Comments on: Reminder: Think before you blog http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Shelley http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335720 Shelley Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:34:44 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335720 PS Much of the 'hate-a-thon' (really, can we leave such phrases on the cutting room floor) was somewhat inspired my Arrington's own pugnaciousness in responding to people. My heart does not bleed for him. PS Much of the ‘hate-a-thon’ (really, can we leave such phrases on the cutting room floor) was somewhat inspired my Arrington’s own pugnaciousness in responding to people. My heart does not bleed for him.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335719 Shelley Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:32:25 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335719 The question I asked is, if Arrington was being comped for airline tickets and hotel room, were the tickets bought and sent to him, and room booked. If they were, then Michael should apologize to the organizer. Pretending that this was lost in the shuffle doesn't quite wash when you have people making travel arrangements, or sending tickets. If tickets were not purchased, travel arrangements not made, hotels not booked, then obviously this wasn't a real commitment, and yes, people should lay off. Additionally, the conference organizer should, next time, hire someone more capable of managing speaker confirmations and travel arrangements. The question I asked is, if Arrington was being comped for airline tickets and hotel room, were the tickets bought and sent to him, and room booked.

If they were, then Michael should apologize to the organizer. Pretending that this was lost in the shuffle doesn’t quite wash when you have people making travel arrangements, or sending tickets.

If tickets were not purchased, travel arrangements not made, hotels not booked, then obviously this wasn’t a real commitment, and yes, people should lay off. Additionally, the conference organizer should, next time, hire someone more capable of managing speaker confirmations and travel arrangements.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335709 Mathew Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:09:43 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335709 Fair enough, Andy. I just think you were awfully quick to accuse Mike of doing all this for links without having a whole lot of evidence. Fair enough, Andy. I just think you were awfully quick to accuse Mike of doing all this for links without having a whole lot of evidence.

]]> By: Tony Hung http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335707 Tony Hung Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:00:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335707 Mark -- that's the blogosphere, man. ;) Luckily, in this case, the questions *did* get answered fairly quick. Mark — that’s the blogosphere, man. ;)

Luckily, in this case, the questions *did* get answered fairly quick.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335706 Andy Beard Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:49:59 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/11/11/reminder-think-before-you-blog/#comment-335706 Honestly I feel I did a lot of research before writing my piece, and Mike has used controversy to build up traffic in the past. I still need to link through to Rick's post, but then that contradicts what Mike has written in many ways. I linked through to all my research sources, and the links represented both sides of the discussion. The conclusions I made were my personal opinion based on the information available.I was really looking forward to the New Media Fundraising presentation, albeit from a writeup from a 3rd party, but that has yet to materialize. Mike himself is a proponent of link early, link often Honestly I feel I did a lot of research before writing my piece, and Mike has used controversy to build up traffic in the past.
I still need to link through to Rick’s post, but then that contradicts what Mike has written in many ways.

I linked through to all my research sources, and the links represented both sides of the discussion.

The conclusions I made were my personal opinion based on the information available.I was really looking forward to the New Media Fundraising presentation, albeit from a writeup from a 3rd party, but that has yet to materialize.

Mike himself is a proponent of link early, link often

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