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Amazon CTO Rips Blogging Authors a New One
theodp writes "Following what was characterized as rude treatment of invited guests in a confrontation at Amazon HQ, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels turned to his personal blog to give author Shel Israel a public scolding for suggesting Amazon doesn't 'get' blogging (Amazon's blogging innovations include 'faux' personal blogs and patent-pending plogs). Vogels went on to voice concerns on Israel's blog that blogging could be too distracting for Amazon employees - think the self-proclaimed guy-with-guts challenged CEO Jeff Bezos about the distractions of his space exploration efforts?"
Shaky camera work and giggling do not make a business case in most organizations. This means you Scoble.
What the hell is this about again?
More drama than a spanish soap opera. The only sad part is this lacks the good looking women and I can understand what they are saying...
This story reminds me of a saying, something about arguing on the internet being like running in the special olympics... I can't quite remember how it ends though.
This summary reads like the Chewbacca Defense.
they also said that about cars, computers, video games, television, space flight, electric cars. all those are still around, and probably will be for as long as we are.
Of course, they also said that about the cravatte, off-white nylon shirts with huge collars, pet rocks, steam cars and listening to live plays via the telephone. And they were right.
That said, no, I don't think blogging is a fad either; it's too useful for that.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
Explaining jokes on the internet is like competing in the special olympics...only retards do it.
I'm not sure if I'm referring to the meeting in the story or the post on Slashdot, either...
That is all.
Next headline:News at 11...
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I read all the trackbacks and comments linked and basically it reads like a polite version of a forum flamewar. You can actually almost see that behind their carefully creafted words they really at heart want to write something like "OMG ur teh gay!". If this is what 2 "blogging poster boys" and the CTO of one of the most high profile online retailers do with their blogs then I think Amazon and anyone else would do well to stay as far clear of them as they can.
I have discovered a truly remarkable sig which this post is too small to contain.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
From one click purchasing to one dick blogging, is there anything Amazon doesn't have patents on?
Sypnopsis:
Mommy, the fucker's been rude to me. He a bitch. Bitch. No, you a stupid bitch... Who's the bitch? Shut up, they're all bitches. Bitches.
You forgot to mention Full of
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94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
And really love some good flamewar action. So I saw "rips a new one" and was geared up for one hell of a great story.
Boy, was I wrong. I need to update my definition for that phrase.
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