo page: http://www.amirpix.com/ Incredible photo, best one to capture the event yet.
- Robert Scoble
http://flickrfan.files.wordpress.com/2009... I like this one
- BryanSchuetz
Front picture of this women: http://twitpic.com/7c6jz
- Orli Yakuel
Alex: the photographer is brave too. Wow, what close work.
- Robert Scoble
Iran "tankwoman"
- K.D.
Robert: your tweet is now the popular here http://iran.twazzup.com/
- Johni Fisher
None of this reporting -- None of it -- would be possible without online tools. Robert -- there's the 2010 Web! I seem to remember your earlier question (a few months ago) about the definition of journalism. This is it. It's not up to the "paid journalists" at the NY Times or Chicago Tribune anymore. It's up to you, me, people like @jamesbuck, and the person who took this photo and put it online.
- Curt Mercadante
Curt: amen!
- Robert Scoble
I'm not really surprised, Iranians are a lot more empowered than people in the West think. It is *not* Saudi Arabia!
- Iphigenie
Thanks for getting this out. It's so easy to get lost in tweeting about our silly mundane lives that we forget how important images like this can result in making people aware and helping to make a difference in the world.
- mrsha
Amazing photo - thanks for finding it & sharing it Robert!
- Gurpreet
What happened to her after all?
- Christine Yang
I thought the same thing last night. Maybe the Iranians finally are willing to make some change.
- Tom Searing
Photo of the year.
- Mike Doeff
moment!
- reality
چی میشه آخرش
- Hamid
Curt, right, after listening to Scoble on a panel about the future of Journalism, and he was the only one "journalizing" it via Kyte, I wrote a post that the future of Journalism is a video camera or in this case a camera. I remember that it was the camera and video camera that stopped Vietnam for instance
- Stephen Pickering
And, putting aside for a bit whether or not CNN ignored the story -- we're now getting news that NBC's Tehran office may have been raided and the BBC has been told to "get lost." Under oppressive, censoring regimes like we have in Iran, North Korea and China -- citizen journalists empowered by new communications tools will be the ONLY way we get accurate news from these regions.
- Curt Mercadante
Curt Mercadante 100+
- Bora Zivkovic
the detail- the untied shoe lace. wow.
- anna sauce
Inspiring. Let's hope the government falls. Because if it doesn't, there will probably be vicious repression.
- Bob Morris (polizeros)
روز زن مبارک
- hamidreza
I am the photographer of this photo
- Amir
It's really a fantastic photo Amir, do you know the woman in the photo?
- BryanSchuetz
WOW. How can you say anything else?
- Sheryl
I love the fact that people start setting up proxy servers for the people in Iran: http://bit.ly/Fiqmb
- Holger Eilhard
Shocking stuff
- Tyson Key
If anyone ever doubted the revolutionary, real-time impact of Social Media, this photo easily dispels those misconceptions....
- John Fenzel
Amir: you have a fan for life. I hope you do win the Pulitzer Prize. I think you got the iconic photo of the election protests. This one should hang in Newseum's Pulitzer Gallery. Can you tell us how you shot it, and give us more details about what was going on in your head as you pressed the shutter button? To everyone else, don't you love friendfeed?
- Robert Scoble
Amir: when I took photojournalism at San Jose State University one quote stuck in my mind from all those classes over the years "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." That quote was from Robert Capa, here's an article in Time Magazine about it: http://www.time.com/time... You have gotten close enough. Congrats, I can't even imagine trying to get this close. I hope all comes out well for your country and you.
- Robert Scoble
Amir, what do you shoot with?
- EricaJoy
"The King of Twitter isn't amused" http://urlesque.tumblr.com/post... Finally, something new about celebrities on Twitter that made me LOL.
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OMG that's hilarious Shaq rocks
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
This makes me very amused
- Tamara
Oprah's already putting people in check "george that's a promo not a tweet" http://twitter.com/Oprah...
- Mona Nomura
Within two weeks Oprah will be considered an authority on social media.
- Anthony Citrano
Also: yeah, +1 Shaq.
- Anthony Citrano
That's because Oprah understands COMMUNITY. I love her.
- Mona Nomura
Mona - I saw your other post about Oprah calling out George Stephanopolous. Good stuff.
- Hutch Carpenter
FINALLY, 'celebs' with substance. Oprah is bomb. All the others I don't care about LOL
- Mona Nomura
god I love shaq
- Erin @queenofspain
...that's a slam dunk for @THE_REAL_SHAQ... Oprah, tell me how my *ss taste! .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
Referring to anything as "really 21st century" seems so last century.
- Dan Hsiao
Oprah just got schooled
- April Buchheit
lol I was wondering who George was
- nouhad
Thanks, Oprah and Shaq, for filling us in on how the Internet works, that we shouldn't use all caps and what qualifies as a tweet. I was hoping we wouldn't have to experience "Eternal September: Electric Boogaloo", but it's upon us.
- Andy Bakun
yes, shaq indeedly rocks
- Giovanni De Stefano
@THE_REAL_SHAQ thank you for making me laugh
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
btw, there's a room for following Shaq's tweets. http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- Rodfather
Can anyone believe it's taken 9 years for Oprah to feel like she's in the 21st century?
- Andy Bakun
Oprah has her own network, her own community. For her to come to Twitter *is* huge. Don't hate, Andy. :)
- Mona Nomura
But user names in all caps is OK?
- dthree
I like Shaq. He is original, engaged and as real as it gets. Plus he isn't afraid to ask for help either. A sense of humility.
- Amani
Huge for who? Just because someone has their own world doesn't mean they shouldn't exist in the real world, where we've been enjoying the 21st century for almost a decade now. I don't hate, I just think it's way overhyped. I don't hate Oprah, I hate society for being such sheep.
- Andy Bakun
Then change it. :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
+100 Andy.
- Anthony Citrano
-100 Andy. Clearly you know more, so why not change it instead of complaining on the Internet? :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Mona always has the best shiz on FF
- Leslie Poston
The Internet is one of the best places to complain.
- Andy Bakun
Well that sounds like a personal problem... But then again it's easier to be negative than positive. :)
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
It's not a problem, personal or otherwise, at all that the Internet has afforded us this awesome place to waste time.
- Andy Bakun
I mean, I'll admit that I watched (a good portion of) the video Kutcher posted of him and his crew watching the follower count go up. And I'll complain about it too, gosh darn it!
- Andy Bakun
I didn't watch the video, but complain away, gosh darn it!!
- Mona Nomura
lol, +1 Shaq
- mutenewt
Why Dominos video response at http://www.youtube.com/watch... is going to be textbook:
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1. They did it in video. THAT is the way to respond. Not text. Video says MUCH MORE than text can.
- Robert Scoble
2. They went overboard with the response. They closed down the store and "sanitized it."
- Robert Scoble
3. The CEO did it and repeated that nothing is more important that our trust. He demonstrated he understood the issue.
- Robert Scoble
4. He thanked influencers for helping Dominos understand the issue and making sure that others knew about it.
- Robert Scoble
5. He responded while the issue is still "hot."
- Robert Scoble
6. He responded on YouTube, which is where the crisis started, not on their own video platform.
- Robert Scoble
7. He communicated that there was "immediate" action including arrest warrants, and people getting fired.
- Robert Scoble
He didn't look straight into the camera, however - as pointed out by Steve Garfield.
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8. He knows that the real problem is that they hired idiots and are "reexamining" all hiring practices. THAT is the best way to make sure you get a good brand.
- Robert Scoble
9. He used personal language "it sickens me." Not marketing speak.
- Robert Scoble
Interesting mix of being apologetic and totally pissed at the same time. Overall thumbs up from me.
- Mike Doeff
10. He is working to "regain our trust."
- Robert Scoble
Is there anything else he could have done to answer this crisis?
- Robert Scoble
He didn't offer us a coupon to make us feel better. I didn't feel condescended to.
- Kevin Fox
Good lead, Robert. Glad to see discussion around the response.
- Valeria Maltoni
Now if he could just work on making the pizza not taste so bad.
- Dave Roth
Fantastic job, I thought.
- Matthew Freeman
I don't mind that he didn't look straight into the camera. That shows he isn't "slick" or "overcoached."
- Robert Scoble
Yes, it would have been better if he had looked into the camera, but given that a teleprompter is an expensive item, and rigging a two-way mirror with a magnified view of a printed script is a hassle... I think the minor shortfall can be forgiven. All seven of Robert's points remain absolutely valid.
- David Muir
Matthew: Here's the background: http://beta.friendfeed.com/thomash...
- Robert Scoble
Textbook is the best way to go. Swift and done. Now in time, people will forget, crave cheap, fast, and delivered food, and it's over.
- Mike Lewis
Very well handled. I agree with you, Robert, this will make its way into textbooks alongside Tylenol's response to the poisoning crisis three decades ago.
- Stephen Mack
Matthew: I already posted a link to the background. http://beta.friendfeed.com/thomash...
- Robert Scoble
Or here if you wanna go straight to the source: http://consumerist.com/5210648...
- Stephen Mack
They just taught a lot of clueless PR people how to handle a crisis like this. Well done.
- Inside Alaska
I think theyve been handling this like pros from the getgo. Good job
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Pretty slick. Many can learn from it.
- littlegingerkid
The woman is also a registered sex offender apparently: http://ncfindoffender.com/details...
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
so far this year, that's, what, rats in the peanuts, perchlorate in the babby formula, prescription drugs in the drinking water, snot in the pizza... what was safe to ingest again?
- Karim
Bravo, Dominos. Nicely done. Speak up or be spoken for.
- kevin j higgins
But he's using a teleprompter. He's evil.
- tehKenny
tehKenny: I don't think he was. I bet that he was looking at some notes, though. It didn't come across like he was reading. For someone not experienced with a teleprompter you can not use one and not come across like you're reading.
- Robert Scoble
Their response was appropriate and in a timely manner which is key now.
- Christi
Anyone who has ever used a teleprompter realizes how hard it is to use one and how hard it is to look natural doing it. I bet he had someone off to the side of the camera he was talking to who was holding notes up to remind him what to talk.
- Robert Scoble
I wasn't there, obviously, but watching the CEO look off-camera yet speak as if to a person made me think he was looking at a person to stay "real" and "personable" and not canned or offering a performance.
- Bloom Seed
It's just pizza
- Ari Braginsky
Carmen: "W" had a LOT of media training and a team of people to tell him how to do it. I doubt this CEO has had much media training.
- Robert Scoble
rewatching it makes it clear that he's reading notes (his focus starts at top, moves down as recording proceeds). Still, though, comes across as a real person. Not everything needs professional actors, producers, makeup, sets...imperfect may be the new perfect, as far as communicating genuineness.
- Bloom Seed
Comes across as very heart-felt, and almost makes me want to order with them (I'm not sure we have them here in this town)! Shouldn't they have added something like "We'll now be installing cams in all our kitchens streaming direct to Ustream, making us the ONLY food delivery you can trust to not mess your food"? :)
- Philipp Lenssen
Philipp: well, that would certainly be cool but would be way beyond something they could deliver on in two days.
- Robert Scoble
I mean, I'm not a big fan of Dominos, but this helps them establish themselves as giving a crap. Good PR move.
- Mike Nayyar
Great video response straight from the company president. As for watching food getting prepared, the Papa John's locations that I've been to are open and you can basically see them making your pie. Not sure if Domino's has stores like that...
- Doug
Carmen, it's the "polished" vs "timely" tug of war: http://fftogo.com/e...
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
solid performance-- came across naturally and believable, blend of professionalism and good ole fashion ass-kicking anger. It was smooth but not overly slick; no suit or tie and shot in store surrounding. Content was solid too, assuring customers everything that could be done was being done. One minor tweak: he doesn't appear to be looking directly at the camera.
- mark ivey
I wonder if they thought about making it a response to "that video" on youtube to get the eyeballs needed to make this count..
- Tom Masiero
Ari - it's more than "just pizza" - it's the livelihood of 125k employees. We are focused here on a textbook response, but this is also a clear demonstration of the power of leverage that SM holds: two idiots can do major damage to the brand, the company, and by ultimately to the employees. Hat's off to Mr. Doyle and his advisers.
- Bill Sanders
good response for sure, way to go
- sean percival
Rewatched it and yes he is reading it. Regardless, I think it was handled pretty appropriately.
- Jay Neff
good job. small nit: next time they need to move the teleprompter (or cue cards) either over or under the camera.
- MikeAmundsen
Video is good if Good Messenger (which Domino's guy IS) But also put the incident on my radar screen, which hitherto I was unaware of.
- JimmyJet
Wasn't aware of the incident but sure feel bad for the independent operator..
- MiaD
The woman in the Wendy's chili fraud case ended up sentenced to 9 years in prison and her husband (who bought the finger off a co-worker who lost it in an industrial accident) got 12 years. http://www.bluemaumau.org/wendys_...
- Kevin Fox
I wish that he was looking at the camera instead of a telepromter. Just sayin.
- Andrew Baron
Andrew: he's not looking at a teleprompter. I bet someone is holding a notepad with an outline on it for him.
- Robert Scoble
I haven't had Domino's in a long time. But, I'm happy to see that they put up this Video response to the malicious destruction of their Brand and business practices.
- rob friedman
good job. that was a classy way to 'avoid the noid.'
- grant fox
Hey Robert, can I use some of your reasons in a blog post in writing up about the Domino's issue?
- Kenneth
Kenneth: yes, feel free!
- Robert Scoble
Thanks Robert!
- Kenneth
"Everyone else is doing it right." Yeah, right. [What are the odds of that?]
- Craig Brownell
I kept hoping he'd actually look into the camera.
- James Miao
I agree with James. I was hoping that he would look at the camera like he's talking to his customers. I get that he needs to make sure he says exactly what needs to to said, but the way he kept looking away from the camera made it seem a little "stiff".
- Kenneth
like when dirk diggler looked into the camera during his documentary. that was powerful stuff.
- grant fox
Kenneth: that's a mistake someone who isn't media trained makes. I actually don't mind that because it makes it less slick.
- Robert Scoble
My guess is that they're multiple cameras and he's looking at the expensive one
- Bwana ☠
Robert: Really? If corporate heads are on camera, they should NOT look at the camera especially if they're not being interviewed? It looks natural not to look at the camera? You're definitely right...I'm not media trained. :) Looks like he was reading off of a script and didn't notice a camera at him.
- Kenneth
Kenneth: the only time you should look at the camera is when you want to speak directly to the viewer. You are right that he should have been speaking directly into the camera. Knowing where to look is part of media training. A good PR team could have helped (IE, one that had worked a lot with video before) but I can't really blame him. I still have trouble figuring this out. When I was on the BBC it was very difficult to look into the camera (it was aplate on the wall).
- Robert Scoble
i just have to say, that by him not looking in the camera, or really doing any of this before it seems adds to his character that he's a regular guy, not some PR trained monkey doing a dance for us.
- rob friedman
I dunno, I think it's more important that the response seem unrehearsed. I'll bet he did it in one take.
- Ken Morley
Well done Robert: not a surprise to see this crew recognizes excellence when they see it. Dominos did virtually everything right on this aspect of its response. having seen a few crises, this example is among the best. blogged it here: http://www.mediadeluge.com/post...
- Christian Anderson
Just to let folks know: the teleprompters I am familiar with allow the newscaster or talking head to look directly at the camera AND read the script. The result is like a HUD (heads-up display) for those familiar with video games or jet fighters.
- David Muir
Right David, but there are all kinds of "teleprompters" some low tech and some higher tech. the point is he was reading. It was okay, he did a great job in one take. It would have been better if he hadnt read it and looked directly at the camera, but because everything else was so well done, the reading gets a pass
- Christian Anderson
Not a fan of their pies, but kudos to Dominoes for the forthright reply and apology for the miscreants who brought this upon them. Hope they rebound well from this.
- JA Castillo
Very lucky that they had a CEO that even was willing to talk for YouTube in the moment; let's not now criticize him for his media training, or none will ever have the guts to do it again.
- Francine Hardaway
Rich: This is deadly serious for him. He's right to take it seriously and I'm sure he genuinely does.
- Michael Krigsman
So the real question is, who feels comfortable enough to order Domino's this weekend?
- Chris Bartow
I do Chris, even more-so now than before. This weekend will be the cleanest in the franchise's history :)
- Bwana ☠
@Karim: "snot in the pizza... what was safe to ingest again?" Years ago, I ordered a pizza (not from Domino's) and was surprised to see a piece of broken glass in it — and this particular glass shard had part of the pizza company logo on it! When I phoned them about it, they replaced the pizza in record time; of course, they asked for the broken glass back, too, so I couldn't keep the evidence.
- Victor Panlilio
Victor *shudder* i think i would have just given up eating pizza after that :-D
- Karim
The comments on You Tube are negative I don't agree with them, what is your opinion abut them? (They say Doyle is not sincere)
- Maurizio Goetz
Rule #0 - Youtube comments have the value of a single molecule of feces
- Bwana ☠
+1 Bwana!!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
His response was right on and pretty smart for doing it via a video. It's sad but we are at the mercy of people that prepare our food. :-( I kind of feel bad for the kids because what they did shows a complete lack of intelligence. It would be nice if they took responsible and apologized in some sort of public forum.
- John McCullough
@John McCullough "we are at the mercy of people that prepare our food" and people who pilot the planes we fly in, treat our municipal drinking water, etc. I daresay we only appreciate them when things go horribly wrong.
- Victor Panlilio
@Chris White "The founder of Domino's supports Right to LIfe and Operation Rescue, which IMO, is worse than putting farts on sandwiches" Really? Watch the video at http://www.abortionno.org/ and see if you can stomach the idea that we dispose of unwanted human beings so cavalierly.
- Victor Panlilio
Victor, your comment as well as John's above you, reminds me of that line in Fight Club: "We do your laundry, cook your food and serve you dinner. We guard you while you sleep. We drive your ambulances..."
- Aaron Kurtz
@Aaron - almost everything we take for granted in "civilized society" depends on the everyday goodwill (and conscientiousness) of anonymous others. I've always thought that we need to become more mindful of the benefits we daily receive from these enablers of our well-being. Count your blessings, etc.
- Victor Panlilio
Victor, I couldn't agree more.
- Aaron Kurtz
Rare photos of SF's 1906 Earthquake - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
Beau Liening, Bluesun 2600, Mrsth and 23 other people liked this
"Rare photos of S.F.'s 1906 disaster Crowds at Alamo Square watched as huge fires destroyed downtown San Francisco on April 18. The row of Victorians on the left are the famous "Painted Ladies" that grace Alamo Square to this day. (John Henry Mentz / SFMTA)"
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
Cool pics. Tomorrow at 5:10am is the anniversary of the quake. Are there any events going on?
- Jeremy Brooks
I am driving across the San Andreas today twice. Hope it stays quiet. :-)
- Robert Scoble
San Andreas is all talk and no action lately. :-)
- Jeremy Brooks
iTunes Variable Pricing Live, More Countries Supported - Mac Rumors - http://www.macrumors.com/2009...
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As previously reported, Apple has deployed variable pricing on the iTunes App Store today. This means songs can be priced at $0.69, $0.99 or $1.29 based on the artists' popularity.
- Leo Laporte
Space Images: The Best of Hubble’s Shots - http://www.chilloutpoint.com/feature...
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"The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1990. It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Although not the first space telescope, the Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well-known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, and is one of NASA’s Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope."
- Alejandro
from Bookmarklet
that's amazing, especially that second image ... is that Saturn?
- Jay
Cool.
- Robert Scoble
"What a Wonderful World" http://www.youtube.com/watch... :-)
- Luca Perugini
@ッ Havaslash yea, it seems to be.
- Alejandro
Before Hubble -- and although I knew better -- for me space was basically this black area with lots of little white dots. Hubble demonstrated this apparently monotonous expanse to be an infinite cornucopia of colour and amazement.
- Tim Ostler
very very nice!
- Jorg Jansen
The Garden Zombie haunts your lawn gnome - http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/2008070...
NoahDavidSimon, Andrew Kok, Jim Goldstein and 22 other people liked this
LOL, that is freaking awesome. I need a garden now just so I can put that in there.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
awesome!
- ЯIИGҜIИG
that is down right freaky...
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
from twhirl
I love that - I want to buy a house just to get one
- Jane Quigley
do they have an "under the bed zombie?" because if they do....
- Cee Bee
I'm in for three! love Halloween!
- Brad Williams
I chuckled for a good minute on that one.... wooooweeeeeeeeee
- Bwana ☠
That is freakin hilarious. My son would crap his pants if he came home and saw that.
- Rahsheen the Dream
Apparently you can buy similar, and substantially less expensive, items of this genre at Target every year.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Looks like bat boy.
- Bill Bittner
That's great, and certainly a good way to get the rest of the neighborhood talking about you...
- Brandon Wood
that is excellent
- Jim Goldstein
Bozo the Clown dead at 83 - http://www.latimes.com/news...
Andrew Kok, Aaron Myers, Brian and 8 other people liked this
The Like link doesn't seem appropriate here.
- Scott Bauer
Bob Bell, the Chicago Bozo, was the best Bozo.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
@Jay having grown up in Chicago I have to side with you. But the ping pong bucket toss was always my favorite part of the show.
- Mark Krynsky
:(
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
:( x2
- Mona Nomura
Mark: "It's on a Mommy!" The Grand Prize Game -- bucket number 6 was the highest form of consciousness ...
- Oldengrey (Jay)
It's hard to think of Bozo as not being alive on TV. Do you think he has a memorial stone with an epitaph to "Bozo the Clown?" Maybe a picture or engraving with a clown nose and that wild red hair? :-)
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Sad... :-(
- Mitchell Tsai
he's not dead, he's an almost-winner....
- Karim
R.I.P. Bozo was a friend of mine. (2x grand prize game bucket number 3 twinkie winner)
- Andy Sternberg
Allen Stern, Susan Beebe, Nicholas Helke and 13 other people liked this
:-)
- Mitchell Tsai
hey scoble where where those taken?
- shoemoney
Scoble visited to the original hp offices today, you even can watch the video http://qik.com/video/118677
- Gustavo Munoz
from twhirl
I use my HP11c almost daily.
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
Wasn't sinclair 1st out the gate with a hand calculatorusing ?
- Dennis Howlett
from twhirl
showmoney: yeah, this is Bill and Dave's offices in Palo Alto, CA (HP's headquarters). They've kept the offices just as they were when Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard occupied them.
- Robert Scoble
Isn't it a bit creepy that these offices are kept like shrines?
- Frank McPherson
Frank: no. They are historical offices. If they could be moved they'd be sitting in the Smithsonian.
- Robert Scoble
where's the smithsonian moving van? hehehe!
- Susan Beebe
If a Sith deals in absolutes, does a Jedi deal in variables?
Andrew Kok, Joe Dawson and Beau Liening liked this
of course, since a Jedi goes with the flow.
- Sebastian Keil
from Alert Thingy
and the emporer deals in Null Pointers.
- Parth Awasthi
from twhirl
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