Comments for In Over My Head http://trinx.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 23 May 2007 00:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Are the chattering classes listening only to themselves? by Week 9 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/28/#comment-41 Week 9 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media Wed, 23 May 2007 00:55:48 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/28/#comment-41 [...] Barrie [...] [...] Barrie [...]

]]> Comment on Are the chattering classes listening only to themselves? by mgm5 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/28/#comment-40 mgm5 Tue, 22 May 2007 03:26:31 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/28/#comment-40 I think there has always been, in the US at least, a certain amount of skepticism with regards to the owners of large corporations. That what corporate spokesman said was not always completely trustworthy. I do not mean that these people were all criminals and liars but that people in general accepted some self serving on the part of a corporation. What just popped into my head was how Johnson and Johnson responded to the tainted Tylenol. J&J is always used a the benchmark now for companies in how they handle a crisis. The did everything they could to take all that product off the shelf and were up front with the public in an exceedinly frank way. And the public responded to that with trust and a embracing of J&J's products. There have not been many companies that have matched that benchmark since. Instead people have become more accustomed to scandals such as Enron. That's why when employees of a company such as IMB or Microsoft can discuss their products openly and how the company is progressing or what they need to be following up on, the general public feels a sense of credibility that they otherwise would not. I think there has always been, in the US at least, a certain amount of skepticism with regards to the owners of large corporations. That what corporate spokesman said was not always completely trustworthy. I do not mean that these people were all criminals and liars but that people in general accepted some self serving on the part of a corporation.

What just popped into my head was how Johnson and Johnson responded to the tainted Tylenol. J&J is always used a the benchmark now for companies in how they handle a crisis. The did everything they could to take all that product off the shelf and were up front with the public in an exceedinly frank way. And the public responded to that with trust and a embracing of J&J’s products. There have not been many companies that have matched that benchmark since.

Instead people have become more accustomed to scandals such as Enron. That’s why when employees of a company such as IMB or Microsoft can discuss their products openly and how the company is progressing or what they need to be following up on, the general public feels a sense of credibility that they otherwise would not.

]]> Comment on Discussion leader abstract and links by Week 8 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/discussion-leader-abstract-and-links/#comment-39 Week 8 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media Wed, 16 May 2007 01:04:22 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/discussion-leader-abstract-and-links/#comment-39 [...] Barrie [...] [...] Barrie [...]

]]> Comment on About by trinx http://trinx.wordpress.com/about/#comment-38 trinx Tue, 15 May 2007 08:24:18 +0000 #comment-38 Comment on Perceived credibility: an elusive concept by mgm5 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/14/perceived-credibility-an-elusive-concept/#comment-37 mgm5 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:43:08 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/14/perceived-credibility-an-elusive-concept/#comment-37 This whole issue sort of brings to mind Ronald Reagon's "trust but verify" quote. Even if I believe medical things I read online, I would always find verification elsewhere... even if it was another website. I wholeheartedly endorse looking up medical stuff online because I know that there is a wealth of information online that is credible but you do need to know where to look. It would be interesting to see more recent results from similar research. Five years online is a lifetime and much has changed in online information. Of course there are more charlatans online but there always will be. There is also more opportunity to educate oneself to accurate information and the world of charlatans. This whole issue sort of brings to mind Ronald Reagon’s “trust but verify” quote. Even if I believe medical things I read online, I would always find verification elsewhere… even if it was another website. I wholeheartedly endorse looking up medical stuff online because I know that there is a wealth of information online that is credible but you do need to know where to look.
It would be interesting to see more recent results from similar research. Five years online is a lifetime and much has changed in online information. Of course there are more charlatans online but there always will be. There is also more opportunity to educate oneself to accurate information and the world of charlatans.

]]> Comment on Cluelessness is not credible by flackster http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/cluelessness-is-not-credible/#comment-36 flackster Mon, 14 May 2007 05:53:41 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/cluelessness-is-not-credible/#comment-36 Didn't crash my browser. In fact, it's just a page - nothing dynamic nor conflated about this site. Who knows why stuff happens? Only the nanogoblins do! :-( Didn’t crash my browser. In fact, it’s just a page – nothing dynamic nor conflated about this site. Who knows why stuff happens? Only the nanogoblins do! :-(

]]> Comment on How ubiquitous do Gb networks need to be? by Week 7 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/reading-assignment-ubiquitous-gb-networks/#comment-35 Week 7 Notes « Writing and Presentation For Digital Media Wed, 09 May 2007 00:58:29 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/reading-assignment-ubiquitous-gb-networks/#comment-35 [...] Barrie [...] [...] Barrie [...]

]]> Comment on How ubiquitous do Gb networks need to be? by mgm5 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/reading-assignment-ubiquitous-gb-networks/#comment-34 mgm5 Tue, 08 May 2007 20:07:36 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/reading-assignment-ubiquitous-gb-networks/#comment-34 Nicely done, Barrie. I would like to see Gb networks move forward but I would like to see it happen as a public works project sort of like WPA with one agency managing it overall so that there could be consistency and continuity. My luck and it would be FEMA running it. Ditto your remarks on Flash. Nicely done, Barrie. I would like to see Gb networks move forward but I would like to see it happen as a public works project sort of like WPA with one agency managing it overall so that there could be consistency and continuity. My luck and it would be FEMA running it. Ditto your remarks on Flash.

]]> Comment on Good storytelling…in the right context by kegill http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/good-storytellingin-the-right-context/#comment-33 kegill Tue, 01 May 2007 23:56:47 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/good-storytellingin-the-right-context/#comment-33 Rules are made to be broken - you just need to *know* that you're breaking one! (Conscious decision.) Remember: discussion questions are part of the blog post. :) Rules are made to be broken – you just need to *know* that you’re breaking one! (Conscious decision.)

Remember: discussion questions are part of the blog post. :)

]]> Comment on Good storytelling…in the right context by flackster http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/good-storytellingin-the-right-context/#comment-32 flackster Tue, 01 May 2007 18:19:20 +0000 http://trinx.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/good-storytellingin-the-right-context/#comment-32 Well said, Barrie. I think there are exceptions to all rules and a story about Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia in the web site's 'about us' section is appropriate - although in their case, it's the company history section: http://www.patagonia.com/usa/contribution/patagonia.go?assetid=3351 We're back to context, of course - and the intimacy that we expect (or don't) from appropriate storytelling. Well said, Barrie. I think there are exceptions to all rules and a story about Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia in the web site’s ‘about us’ section is appropriate – although in their case, it’s the company history section: http://www.patagonia.com/usa/contribution/patagonia.go?assetid=3351

We’re back to context, of course – and the intimacy that we expect (or don’t) from appropriate storytelling.

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