From our Mailbag 02/14/01 - 02/28/01
I Bet You Say That to All the URLs...
From Lehnert R., (No City Provided,) USA:
Subject: Event #254
Rod,
I liked it, I really did. Hang in there on the weekly. It's much better for me and maybe for one or two others as well.
Lehnert N. R.
From Meredith T., Tampa, FL, USA:
SUBJECT: Congratulations!
Hey Raheem,
Congrats on popping the question. Tanya is a lucky woman. I admire your outlook on parental responsibilities and I'm sure you'll make a great dad. :-)
Best wishes,
Meredith
RAHEEM RESPONDS: Ms. T, thanks for the good wishes! I'm still tryna figure out how to make my girl feel better about havin' to treat big boys like Louis and Little Bubba as her relatives.... She says she ain't getting a man, she's getting "the holiday Hoover cartel." Watching them boys eat this past Thanksgiving seems to have left an impression.
From Lisa S., Atlanta, GA, USA:
SUBJECT: The Glass House
Dear Rod,
Smoking is *expensive* --- plus it's bad for you! If you gave up your pack a day or whatever, you'd have four extra dollars ($28/week) more for essentials like food, too. Besides, some of us hope you live forever. :-) You won't do that if you don't start using the patch.
Sorry to hear about your tough times, but I know you'll make it. Nobody with all the God-given talent you have will suffer lean times for long.
Best Wishes!
Lisa S.
From Ron D., Lizard Lick, NC, USA:
Subject: concerning the Spy
For how many years did we have to listen as politicians insisted, time after time, that the Leftists were the threat to American security? They said over and over that the Left would betray the U.S. to the godless, atheist Communists. And now, look at the catalog of spies of recent years. Conservative politically. Family involvement. "They did it for the money."
Will we hear an apology, any time soon, from the near-Fascist rightwingers who have plagued the airwaves and print news these past fifty years? Don't hold your breath.
R E D
From William G., Yorkshire, UK:
Subject: More Hot Reporting
Rod,
Just a quick note to commend you on your comprehensive and excellent reporting on the Robert Phillip Hanssen case. It's the best piece I've read thus far on this egg on the face of the USA intelligence world.
Keep up the Good Work!
Bill
ACTION Alerts and Press Releases
Forwarded by Diamond D., Middletown, CT, USA:
Subject: "NIKE iD" please fwd...
this is really funny and good...read on
This is very interesting.....
Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch "sweatshop" onto his shoes.
Here's the responses he got... fun and games with Nike...
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From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Your NIKE iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons:
1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.
If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD
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From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal NIKE iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop."
Sweatshop is not:
1) another's party's trademark,
2) the name of an athlete,
3) blank, or
4) profanity.
I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Jonah Peretti
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From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD Customer,
Your NIKE iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD
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From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the NIKE iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share Nike's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
Thank you,
Jonah Peretti
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From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD Customer,
Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE iD web site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any personal iD up to 24 hours after it has been submitted". In addition, it further explains: "While we honor most personal iDs, we cannot honor every one. Some may be (or contain) other's trademarks, or the names of certain professional sports teams, athletes or celebrities that Nike does not have the right to use.
Others may contain material that we consider inappropriate or simply do not want to place on our products. Unfortunately, at times this obliges us to decline personal iDs that may otherwise seem unobjectionable. In any event, we will let you know if we decline your personal iD, and we will offer you the chance to submit another." With these rules in mind, we cannot accept your order as submitted. If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD
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From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD,
Thank you for the time and energy you have spent on my request. I have decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like to make one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the ten-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?
Thanks,
Jonah Peretti
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From Howard Rheingold, (No City Provided,) CA, USA:
Aloha Rod!
You've never received a press release from me before, because I never send them. However, I think this event is worth the effort. The URL at the bottom gives more details. Susan can answer questions. And I'm available for interviews if it fits in with a story you're doing.
--howard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEÝ
Press Contact: Susan Doherty
susan@groupjazz.comÝ
CONFERENCE GATHERS ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK EXPERTS
(WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24, 2001) Rheingold Associates and Group Jazz have partnered to host Online Social Networks 2001, a two-week online conference featuring experts in the field of online social networks. Featured guests include Amy Jo Kim, Cliff Figallo, Nancy Rhine, Jessica Lipnack, Jeffrey Stamps, Doc Searls, Liz Rykert, Nancy Dixon, and Mary Boone. Online Social Networks 2001 is the conference of the year for anyone dealing with knowledge management, e-learning, or virtual teams.Ý Organizations are social networks. As such, the business of organizations is largely accomplished through conversations. Today, organizations rely upon those conversations taking place despite the challenges of a distributed workforce. To successfully compete, organizations must learn to effectively manage their online social networks both internally and externally.
From March 28 to April 11, 2001, participants will interact with the experts to learn how to design networks for communities of practice, project teams, and learning cohorts; how to launch networks that attract and engage; and how to sustain networks that go beyond the early adopters and become mainstream. The unique online conference environment may be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Group Jazz, led by founder and executive producer Lisa Kimball, supports the work of groups, whether they meet face-to-face, online, or both. Group Jazz brings together the best tools, technologies, media, and PEOPLE to produce great group experiences with powerful results.
Rheingold Associates, founded by Howard Rheingold, is a company of accomplished professionals in the corporate, not-for-profit, government, academic, media, and technology sectors, who bring not only their domain expertise, but also extensive online community-building experience to our clients' projects.
For additional information, visit http://www.groupjazz.com/osn2001. Howard Rheingold and Lisa Kimball are available for interviews.
--
Howard Rheingold
http://www.rheingold.com
Online Social Networking conference 2001: http://www.groupjazz.com/osn2001/
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From Giorgio Coraglia, Torino, ITALY:
Dear Editor,
I am Giorgio Coraglia, linotype operator from "Tuttosport" (1969) and "La Stampa" of Turin. I am retired since 1993. I have put up on the Net a site: http://digilander.iol.it/linotype/ dedicated to the profession of the linotype operator.
My web site - "Linotype & Linotipisti" - contain the description and the history of the mythical and its inventor. All the models of Linotype the American (also Intertype), English, German andÝItalian. Technical cards. Use and maintenance. Mail andÝtestimonies (also photographic) of linotype operators, editor, publishers and journalists. Numerous original photographies, many link and many curiosities.
I turn you, if possible, for information to enrich the pages dedicated to the Linotype and to linotype operators who have worked on newspapers throughout the world. It is a trade that is disappearing, swept up by the new technologies, but through this site there should remain a testimony of an innovative profession that has allowed newspapers to grow.
"Linotype & Linotipisti" is a site open to the testimonies of all those whom have dedicated a life of labor to romantic professions: to the linotype operators, typographers and journalists throught the world. To remember and to remind.
Yours sincerely,
giorgio coraglia
I encourage anyone interested in Linotypes to visit the site and to send comments to: Ý Giorgio Coraglia - via Fermi 1 - 10020 Cavagnolo (Torino) - Italy fax (+39)02700404923 e-mail: gcorag@tin.it