June 13, 2008 Send out “John Doe has accepted your friend request” and the actual link in the email goes to your spam site. Most people would likely click the link to find out who the heck John Doe is, therefore spammers would have a high conversion rate.
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June 9, 2008 I once loved my Treo 600. However, after about 3 months of plugging in my headphones and dropping it in my pocket, the headphone jack would invariably break off into the unit. The units were replaced after some arguing and wrangling, but it was a PITA I dealt with for over a year. I doubt many people used the Treo as their MP3 player considering the software didn’t come with PalmOS, but I found it incredibly useful.
The last time the headphones broke off I meandered to the Apple store and bought a brand spanking new iPhone for $399. Brilliantly Apple created a recessed headphone jack, which I assume was a calculated move to prevent this same issue. They must have done their homework, I thought.
Todays announcement that the iPhone 3G will have a flush headphone jack is very bad news for consumers and Apple itself. It will diminish the end-user experience, significantly increase returns and support calls, while destroying their 90% satisfaction rate. I’ll go even further and bet that it affects their supplies of the unit and even their stock price. OK, I’m going out on a limb, but if the stock dropped the stock today because there was a lack of “one more things,” imagine what will happen when the return rate of iPhones is higher than first generation Xboxes. Class action lawsuit anyone?
This isn’t just a few people, as it was with the Treo. Both the iPhone and the Touch will have this jack, and they’re the high-end iPods consumers will salivate for, especially at the new price point. I’d like to assume Apple had an actuary and a QA team work through the numbers and issues, but they’ve dropped the ball before with the iPhone (the $200 price drop and ensuing lack of damage control comes to mind). I hope Apple knows how many replacement iPhones they’ll be dishing out when everyone’s headphones break off and understand the repercussions. If not, this is very bad news indeed.
PS. People on Twitter and FriendFeed are asking who will upgrade the day it comes out. Upgrade at your own risk.
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June 5, 2008 Dear Digital Hollywood,
I’ve attended your conferences, most recently Digital Hollywood LA 08 and this week I hung around Advertising NY 08 . You
I’m sure I’ll still come to your next event to network, which is why I love you, but you need to change.
Yours truly,
Eric Schlissel
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May 24, 2008 All due respect, Steve Gillmor (Blame FriendFeed) is complaining about FriendFeeds silos and Twitters “@” problem on a site with no user account system, a detached forum, and a broken trackback feature. How does TC add to the ongoing dialoge of the internet? It doesn’t. It’s a great blog with some great coverage and thought leadership, but it’s hardly a good example of user participation and extending the intenet dialoge. Seriously, take a pill and look at your own house.
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May 24, 2008 Thoughts I havent had time to blog about:
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