Comments on: “social objects”: blue monster wine update

By: David Brain

David Brain — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:58:01 +0000

have you talked through the Kula example on the blog Hugh?

By: John

John — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:59:59 +0000

Tom Tac,
Your comments of contrition appear to be heart felt and sincere. No further action will be taken at this time. But remember, we of the blog police are always watching. Always.

By: Robinson

Robinson — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:09:26 +0000

Back to turds… I’m not sure it’s a good idea to shorten ‘Blue Monster’ to ‘BM’ when referring to something you want people to consume.

By: Tom Tac

Tom Tac — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:40:12 +0000

John, I am not in a position to say you’re wrong.
While I might *think* I have a good suspicion of Dave’s intentions, it was unnecessary for me to throw in a vulgar name. If this was a wiki, I’d have edited it out by now. Maybe Hugh will do that.
And, if “Dave” ever sees that post, I apologize to him for the word. It doesn’t measure up to my own standards.
Re his comment: Hugh had already addressed the issue by pointing out that “not getting too carried away in the Expectation Department” was what was needed.
No, there was no way I could know that the email from Dave had surfaced during a “style and substance” discussion of MS PR. I have been thinking that the Blue Monster Project is an attempt to help MS tell its story, and the bit about trying to “make the world a better place” is part of the legend, so I think the “change the world or go home” line is a positive thing. It doesn’t relate to the actual software that is in place out there.
But while I think his point of view on the subject differs from mine, the sentence you zeroed in on was not warranted. Thanks, John, for helping me revisit it.

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:03:04 +0000

Hey,
‘Really NOT getting your social objects thing.’
I do understand that you help out folks. So. Thats cool.
Dick

By: AndyT13

AndyT13 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:11:05 +0000

Completely off topic but I’m now totally in love with Allison. Send her to me. Please?

By: John

John — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:01:22 +0000

Tom Tac,
“What a surprising turd.” Huh? What are you talking about? Is that related in some way to Dave’s comment, or are you just making notes about your bodily functions?
“…‘cant match your success so Ill try to tear it down’ mentality.”
Whose success are you referring to, Microsoft’s or Hugh’s?
One of the entries here on Hugh’s blog says, “My other main interest at the moment has been working with Microsoft on The Blue Monster Project, which has all to do with finding new ways to get the company to tell its story better.”
And as I recall, the topic at the time when Dave made his comment was whether the Blue Monster’s problems relating to customers are problems of style or substance. In particular, Hugh had quoted comments from various Blue Minions that Microsoft’s products are okay and the only problem is one of public relations.
Don’t you think Dave was making a meaningful contribution to that discussion? Of course, Hugh’s comments to the effect that he doesn’t run Microsoft were also “pertinent”.
Hugh,
I don’t think the Blue Monster is the personification of evil (even though he has a face only a mother could love).
Anyway, one of my company’s computers recently met an untimely demise. After much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, we replaced it with a Vista powered machine. So far, it is functioning normally and has not made any attempts to seize control of the company. I’ll let you know how it works out so you can pass the news on to your close personal friends, Bill G and Steve B.

By: steve clayton

steve clayton — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:37:30 +0000

Hugh — reason for the upsurge in orders from the US is the Blue Monster story hit the front page of Microsoft’s global Intranet home (MSW) last week. I got a lot of email from folks asking where to buy I swear if I had a few cases by my desk I could open an Oddbins internally!
I like the way the story keep reappearing as the message spreads to different parts of the globe and as Microsoft folks and others take it to different places.

By: Tom Tac

Tom Tac — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:23:34 +0000

On number 9 … (“does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? .… Microsoft is still … And no blogging cartoonist is ever going to change that. .. Any thoughts?”)
Wow. What a surprising turd. The surprise is not in what Dave had to say, but in his assumption that no one would recognize the “cant match your success so Ill try to tear it down” mentality.
Yes, yes, Dave really could be sincere and Dave may not know the story of the little boy and the starfish, one is never 100% sure from a blog comment.
But it really really looks like the usual attempt to reestablish the usual pecking order, and I deplore those kinds of things.
(Starfish story (http://www.starlearners.com.sg/story.html) Of course! None of our efforts change ‘the grand scheme of things’, usually, but what good we do, what changes we do, we do! Someone who has changed a little bit of the world has ‘changed the world’.)
To my favorite blogging cartoonist that is changing the world … Keep it up, Hugh! God bless…

By: B.L Ochman

B.L Ochman — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:20:10 +0000

thanks for linking to my post Hugh.
What I found really interesting about that post is that it got not one comment on my blog, and not one comment when I cross-posted it on MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog. I continue to think the story is freaking amazing.
The idea, like so many, is still what good old Al Gore calls “pre-dawn.”
But then, you and I have been there before and we’ll be there again.
rock on my friend.

By: Paul Fabretti

Paul Fabretti — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:49:09 +0000

Really getting your social objects thing now Hugh since speaking to you at The Facebook Debate.
Demonstrating the object “concept” in a bottle of wine is a great way for others to understand it.
Paul