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Re: Smithsonian. Historically Hardcore.

Rob Banks — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:34:28 -0000

Actually, he was shot while greeting his audience according to the History Channel's website. Technically, that IS mid-speech. And the bullet was actually stopped by his eye-glasses case. Who cares anyway, Teddy Roosevelt was a badass either way and 50 Cent ain't shit.

Re: SOPA. Let’s Talk About the Brands Supporting It.

Affordableparalegal — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:55 -0000

Under what can you do about it please add
http://sopaopera.org/ which is a very resourceful web sight that links to all the supporters and those in opposition. There are other bills besides this that the Republicans are related to this such as
S. 968 The Protect IP Act ("PIPA"). You can view others on my blog at
http://paralegal-phillypara.bl...

Re: Klout. Why It’s not a Metric for Influence.

ghensel — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:30:55 -0000

I absolutely agree

Re: Klout. Why It’s not a Metric for Influence.

Johannes Kleske — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:20:52 -0000

I think, no article about Klout should go without mentioning the big shirt storm they faced in the last weeks about the change of their algorithm and the huge privacy issues. http://www.antipope.org/charli... & http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11...

Re: Please Stop It: Five Things I Hope Not To See Again in 2012.

ghensel — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:34:07 -0000

I just start with quoting my own text: "no: they are not necessarily more thoughtful, up-to-date or inspiring than more holistic vendors. Quite often the opposite is the case." Focus here lies on "not necessarily".

Because boutique agencies believe it's all about getting social right. Defining social as its own discipline is in fact where the problem already starts. Being able to 'do social' for the dive bar around the corner is one thing. Being able to deliver global digital solutions is another thing.

Re: Please Stop It: Five Things I Hope Not To See Again in 2012.

Johannes Kleske — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:19:25 -0000

Show me! Show me the holistic vendors which get social right. I wish we would have them out there. I just don't see them. As are the companies, which are looking for holistic help.

Re: Rock Bottom. Droga 5 has possibly created the worst campaign ever.

ghensel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:44:10 -0000

You are right. Tonight I will download a couple of Burger Sacrifice videos, pause when the Blogger/twitter cumshot comes and zoom in to every article/post...

Re: Rock Bottom. Droga 5 has possibly created the worst campaign ever.

Johannes Kleske — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:38:52 -0000

You know, you gonna end up in the award video with the voice over saying "the bloggers went crazy about our campaign".

Re: Rock Bottom. Droga 5 has possibly created the worst campaign ever.

Sebastian Krowarz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:55:46 -0000

they're going totallly ad absurdum here where the gaming industry and its consumers had already hard times avoiding being seen as brute killers just for playing fps games. wherever this campaign might lead to - the single fact that an industry brand is the sender builds up walls that have been torn down during the last decade. and all that besides the cynical approach of advertising an entertainment product with one of the most disgusting and inhuman habits of handsling conflicts....

Re: Just a Question. Do you actually hate your Job?

Tim — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:33:20 -0000

B. We are just better at piss taking than most other industries.

Re: More German Angst? Thoughts on Facebook, Privacy and Germany.

ghensel — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:42:17 -0000

Thanks a lot. I have to admit I have learnt the other side of the story as well. Why Germans tend to be oversensitive to anything related to privacy and the web, others seem not to care at all. It is flabbergasting how ignorant many people are in regards to their private data.

Re: More German Angst? Thoughts on Facebook, Privacy and Germany.

Alexander Ewering — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:36:16 -0000

Wow, absolutely great post.

Seems like we have a lot in common - I'm also a German native, albeit (and unfortunately) still living in Germany, and following all this amazingly irrational Facebook-Privacy-Street-View-Impressumspflicht-etc. hysteria with an insane amount of disbelief.

There is really no way to parodize Germany anymore - it is its very own, perfect, complete parody.

Next year, I'm hoping to be moving abroad (and leave both Germany and the EU in order to cut my involuntary support for two of the most insane constructs that have ever been instantiated in this universe)

Re: German Angst. Der Spiegel explains the Web.

Leonido — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:41:26 -0000

Thank you very, very much for putting together this great collection!

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

ghensel — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:36:39 -0000

Wo habe ich die FDP den gelobt?

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

Greecheesto — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:30:00 -0000

Bei allem Respekt Gerald, aber soweit ich weiß, ist die FDP die Partei, die für die radikalste Liberalisierung in allen Bereichen eingetreten ist.Das mag in bestimmten Bereichen sinnvoll sein. Aber wozu das in dieser Extremform geführt hat, sieht man doch am besten an der Bankenkrise die letzten Jahre. Wäre Rot-Grün nicht dazwischengewesen, wäre die Krise meiner Meinung nach noch deutlich(!) gravierender ausgefallen (wenn es um Liberalisierung geht, dann hat die FDP ja immer das doppelte von dem gefordert, was Rot-Grün umgesetzt hat).
Das du die FDP dafür lobst, entzieht sich meinem Verständnis.
Sozialsysteme radikal kürzen, Erbschaftssteuern senken, Verteilung des Reichtums von unten nach oben, freies Spiel des Marktes in allen Bereichen (egal wie teuer das am Ende die Gesellschaft kommt). Dafür steht doch die FDP.

Hätte man die Banken nicht dermaßen dereguliert, gäbe es keine Krise in Griechenland. Die hohe Staatsverschuldung ist nicht zuletzt ein Resultat der hohen Kosten die Griechenland durch die Rettung der Banken zu schultern hat!

Wie gesagt, das du jetzt die FDP dafür lobst, finde ich abenteuerlich.

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

ghensel — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:06:58 -0000

Sag ich doch die ganze Zeit

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

Kristian Kerbholz — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:01:12 -0000

Gerald for EU President!

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

ghensel — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:01:26 -0000

I think there are a million fixes to be made in this concept we call Europe. And democracy is one key element (and probably also the one reason why EU has such a legitimacy crisis). I agree that this needs be addressed as soon as possible along with a completely new way to sell EU to its citizens. And most likely with a new vision which eventually may be: The federal states of Europe.

But I guess for the moment this concept must survive first.

Re: No Way Back. Why I still am a Convinced European.

pfueldner — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:46:37 -0000

I am also a big fan of Europe, as you can imagine. The problem that I am having with the current development lies not so much in the slow loss of the member states' sovereignty. After all, we all knew for a while that we are heading towards a federal state of Europe with a central legislation. What does bother me is HOW this hand-over of sovereignty is conducted which is profoundly undemocratic! Just to name two keywords: "Sondergremium" (http://www.zeit.de/politik/deu... and "ESM" (http://www.mmnews.de/index.php....

I am fine with a strong Europe that acts as one internally as well as externally and I'm also fine with the less important role for the national states which will result from this. But call me old-fashioned, I really think this historic paradigm shift needs to be legitimated in a democratic way and the regions that build up Europe from the ground need to be endowed with stronger democratic self-administrations to make up for the loss of the national level (this is the idea of the "Europe of the Regions" we were promised back in the 80s). The way it looks right now it seems instead, that unfortunately we are heading toward a European supra-state with extensive powers that were not authorized by any of the people that make up this union; a supra-state that leaves the people without a democratic say about their future and that gives priority to the economy and financial markets.

Re: Whoa! How Shit Infographics Explain the World (the wrong Way).

ghensel — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:37:12 -0000

It's just one of many similar examples. Infographics of this type are in many cases SEO vehicles (http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesom.... And in pretty much all cases they are just a ridiculous short-cut version of reality. Interesting enough that the ones who are screaming social media most are a) not willing to listen, b) not interested to accept a mistake and c) generally dont give a fuck

Re: Whoa! How Shit Infographics Explain the World (the wrong Way).

Mark Pack — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:03:58 -0000

Ah! Glad to see someone else on the case about this social media myth. I've been underwhelmed so far how both Mashable and Credit Sesame haven't corrected their stories and haven't responded to my attempts at direct contact to point out the error. At best very poor, at worst a cynical exercise in traffic bait and sod the truth.

Re: The Good Life. Or: Why I should have become Lifestyle Blogger.

ghensel — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:49:52 -0000

That is a difference. But I think it is not super-super-essential for my point here.

Re: The Good Life. Or: Why I should have become Lifestyle Blogger.

Johannes Kleske — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:02:14 -0000

But unlike Whudat, they don't make money (or almost no money) from their blogs directly. They make money via the consulting and trend reporting to clients.

Re: The Good Life. Or: Why I should have become Lifestyle Blogger.

ghensel — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:51:52 -0000

I think the line is very blurry here as you mention. And even though I know from a blogger perspective there is quite a difference between Whudat and Josh Spear, there hardly is one from an agency/brand perspective. PSFK is too corporate/global already in their approach to defining trends. While indeed the Josh Spears and Coolhunters of this world have one thing in common: they really primarily talk about nice stuff for the end consumer.

Re: The Good Life. Or: Why I should have become Lifestyle Blogger.

Johannes Kleske — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:50:54 -0000

Interesting that you mention Josh Spear and Cool Hunters in this context as they are not really lifestyle bloggers but full trend agencies with thriving consulting businesses. I think this makes a big difference, otherwise you'd also had to mention PSFK and the likes. So maybe, the future business model of a lifestyle blogger is to become a mixture of a media outlet and a trend agency. I don't know …