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Bill Hicks on Marketing

June 6, 2012 — Leave a comment

Thank god for Bill Hicks. Another dead hero.

By the way, if anyone here is in marketing or advertising…kill yourself. Thank you. Just planting seeds, planting seeds is all I’m doing. No joke here, really. Seriously, kill yourself, you have no rationalisation for what you do, you are Satan’s little helpers. Kill yourself, kill yourself, kill yourself now. Now, back to the show. Seriously, I know the marketing people: ‘There’s gonna be a joke comin’ up.’ There’s no fuckin’ joke. Suck a tail pipe, hang yourself…borrow a pistol from an NRA buddy, do something…rid the world of your evil fuckin’ presence.

Unfortunately Necessary Disclaimer: Needless to say the above is satire, a joke, humor. I do not endorse murder or suicide. Please don’t sue me.

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What's next for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange?

December 8, 2010 — Leave a comment
What’s next for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange?:

Fascinating article on various theories on the future of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and how governments and media might respond.

theweekmagazine:

Theories from Wired, US News Source, Salon, Slate, the New York Times, and NPR

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange is in jail in Britain, awaiting trial on Swedish sex crimes charges, but what will happen next is unclear. Deemed a flight risk and denied bail, Assange will stay incarcerated at least until his Dec. 14 hearing. In his absence, WikiLeaks is still “operational,” says spokeswoman Kristinn Hrafnsson, but Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and the site’s Swiss bank have cut off much of its funding. (Those companies have since faced retaliatory attacks from sympathetic hackers.) Here are seven guesses as to what’s in store for Assange and his secrets-spilling site.

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Did Techcrunch Take Down Its Unconfirmed Google Sexual-Assault Story? | paidContent

November 7, 2010 — Leave a comment
Whether it’s publishing stolen business plans or breaking publicist embargoes, Techcrunch is notorious for its take-no-prisoners approach to online journalism.
See more of our latest Google coverage.
But the audacious blog may have lost its nerve amid a firestorm of criticism over a salacious story about sexual misconduct.
A Techcrunch article published Friday that rehashed sexual-assault allegations made online by a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) employee has disappeared from the AOL-owned blog with no further explanation.
While links to the story, “Googler Accuses Twitter Engineer Of Sexual Assault, Trial By Twitter Commences,” are easily found all over the internet, they lead to a dead URL on Techcrunch with no sign of the original content, just a “Page Not Found” label.
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Your Nasty Little Dopamine Habit (And, The Daily Show Loves Twitter!)

March 4, 2009 — 3 Comments

“The media and government are not suffering because their thoughts are too complex.”

You’ve probably seen these Daily Show clips about Twitter. Watch them again:

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The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Claire McCaskill’s Twittering

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:219949

New media can be fantastic – it can facilitate more transparent communication, reduce the barrier of entry for political engagement, and lead to the democratization of the dissemination of information.

 

…it can also be pretty stupid. As this clip clearly demonstrates, engagement in shallow, petty, behavior and conversation can easily lead to the marginalization of a potentially powerful new communication medium.

The Dow recently sunk below 7k and the world is suffering from a massive economic meltdown. Those of us who can afford to engage in and use new communication mediums are tremendously fortunate. Forget our shiny toys, we enjoy the luxury and privileges associated with living through the most powerful revolution in communication and information since the days of the printing press.

Let’s try not to blow it by Twittering exclusively about our leveraging our personal brands, ‘internet fame,’ and Twetups, eh?

Rule of thumb: Think before you tweet, and don’t engage in behavior easily mocked by the Daily Show.

Incidentally, if you have a few free moments, check out this great episode on the chemicals of love by WNYC’s Radio Lab. Portions of the episode discusses the effect of dopamine on the brain. Dopamine contributes significantly to personal personal reward systems and small bursts of elation, contentment, and happiness. Some of activities, substances, and social cues known to release small amounts of dopamine include: amorous infatuation, attention, cocaine, and cigarettes. And AOL’s famous declaration “You’ve Got Mail!” Hrmm. Interesting, considering the above Daily Show clip. Just sayin. Hrmmm.

Thanks for letting me lecture, ramble, and vent.

- Dan

 

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Fuck Year-End Lists: A Year-End List [Belated]

November 30, 2008 — Leave a comment

NOTE: I started writing this a few weeks before the holidays. I quickly lost interest. Needless to say, posting year-end lists at this late date is a bit gouche. But, fuck it – year-end lists are silly regardless. Here’s my stabby best-of ’08 list:

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I’m a big believer in tradition, particularly during the holidays.  For many years on the Creepy Sleepy Show, the cast and I produced sentiment-soaked Halloween and Christmas Death Metal Specials. Though we all know sentimentality of the Holidays is a bit of construct, traditions serve as road marks by which we collectively and individually introspect and judge the progress, successes, and failures of our lives.

There’s something comforting about marking the passing of a year by ranking ‘important’ pop culture milestones. We tend to identify with and associate parts of our self identity with the media we consume and how we consume it. Making lists helps validate our sense of self-importance.

I am no different;  I too occasionally indulge in cramming the year’s cultural output into hyperbole-soaked lists. So, sans further overtly self-conscious pontification,  here’s is the shit I dug this year:

Wonderful Bastards

3.)

2.) Warren Ellis -

1.)

Music

3.)

2.) Guns ‘N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy -

1.)

Books

5.)

4.)

3.)

2.)

1.)

Podcasts

5.) Create Consume Delete – informative,

4.)

3.) Buzz Out Loud – bantery tech news goodness

2.)

1.)

Internet Things

1.) The web’s great when it adds to and fasciliates things in real life.

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Convention Prep, Social Media Style

August 18, 2008 — 1 Comment

The Democratic Convention opens in one week, the Republican Convention opens a week later. Here’s me:

- Tumblr – full content aggregation

- Twitter – microblogging and instant updates

- Friendfeed – aggregated coverage

- Qik – live video updates

- Facebook – background, context, and networking

- Seesmic – video conversation

- Utterz – audio updates

http://www.utterz.com/fp/slimline.swf?1216314210

Social Media will be in full force at the Democratic and Republican Conventions – what type of coverage would you like to see? How do you want to get involved?

Mobile post sent by danpatterson using Utterz. reply-count Replies.  mp3

Since the last Presidential nominating convention in 2004, it has been my goal to attend the conventions in 2008. On Friday, I leave for the Democratic Convention in Denver. The following week, I’ll attending the Republican Convention in Minneapolis.

My first priority, of course, is to cover the events for the Talk Radio News Service via radio. We’ll be hectic, tired, and wired but it’ll be a wonderful experience.

There Will be Creepy Sleepy Shows, and I’ll do what I can to send social media to the world, and be as inclusive of the community – let’s all try to work together! If anyone will be at the conventions, email me at dhp [at] creepysleepy [dot] com

It’s going to be very difficult, with the insanity, to organize video, audio, pictures, and text on the fly – if anyone has suggestions on aggregation on content, let me know!

Props to Jackie and Bhaskar at Qik – they’ve been a HUGE help.

Aaron Brucell has been great with Utterz help. I’ll try to use Utterz to send various audio reports out.

So, the question now is: What type of social media coverage do you want to see?

email: dhp [at] creepysleepy [dot] com

Convention PreparationGearing up for the Democratic and Republican Conventions – social media coverage.

Tumblr Everything:
http://danpatterson.tumblr.com
Blog:
http://danpatterson.creepysleepy.com
Podcast:
http://creepysleepy.com
Live Video:
http://qik.com/danpatterson
Video Conversation:
http://seesmic.com/creepysleepy
Pictures:
http://flickr.com/photos/creepysleepy

Seesmic Conversation on Social Media at the Democratic and Republican Conventions

http://seesmic.com/embeds/wrapper.swf

Thanks!

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Children in Armed Conflict – UN Special Representative Speaks About Afghanistan

July 7, 2008 — 2 Comments

Radhika Coomaraswamy, United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, spoke today at the United Nations in New York about her recent visit to Afghanistan.  Ms Coomaraswamy, along with the Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes for UNICEF Louia-George Arsenault, visited Afghanistan for five days this past week to determine the extent to which children are being used in conflict zones.  Ms. Coomaraswamy explained that her role was to ensure that the UN monitoring presence in Afghanistan is correctly established and implemented. The team met with local religious and social leaders, leading NGOs, as well as Afghani President Hamid Karai.
Ms. Coomaraswamy stated that the UN as of yet has no hard figures on the number of children currently being used in armed conflict, and that the mission goal was to establish a UN presence.  She did, however, express that children are being detained by Americans, and recruited by the Taliban and other anti-government groups.  She also witnessed evidence of Talibani and tribal recruitment of young boys.  Ms. Coomaraswamy also stated that more sexual violence occurs against young boys than young women.  She reminded officials that it is against international law to recruit boys without facial hair to “war or quarters.”
According to Ms. Coomaraswamy, all parties are aware of the fragile security situation in the country, and the impact violence has on children and society.  Ms. Coomaraswamy implored the government of the importance “to expand humanitarian space,” and allow organizations to work to assist the civilian population.  In a statement issued last week, Ms. Coomarasawmy stated “the on-going attacks targeting schools, teachers and school children are a grim reminder that concerted efforts must be made by all parties to the conflict to ensure the safety of children … we must take concrete actions now to better protect children and the future generations of the country.”

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Using Humor to Help Flood Recovery

June 19, 2008 — Leave a comment

Like everyone in Iowa, Cedar Rapids commedian “Bustin’ Dustin“  was seriously affected by the recent floods.  Dan Patterson met Dustin while the commedian helped a friend clean-up in downtown Cedar Rapids.  Dustin talked about the effectiveness of humor in recovering from tragedy.  (1:31)

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Jane Lute Summarizes Save the Children Report

May 27, 2008 — Leave a comment

Jane Lute summarizes the Save the Children report on alleged sex abuse by UN Peacekeepers (1:22)

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Jane Lute on Usefulness of Save the Children Sex Abuse Report

May 27, 2008 — Leave a comment

Jane Lute describes the usefulness of the Save the Children report on alleged sex abuse by UN Peacekeepers (0:55)

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