Comments on: Google Dance Party – A Different Perspective http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/ Covering the social economy driving the new Web Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:33:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Goo a Little Dance, Make a Little Love, Get Down Tonight?-- bub.blicio.us http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-19932 Goo a Little Dance, Make a Little Love, Get Down Tonight?-- bub.blicio.us Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:01:52 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-19932 [...] We already showed you in posts here and here all that Google Dance had to offer, including endless food, video games, karaoke, our very own Google escorts (not that kind) and more, but now we’ve got the interviews from the party. [...] [...] We already showed you in posts here and here all that Google Dance had to offer, including endless food, video games, karaoke, our very own Google escorts (not that kind) and more, but now we’ve got the interviews from the party. [...]

]]> By: Philipp Lenssen http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17924 Philipp Lenssen Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:54:38 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17924 There's plenty of face pics here: http://picasaweb.google.com/gdance2007admin/GoogleDance2007_1 Apparently The Rule (tm) was only for those who disclosed beforehand they wanted to take pics! Now, I'm back to spy on strangers using Google Maps Street View... :) There’s plenty of face pics here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gdance2007admin/GoogleDance2007_1

Apparently The Rule ™ was only for those who disclosed beforehand they wanted to take pics!

Now, I’m back to spy on strangers using Google Maps Street View… :)

]]> By: Security Tips » The Wrap: Fujacks, E-Cards, And Google http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17919 Security Tips » The Wrap: Fujacks, E-Cards, And Google Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:06:20 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17919 [...] Google assigned new employees from their corporate communications team to shadow members of the press. Those employees also interfered with press who tried to take photographs of people at the event, according to Bub.blicio.us blogger Brian Solis and Google Blogoscope’s Philipp Lenssen. [...] [...] Google assigned new employees from their corporate communications team to shadow members of the press. Those employees also interfered with press who tried to take photographs of people at the event, according to Bub.blicio.us blogger Brian Solis and Google Blogoscope’s Philipp Lenssen. [...]

]]> By: Phil Wolff http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17882 Phil Wolff Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:38:31 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17882 I'm a little troubled by any PR person laying hands on a reporter for any reason except to prevent injury. If you are press, PR folks are adults whose job it is to watch you do your thing, perhaps to assist, but not to interfere. I wonder what would have happened if you'd insisted on taking photos sans clearance. "You are not allowed..." Says who? May I have that in writing? What is the name of the supervisor who gave you those instructions? Were attendees advised that this event was "off the record"? If so, why was the press invited? Are you really going to tell me what I may and may not observe and record? Did they issue you a press pass? So you were identified as press? It was visible? Were you hiding your humongous camera under a coat so nobody could see you taking pictures? So why were they surprised you'd be snapping pics? This was not a small, intimate event where anyone might have any expectation of privacy. So this whole restrictions-on-covering-a-party fiasco is not just lame, it's disrespectful and shows a marked lack of understanding of what a journalist does and the relationship between publicists and new/news media. Either that, or the power Google wields has changed that relationship. Were you concerned that objecting to this interference in your responsibility to cover the event might result in your being ejected from the event? Or worse, becoming persona non grata? The application of power in this way could be harmful for Google in the long run, don't you think? I’m a little troubled by any PR person laying hands on a reporter for any reason except to prevent injury. If you are press, PR folks are adults whose job it is to watch you do your thing, perhaps to assist, but not to interfere.

I wonder what would have happened if you’d insisted on taking photos sans clearance. “You are not allowed…” Says who? May I have that in writing? What is the name of the supervisor who gave you those instructions? Were attendees advised that this event was “off the record”? If so, why was the press invited? Are you really going to tell me what I may and may not observe and record?

Did they issue you a press pass? So you were identified as press? It was visible? Were you hiding your humongous camera under a coat so nobody could see you taking pictures? So why were they surprised you’d be snapping pics?

This was not a small, intimate event where anyone might have any expectation of privacy. So this whole restrictions-on-covering-a-party fiasco is not just lame, it’s disrespectful and shows a marked lack of understanding of what a journalist does and the relationship between publicists and new/news media.

Either that, or the power Google wields has changed that relationship. Were you concerned that objecting to this interference in your responsibility to cover the event might result in your being ejected from the event? Or worse, becoming persona non grata? The application of power in this way could be harmful for Google in the long run, don’t you think?

]]> By: Why it’s important to be hard on IT vendors « AccMan http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17840 Why it’s important to be hard on IT vendors « AccMan Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:07:32 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17840 [...] Brian Solis was at the Googleplex for the Search Engine Strategies conference. There’s a lot riding on search as a core technology for the future so this is an important event. And Google has become a master at creating the illusion of fun while getting you to think they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread. But read what Brian says about the way Google dealt with those labeled ‘press:’ If you were press…you were immediately greeted by a junior member of the Google corporate communications team. [...] [...] Brian Solis was at the Googleplex for the Search Engine Strategies conference. There’s a lot riding on search as a core technology for the future so this is an important event. And Google has become a master at creating the illusion of fun while getting you to think they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread. But read what Brian says about the way Google dealt with those labeled ‘press:’ If you were press…you were immediately greeted by a junior member of the Google corporate communications team. [...]

]]> By: Google Redefines Meaning of Dance | Zoli’s Blog http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17835 Google Redefines Meaning of Dance | Zoli’s Blog Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:03:37 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17835 [...] Brian Solis  and Philipp Lenssen report from the annual Google Dance Party - well, they tried to report, but apparently both were handled by polite but helpless escorts (no, not *that* kind, rather from the Google PR Nursery) who all but prevented them from meaningful reporting or even take photos showing real activity: After being escorted and handed off to no less that five various handlers, I soon realized that their real purpose was to keep us herded and controlled so that the information, pictures, and video that came out of the Google Dance party, adhered to a legitimate standard for security -  says Brian. [...] [...] Brian Solis  and Philipp Lenssen report from the annual Google Dance Party – well, they tried to report, but apparently both were handled by polite but helpless escorts (no, not *that* kind, rather from the Google PR Nursery) who all but prevented them from meaningful reporting or even take photos showing real activity: After being escorted and handed off to no less that five various handlers, I soon realized that their real purpose was to keep us herded and controlled so that the information, pictures, and video that came out of the Google Dance party, adhered to a legitimate standard for security -  says Brian. [...]

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://bub.blicio.us/google-dance-party-part-i-of-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-17832 Zoli Erdos Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:35:44 +0000 http://bub.blicio.us/?p=348#comment-17832 Now I wonder if it's because of your escort that nobody appeared to *dance* at this dance party... or was it the fact that Valley Geeks Don't Dance :-) Now I wonder if it’s because of your escort that nobody appeared to *dance* at this dance party… or was it the fact that Valley Geeks Don’t Dance :-)

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