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Shut Up, Twitter
Science Confirms: Twitter Dominated by Self-Obsessed Dudes
Harvard has looked at the data and two studies have reached an unavoidable conclusion: Self-absorbed loudmouth guys have overrun Twitter like no other place on the internet. You probably figured. But now there are numbers. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by blogissuchanuglyword: Apropos of not much, but I can't believe people actually Twitter. Like, that they sit there and think "Ohhh, shit... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Twitter Hack Briefly Renders Self-Promoter's Tweets Comprehensible
Guy Kawasaki, a former Apple executive famous for popularizing the practice of "evangelism" in tech marketing, loves Twitter, like every good self-promoting hack. But how can you tell when a hack gets hacked? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by lawyergay: The dirty little secret about Twitter is that it is unbelievably tedious. 2 Responses | Other threads
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self-promotion
Mark Zuckerberg Jumps the Couch
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah share one goal: They want to know what you're feeling. Zuckerberg prefers you tell him via computer, though, so why's he going on her show tomorrow?
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By Owen ThomasComment by Aaron Altman: So, billionaire who lost a billion to be on billionaire's show watched by billions? 4 Responses | Other threads
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self-promotion
24-year-old poker player buys own TV ad
Ariel Schneller, a professional poker player who claims to have won $182,000 in a single weekend, has bought a television commercial to promote his website. This is Google's fault.
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By Owen ThomasComment by SavoryFigNewton: And he's getting additional exposure on Valleywag for free... 3 Responses | Other threads
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self-promotion
Googling "I Google Myself"
Funny because it's true: Web-video comedienne Kara Luiz's "I Google Myself" aptly charts the YouTube's generation self-obsession. The best part: A blog post about the video is already the No. 2 Google result for Luiz's name.
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By Owen ThomasComment by porterhouse125: These lyrics could use some work. more » | Other threads
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self-promotion
5 rules for making a company video worth watching
Austin-based interactive ad agency Tocquigny embarrassed itself with a video meant to show prospective interns how fun it is to work at the company over the summer. Instead of showing how quirky and Internet-savvy Tocquigny was, it proved to be a turnoff — and a ripoff. Besides not copying someone else's work, what could Tocquigny have done differently? Using five examples the agency should have followed, we'll explain how to do a self-promotional corporate video right: More » -
politics
Barack Obama, meet your new Social Media Czar
Self-appointed "geeks" are nominating their blogosphere heroes to become America's CTO under presumptive President Barack Obama. The roster reads like the speaker list at any old emerging-technology conference: Larry Lessig. Tim O'Reilly. Dave Winer. Would any of these guys know a data governance strategy if it bit them on the face? Obviously, what their fans really want isn't a chief technology officer, it's someone to be Obama's Web 2.0 point man — a Social Media Czar. Guess who that should be? More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by mediawhoremeow: @Hyloka: With those buck teeth? I suppose if you think bugs bunny is cute. Truth is she's a fucking bitch... more » | Other threads
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self-promotion
Valley's alpha geeks vie for Obama's CTO spot
It's a given among most blue-state intellectuals that Barack Obama will take office as president in January. That means looking past November's election to next year's Obama-tunities in Washington, D.C. The most obvious slot for aspiring Valley vets would be Obama's promised new position of national chief technology officer. A CTO slot has been one of Obama's talking points for months, but today reliable pot-stirrer Robert Scoble cracked the worm can open by throwing a list of names onto his blog: More » -
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geeks gone plastic
Seth Godin, action figure
It's not every day that a Silicon Valley titan is cast into 5.375" of plastic. Marketing guru Seth Godin unearthed the real secret to self-evangelist success: Get yourself turned into an action figure. There's no better way to promote your name than to sell yourself for a mere $8.95 to every wannabe entrepreneur looking for a false idol to consult. Oddball toy store Archie McPhee has recreated Godin's baldpated goodness, complete with mismatched socks and a Little Book of Marketing Secrets. If only it carried the full line of self-promotional cultmongers, we'd finally be able to pit Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Jason Calacanis, and Robert Scoble against one another in a battle for biggest ego — right before Megatron decapitates them.
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Comment by nirreskeya: This is a step up (or down, depending on your point of view) from the eBay management team trading cards. more » | Other threads
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great moments in pr
The Garlinghouse family takes over Yahoo
Brad Garlinghouse, the controversial Yahoo executive who won fame by accusing management of spreading investments around like a "thin layer of ... peanut butter", has a sister, Meg, who also works at the company. Who got whom the job at Yahoo is a matter of testy debate. What's undebatable: the brother-and-sister duo practically own Yodel Anecdotal, the company blog, this month. Three full posts are devoted to their glories. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by shumba: Ah yes. Dialpad. The company Garlinghouse took to bankruptcy and was fired from? I guess f*cking up a company does... more » | Other threads
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Avert your eyes, it's JakobandJulia.com
Connected Ventures cofounder Jakob Lodwick and notorious New York nobody Julia Allison now plan to more efficiently whore their relationship in a joint blog venture. Consider it the Hulu of self-promotion. If only you people would stop paying attention, this could all just go away. Sure, Lodwick's Vimeo, an online video-sharing site, is so pretty that rumor has it MySpace wants to poach its designer. But that doesn't explain why you're transfixed by the man himself, or his geek-seeking missile of a girlfriend. You people need to stop. In fact, don't read any further. Look away from the following image of Jakob and Julia, sprawled on the beach. It's for your own good. More »
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Comment by SanFranciscoJim: Did they just break up? Or this another publicity stunt??? Any idea how many viewers they get? more » | Other threads
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silicon valley users guide
8 steps to getting fans on Facebook
Are you a fan of Valleywag? I am. (Do sign up. It feels a bit lonely by myself.) After Facebook launched its new ad offerings, I had three thoughts: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Gabriel-Goldenberg: Why avoid the paid advertising options? Aren't you trying to get fans on Facebook? Wouldn't paid ads help this (theoretically,... more » | Other threads
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social networks
Jason Pontin's Facebook fallacy
It was all in good fun, I thought, to tease my former boss Jason Pontin, now editor of MIT's Technology Review, about using Facebook, of all things, to hunt for interesting startup ideas. But the well-meant mockery soon uncovered a deeper issue: My friend misunderstands how one is meant to use Facebook. Pontin, ever the technoliteralist, takes Facebook at its word, thinking of it as a tool to replicate real-world relationships. He misses the real use that self-promoters like Jason Calacanis and Robert Scoble have discovered: Spamming the less-important people who have volunteered to be your "friends" — people who are really just fans, to whom you have no meaningful relationship. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Fname Lname: IRL, there are vastly different concepts of what is a real social network too. No surprise to see it... more » | Other threads
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