Comments for Giant Squid Industries | We make the internet all wet and squiggly. http://giantsquidindustries.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:41:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Nick http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Nick Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:41:23 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-69 Yay, got my shirt! Totally rad design and feels great. Thanks, Reid! Yay, got my shirt! Totally rad design and feels great. Thanks, Reid!

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by shane http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-63 shane Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:57:38 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-63 ooohhhh ... I would totally sport your brand. So do we get the color choice? Cuz baby blue is in! or yellow or red or anything bright and cheery. ooohhhh … I would totally sport your brand. So do we get the color choice? Cuz baby blue is in! or yellow or red or anything bright and cheery.

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Julie http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Julie Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:49:33 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-62 ooh, I want one! :) ooh, I want one! :)

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Nick http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Nick Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:04:39 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-59 Yay! I'm so excited to get a squid shirt. Yay! I’m so excited to get a squid shirt.

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Reid http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Reid Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:09:47 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-58 Yea! Tshirts for everyone. My order of blank shirts finally arrived, so me and wife will do some printing this weekend. I'll track y'all down for addresses and sizes on friday. Yea! Tshirts for everyone. My order of blank shirts finally arrived, so me and wife will do some printing this weekend. I’ll track y’all down for addresses and sizes on friday.

]]> Comment on Ashton Kutcher Ends Hunger in the US by Tweeting by <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="736004356">Reid Peifer</fb:name> http://giantsquidindustries.com/ashton-kutcher-ends-hunger-in-the-us-by-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Reid Peifer Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:05:38 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=696#comment-57 Hey Joel, thanks for the comment and for providing some much appreciated context to the discussion. The title and the proposition is of course facetious. I was looking at the Ashton Kutcher effort through the lense of marketing and communication and wondering if the technology is applicable to normal folks. Absolutely the amount of money being mentioned is scarcely a drop in the bucket, and I'm sure it's presented far more as a marketing effort than out of any serious attempt to address a systemic and hegemonic problem. But... what can you or I take from this example? Here's a dude with a built in audience (something we lack) and some new and interesting communication vehicles (which we have at our disposal). Can we leverage things like Twitter or UStream to create instant and live dialog and better communicate our message? Or are these tools dependent on the built-in audience that only comes with celebrity? What kinds of communication vehicles have worked for your organization? Are you using Facebook, twitter, etc at all to any success? I'm currently volunteering with an innercity school to try and use the web and some of these tools to more effectively benefit the students and their community. All insight would be much appreciated! Hey Joel, thanks for the comment and for providing some much appreciated context to the discussion. The title and the proposition is of course facetious. I was looking at the Ashton Kutcher effort through the lense of marketing and communication and wondering if the technology is applicable to normal folks.

Absolutely the amount of money being mentioned is scarcely a drop in the bucket, and I’m sure it’s presented far more as a marketing effort than out of any serious attempt to address a systemic and hegemonic problem.

But… what can you or I take from this example? Here’s a dude with a built in audience (something we lack) and some new and interesting communication vehicles (which we have at our disposal). Can we leverage things like Twitter or UStream to create instant and live dialog and better communicate our message? Or are these tools dependent on the built-in audience that only comes with celebrity?

What kinds of communication vehicles have worked for your organization? Are you using Facebook, twitter, etc at all to any success?

I’m currently volunteering with an innercity school to try and use the web and some of these tools to more effectively benefit the students and their community. All insight would be much appreciated!

]]> Comment on Ashton Kutcher Ends Hunger in the US by Tweeting by Joel Berg http://giantsquidindustries.com/ashton-kutcher-ends-hunger-in-the-us-by-tweeting/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Joel Berg Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:23:15 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=696#comment-56 Is this supposed to be serious? Hunger systemtically impacts 36.2 million Americans. Low-income Americans would need more than $20 billion -- yes billion -- extra dollars per year in food purchasing power to end U.S. hunger. The ten million donation is only 1/2400th of the amount of money needed to solve the problem. Giving people the false impression that a few tweets can end a major social problem is absurd. To truly end this problem, we need serious government leadership and for corporations to raise wages, not just give a few token donations. -- Joel Berg Executive Director New York City Coalition Against Hunger Is this supposed to be serious? Hunger systemtically impacts 36.2 million Americans. Low-income Americans would need more than $20 billion — yes billion — extra dollars per year in food purchasing power to end U.S. hunger. The ten million donation is only 1/2400th of the amount of money needed to solve the problem. Giving people the false impression that a few tweets can end a major social problem is absurd. To truly end this problem, we need serious government leadership and for corporations to raise wages, not just give a few token donations.

– Joel Berg
Executive Director
New York City Coalition Against Hunger

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Brooks Seymore http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Brooks Seymore Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:46:43 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-53 Found my way here through your Polaroid gallery. I've added the feed to my newsreader. Love the graphic & typography on the shirt... so classic. Found my way here through your Polaroid gallery. I’ve added the feed to my newsreader. Love the graphic & typography on the shirt… so classic.

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by Nick http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Nick Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:38:55 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-52 I'd wear an awesome squid shirt like that! Also, I love the default image you set for people who don't have Gravatars. Seriously, awesome. I’d wear an awesome squid shirt like that!

Also, I love the default image you set for people who don’t have Gravatars. Seriously, awesome.

]]> Comment on Who wants a squid shirt? by sarah k http://giantsquidindustries.com/who-wants-a-squid-shirt/comment-page-1/#comment-50 sarah k Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:12:32 +0000 http://giantsquidindustries.com/?p=778#comment-50 love em. love em.

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