@Froosh NP. :) Just remember that your target audience is not necessarily the same as your peers. Or maybe it is. YMMV. If in doubt, KISS.
@Froosh More broadly, what is the out-of-box experience when someone gets your card? When they then use it to look you up later? It’s sales.
@Froosh I’ve never been a fan of titles. But IMO unless a title makes perfect sense to recipient and/or sells you in the way you want, omit.
@Froosh What to list on business card? Well, how do you want ppl to contact you? What do you want them to see when they look you up? KISS.
@jayrosen_nyu If people re-examine ideology of journalism, they’ll have to face fact that it rarely lives up to its ideals. That’s personal.
@jeffsonstein More Clarke & Dawe: http://is.gd/14vH http://is.gd/14vJ http://is.gd/14vG (last one old, but classic)
@chieftech I wonder if it’s pure envy? The “next generation”, thanks to their intellectual power tools, will be able to do so much more.
@jayrosen_nyu Yes, instant access to all the world’s information makes us LESS intelligent, apparently. [sigh] The arguments get repetitive.
@jeffsonstein Clarke & Dawe do that piece at the end of The 7.30 Report every Thurs night, but mostly Australian political references.
@jayrosen_nyu @jeffjarvis It’s thoroughly amusing, but like Jeff I can’t resist either, when someone posts at my blog. http://is.gd/Zxk LOL!
If folks aren’t sick of reading the journalism vs teh evil bloggers “debate”, Jeff Jarvis has another instalment. http://is.gd/130z #fom08
@jeffsonstein Yeah video formats are annoying, but the timing of Clarke’s performances is superb. A national treasure if originally from NZ.
@jeffsonstein You may well appreciate the latest piece by John Clarke & Brian Dawe. Lovely rendition of George W Bush. http://is.gd/P2u
@garthk Perhaps not. Artists’ studios will have… ARTISTS in them. You never know where they’ve been.
@firstdogonmoon I think I’d only choose the echidna in certain circumstances. They’re grumpy little buggers sometimes.
Emerges (sort of). It looks sunny outside. Can I be bothered heading there at some point?
[home, collapsing, exit]
Chinese newspaper publishes photo of Tianamen Square massacre, faces punishment. http://www.abc.net.au/ne…
Sorry, but countering a haka by the All Blacks with John Williamson singing “Waltzing Matilda”? We’re fucked.
Kelly’s is preparing for an expected influx for Sat night / Bledisloe Cup. May have to go AFK soonish. @ApostrophePong arrives. INXS plays.
(OK, I just mistyped… that’s fingers.)
@andrewdotnich Oh my Thai’s pretty dodgy, sure, but I think they could at least cope with “Hello”. Saswasdee krub!
“Surviving the Net Crunch: A Practical Guide for Print Publications in a Digital World” http://is.gd/14sc
@andrewdotnich I caught out Stir Crazy similarly. They advertise as “Thai”, so when I phoned I ordered in Thai. Didn’t understand a word.
“Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy” Times Online: http://is.gd/14BO
One for the diary: Media at the Pub, Tues 26 August in Sydney. http://is.gd/14BH I’ll be there.
@ApostrophePong You mean “No excuse NOT to get my shit together and move on!”? ;) See you soon…
So @downingstreet has a Flickr stream. http://is.gd/12iu Where’s Rudd’s? It’s not as if it’s particularly difficult.
@darrencox @bootrom @posty @rabbieburns @micktleyden @petercoppola @akipta @kimheras and others: Hi new followers.
Hmmm… I was just asked, “Are you staying for the match tonight?” In how many ways can I be out of touch?
@wolfcat The Denton piece especially, as Cundall was a guard over SS troops awaiting trial for WWII atrocities at the holocaust camps.
@wolfcat Peter Cundall interviewed by Andrew Denton: http://is.gd/14Av
@wolfcat Peter Cundall is astounding. http://is.gd/14Aq British Paras in WWII, Communist Party Senate candidate… fascinating man!
@deconstructo “7. Have you ever noticed how sun-dried tomatoes and top-grade peyote look exactly the same? Not a suggestion… Just saying.”
@deconstructo Yes, I am still at Kelly’s. I follow cabin fever with a late-arvo “Irish” pub to bring out the worst aspects of my psyche.
For some reason, “Fourteen Passive Aggressive Appetisers” appeals to me tonight. http://is.gd/Xpx
Migrating to Kelly’s On King, Newtown, since I’m getting cabin fever after 2-3 days mostly inside. Bloody colds!
There’s always such a big difference between “what a designer thinks is ‘cool’” and “what is useful business communication”.
@fulltimecasual I’ve got a pile of cards on my desk. What I’d want to know is “What can this person do for me, to make my life easier?”
@fulltimecasual If someone handed me a card with “Self facilitating media node”, my immediate reaction would be “wanker”, to tell the truth.