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No! Stop! I’m not looking for a higher CTR or increased engagement on your goddamn social networks! I’m not a cog in your sales machine! I’m a real person with real feelings, not a profile picture to analyze for your own amusement. My status updates say, “Check out our newest eBook!” but read between the lines; what I really mean is, “Check out me, please. I need validation!”

Wow. This is good stuff, but it will make your head spin. Link here.

A couple of good ones:

Taking these insights we facilitated a brand articulation workshop that defined the company’s authentic attitude.”

Messaging that emanates from organisations synonymous with communications that denote direct unequivocal propositions.”

The blue line represents cutting through complex situations & rigid systems, extending out to influence change.”

We’re always amazed that some designers and marketers – whose job is to communicate – like to describe what they do, in such obfuscated language. How is this communicating?

I mean, what’s the point? Is it to impress the client? Make them think you know something – they don’t? To increase your perceived value with contrived language? Because the design or direction is lacking? Hmmm…

This is somewhat akin to “edu-speak”, which we’ve seen a lot of over the years. Real example:

Your method of familial facilitation does not agree with me.

But somehow, it bothers me more coming from my own industry. On the other hand… they are being very creative.

Just for the record

We don’t talk that way and we don’t work that way.

Facebook continues to try and figure out how to monetize their free service – by taking advantage of you. A must read on CNET, here’s a couple of notable quips from the article. Link

Under the new policy, Facebook claims the perpetual right to license all public Instagram photos to companies or any other organization, including for advertising purposes, which would effectively transform the Web site into the world’s largest stock photo agency.

One irked Twitter user quipped that “Instagram is now the new iStockPhoto, except they won’t have to pay you anything to use your images.”

Reginald Braithwaite, an author and software developer, posted a tongue-in-cheek “translation” of the new Instagram policy today: “You are not our customers, you are the cattle we drive to market and auction off to the highest bidder. Enjoy your feed and keep producing the milk.”

Yeah, but it’s free.

UPDATE

Looks like they “clarified” their terms and conditions. Or… maybe not. Hmmm… Read this at Asbury & Asbury.

I won’t go on through the rest of statement, but the whole thing reminds me of a politician talking in confident, clear-sounding language – full of ‘let’s be clear’ and ‘we’re listening’ – without actually being very clear at all. It’s tonally beguiling, but fundamentally deceptive.

Yeah, but it’s free.

The World’s First and Only Completely Honest Résumé of a Graphic Designer.

Fun stuff. Nothing like telling it like it is. Link

I believe dishonest design is the scourge of humanity. What do I mean by that? Simply step outside. Fraudulence is everywhere. From the rat-tail curve encircling the “H” of the Hilton logo to the poorly kerned signage at your local bus depot, we live in a visually polluted environment.

True dat, as I’ve often said before. But… Ooops, I did notice an error!

Skills: All the computer programs known to man, except for Microsoft Word. That is where graphic design goes to lay down and die.

Are you kidding? The merely painful agony known as Word does not hold a candle to the merciless retribution served up by PowerPoint. It is the ultimate hell on earth; from trying to build a presentation – to instructing a client on how to use it – to watching an OMG special-effects laden amateur extravaganza – it is the bane of a designer’s existence.

And know this – PowerPoint will never go away. It will be with us… Forever. For all eternity.

In Heaven, there will be no PowerPoint. But in Hell, will.

Everything you need to know about “Social Media” and its value, described perfectly.

This is one of two reasons why I don’t go to Starbucks.

The other reason is the “earthy” flavor of Pike Place® Roast. Or as Paul Rudd would say, the “dirt” flavor.

It might be dangerous building a web presence with Facebook. Why?

Facebook acknowledged it as recently as last week: messages now reach, on average, just 15 percent of an account’s fans. In a wonderful coincidence, Facebook has rolled out a solution for this problem: Pay them for better access.

How about $200.00 per post – to reach 100% of your fan base? That’s per post!

Read “Facebook: I Want My Friends Back” at Dangerous Minds here.

Read “Broken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More Than Getting It Right” at The New York Observer here.

An older link to “It’s Not Cool to Pay for Facebook Posts” at the WSJ here.