Subject: Re: Cancel tonite
From: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 10/26/07, 08:36
To: "Kevin Depew" <kdepew@minyanville.com>

Couple ideas I've got; let me know if which if any you'd like me to pursue over the weekend -

1. There was a piece in NYT this week about domestic call centers having trouble keeping employees, farming out the work to inidividuals. Boo could be volunteering to do so because he likes people, and he keeps getting calls during segment and instead of offering tech support, offers empathy. Also would give us a chance to make fun of particular gadgets, etc., ie., "I'm having trouble with Windows Vista." "I'll bet you are. It's a piece of shit. You should stop using it and instead use something else that's not a piece of shit." "Hey, thanks!" "No problem."

2. The U.S. Postal Service has a new ad campaign out which basically seems as if it were done in 1995 - all the old e-nonsense that AT&T used to do. "TODAY: you will...

... ship a package from your kitchen.

... buy stamps during "the late late show."

... put a hold on your mail from the airport."

etc. Hoofy and Boo could make fun of this during commercial break. "Oooh, really? I can do something from my computer at home? Wow, thanks, Post Office! That's a fucking miracle, because this is 1993 and Blossom is the hottest show on television!"

3. There've been a few articles on the problems that websites have had with measuring hits and the tension that's arisen between companies that measure this and the big net advertisers. Not sure where to go with this one, but maybe someone else does?

On 10/26/07, Kevin Depew <kdepew@minyanville.com> wrote:
I'll post some topics on the list later this afternoon and select any ideas you want to work on for a script, and of course post any ideas you have but would like feedback on as necessary. 


On 10/26/07, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com > wrote:
Should we bring in scripts or just ideas to work on together or both?


On 10/26/07, Kevin Depew <kdepew@minyanville.com > wrote:
Hi, sorry, we'll plan on meeting next week TBA once Cory and others are back in the fold.


 
On 10/25/07, Noah Starr <nstarr6@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi will we be meeting on fri? If so, what time?

 
Thanks

Noah Starr
 
917-373-5963

On Oct 23, 2007, at 1:44 PM, "Kevin Depew" <kdepew@minyanville.com> wrote:

 
Just wanted to clarify that we have too many people out - Charlie, Kevin, Cory - so we are going to cancel tonight and just work on meeting up on Friday.
Sorrybout the confusion.


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--
Kevin Depew
Executive Editor
Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia
www.Minyanville.com
800 Third Ave., 3rd Floor
New York, NY, 10022
212-991-6200
Fax: 212-991-9562




--
Kevin Depew
Executive Editor
Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia
www.Minyanville.com
800 Third Ave., 3rd Floor
New York, NY, 10022
212-991-6200
Fax: 212-991-9562