Comments on: copenhagen geek dinner http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/14/copenhagen-geek-dinner/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Desirable Roasted Coffee http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/14/copenhagen-geek-dinner/#comment-7840 Desirable Roasted Coffee Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:56:35 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1775#comment-7840 <strong>Copenhagen Geek Dinner</strong> Via Hugh gapingvoid McLeod comes news of a Copenhagen Geek Dinner on October 28. Did I say news? I meant excellent news. The only cloud on the horizon? I suspect we won't be trying Stormhoek. Copenhagen Geek Dinner

Via Hugh gapingvoid McLeod comes news of a Copenhagen Geek Dinner on October 28. Did I say news? I meant excellent news. The only cloud on the horizon? I suspect we won’t be trying Stormhoek.

]]> By: Amber http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/14/copenhagen-geek-dinner/#comment-7839 Amber Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:50:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1775#comment-7839 Thanks very much for a well written article. I have been looking out for wine information and you ahve been og great help, buddy! Keep up the good work Thanks very much for a well written article. I have been looking out for wine information and you ahve been og great help, buddy! Keep up the good work

]]> By: Andreas http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/14/copenhagen-geek-dinner/#comment-7838 Andreas Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:50:03 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1775#comment-7838 As I never tire of saying: There's nothing inherently wrong with advertising. There's nothing wrong with trying to sell stuff. I am watching Hugh's experiment(s) with interest. As I never tire of saying: There’s nothing inherently wrong with advertising. There’s nothing wrong with trying to sell stuff.
I am watching Hugh’s experiment(s) with interest.

]]> By: Shane http://gapingvoid.com/2005/09/14/copenhagen-geek-dinner/#comment-7837 Shane Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:03:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1775#comment-7837 Responding to the quote from Merialc: not a marketing scam, but a PLAN. It is absolutely, transparently, explicitly their hope that you like it, buy more, and mention it. We think "scam" instead of "plan" because we're used to marketing lying to us to get us to buy crap. But there's no lie in the simple message (to paraphrase Hugh) "This is a bottle of Stormhoek. Please fucking tell people if you like it." After we've heard independent voices speaking honestly about products for long enough, after we realize that (in Kathy Sierra's words) We Are All Marketers, after it sinks in that the market has become more democratic -- then following the advertiser's suggestion that we spread the word about a good product will seem less like falling for a scam and more like some consumerist version of doing our civic duty. Or so it seems to me. Sorry to respond to a single sentence with a rant. Responding to the quote from Merialc: not a marketing scam, but a PLAN. It is absolutely, transparently, explicitly their hope that you like it, buy more, and mention it. We think “scam” instead of “plan” because we’re used to marketing lying to us to get us to buy crap. But there’s no lie in the simple message (to paraphrase Hugh) “This is a bottle of Stormhoek. Please fucking tell people if you like it.“
After we’ve heard independent voices speaking honestly about products for long enough, after we realize that (in Kathy Sierra’s words) We Are All Marketers, after it sinks in that the market has become more democratic — then following the advertiser’s suggestion that we spread the word about a good product will seem less like falling for a scam and more like some consumerist version of doing our civic duty.
Or so it seems to me. Sorry to respond to a single sentence with a rant.

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