The title doesn’t refer to you guys, of course, unless you’re a tone-deaf marketer. You know the ones I mean. The folks who call during dinner despite the fact that you’re on every “do not call” list known to mankind. The idiots who tie up your fax machine with offers for last minute trips or insurance you don’t need. “Oh, he means spammers” you say. Not just them. Marketers who ignore our requests to be left alone. Maybe we’re all a bit guilty and a discussion beginning to heat up brings it all to the fore. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Privacy
Somebody’s Watching Me
I was watching Detroit 187 last night. It’s a terrific cop show even if it’s a little disconcerting to see Christopher Moltisanti on this side of the law for a change. The cast is filled with other familiar faces, the plots are consistently good, and I’m becoming a regular viewer.
In last night’s episode, the cops solved a murder the old fashioned way – examining clues and putting the pieces of evidence together into a coherent completed puzzle to unravel what had happened. This, of course, made me think of the report coming soon from the FCC as well as a few other controversies out there. Here’s what I mean. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Reality checks
Here’s Why Facebook Mail Might Fail
I’m sure you’ve all read about Facebook adding email to their social platform. If you didn’t know that you can read Gizmodo’s report here and there are lots of others out there. It’s being mentioned as a Gmail killer and as a threat to Yahoo mail (the world’s biggest provider). It incorporates email, SMS, Facebook messaging and chat. Given that Facebook has half a BILLION people using its platform, it’s not hard to think that way.
But I don’t. And here’s why. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, What's Going On
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