Local Network Slow to Killer Stampede

Jepoy points out that a local radio-TV network was remarkably slow to report a stampede that killed 74 people at that network's noontime show.

This is why no one trusts the mainstream media.

MS to Ship RSS Platform for XP

"Microsoft also revealed this week that it is adding its Really Simple Syndication (RSS) platform, originally due only in Windows Vista, to the standalone versions of IE 7 that will ship on other Windows versions." -- Paul Thurott.

You can test it right now in the IE7 Beta 2 Preview.

Epixtar's Blogger Harassment Makes the Papers

Hey, Epixtar, congratulations! Your blogger harassment just made the papers!

I find it amusing how you send rude replies to bloggers' emails, but suddenly become "unavailable for comment" when the mainstream media comes calling.

(Via Migs Paraz.)

Edu Manzano, Guardian of Morality!

I've been saying it for years: the Optical Media Board is a bad idea, wide-open to abuse.

Now the actor at their helm proves me right, presuming to be a guardian of morality.

The Rise of Employee Bloggers

Richard Edelman's upcoming PRWeek insert prompted me to read an old Edelman whitepaper that's been sitting in my hard drive for a while now.

Talking from the Inside Out: The Rise of Employee Bloggers offers great advice for companies looking to leverage blogs as effective marketing and knowledge management tools, while mitigating the risks created by pushbutton-publishing employees.

Car Wash Girls

Check out this site, where you can tell sexy subservient car wash girls what to do.

Can you find all the possible commands? This guy's found a lot.

It's not new technology, but it's a perfect example of viral linkbait Flash.

(Via Marc Hil Macalua.)

The Me2 Revolution

What IT guru Jonathan Schwartz calls the Participation Age, PR guru Richard Edelman calls the Me2 Revolution, in a PRWeek insert to be published February 13.

How can companies embrace this future of empowered stakeholders? Speak from the inside out, telling your employees and customers what is happening so they can spread the word for you. Be transparent, revealing what you know when you know it while committing to updating as you learn more. Be willing to yield control of the message in favor of a rich dialogue, in which you learn by listening. Recognize the importance of repetition of the story in multiple venues, because nobody believes something he or she hears or sees for the first time. Embrace new technologies, from employee blogs to podcasts, because audiences are becoming ever more segmented.

(Via Doc Searls.)

Enter The Media Slut!

Now a contributor to The Media Slut, a collaborative blog of writers from across Southeast Asia.



I love their sense of humor.

Epixtar Sends Blogger Rude Emails

The Epixtar team leader who quit to join my program at eTelecare always said Epixtar execs were a bunch of goons. This confirms her assessment.

One of the bloggers Epixtar's harassing posted the string of very rude emails they sent him.

Fuck you, Epixtar. You're as rude to bloggers as you are to customers. You don't deserve to be in CRM.