Quite accurate. ;)
--- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really don't want to add much more to any of this, except to > respond to Chris and Enric that I don't want what happened on this > group to be characterised as people lynching, thrashing, whatevering > Podtech. > > Podtech made a mistake, people called on them to do the right thing - > they didn't. And they didn't communicate. It dragged on. Podtech dug > their own hole. We called them on their behaviour, and people here > were remarkably mature, balanced and restrained. > > Along the way, separate to the discussion here, there were a couple > of cheap personal shots at Robert Scoble that were ignored. And > there was a stupid article published by a writer from a valley rag, > who doesn't participate in this group (and someone told me he says he > hates videoblogs/videobloggers) - he said something like "because > people have been begging for it" as an excuse to use this group to > promote his poorly researched, bitterly-toned article. I haven't > seen many people here begging for anything like that. > > Part of the reason this all happened, Chris, is because a lot of > people thought about Podtech as you do. I was disappointed and > irritated by their actions and indifference to people's concerns - > even to people's friendly advice. Hopefully, they'll get their shit > together on their PR and attitude - they seem to be already - and > we'll all be better off for it. > > Rupert > > On 28 Jul 2007, at 19:50, [chrisbrogan.com] wrote: > > I'm sorry to see PodTech taking a thrashing in here. I understand the > different viewpoints, from what I've read (not first hand), but from > my perspective, they were out there trying some new things and looking > for a way to make the bridge for people who wanted to make their video > work a business. > > Again, not saying anything about the deals and any breakdown in > intentions. My point is simply this: it was nice to see another > company out there taking a swing at making a viable business out of > these new media creation methods. > > Watching this group is interesting, because it's this Creature Cantina > of various opinions, perspectives, goals, and aspirations. Some folks > just want the medium to be free and open and about personal > communication. Others are trying to build next-generation TV. Some are > working on business models. Others could give a rat's ass if they see > a dime from their video work. > > And yet, we all still come here to hash it out, to learn, and > apparently, to crap on people. > > Thankfully, people keep on trying. > > --Chris Brogan... > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
