Comments on: Schadenfreude 2.0 http://www.openparenthesis.org/2006/10/11/schadenfreude-20 Because these are the early days of a long revolution . . . Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:35:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gonzalo Ruiz http://www.openparenthesis.org/2006/10/11/schadenfreude-20#comment-1028 Gonzalo Ruiz Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:35:25 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/2006/10/11/schadenfreude-20/#comment-1028 mmmm....all around web 2.0 is very cool. Now we are working in a ecommerce 2.0 project. You can see a promotional video in ecommerce2-0.com or bhogus.com mmmm….all around web 2.0 is very cool. Now we are working in a ecommerce 2.0 project. You can see a promotional video in ecommerce2-0.com or bhogus.com

]]> By: Chris Houchens http://www.openparenthesis.org/2006/10/11/schadenfreude-20#comment-262 Chris Houchens Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:45 +0000 http://www.openparenthesis.org/2006/10/11/schadenfreude-20/#comment-262 The point is not that they "tried"...it's the fact that they seemed to have no clue as they "tried" Anyone with some common sense (*who wasn't blinded by being inside the walmart org) could see that the kids would see this as fake and lame. I mean, I'm way past knowing what passes as cool for a 13-18 year old...and even I could see it as they launched. True skill (and coolness) lies in projecting the perception that you're not "trying" and you're not trying to be cool. The point is not that they “tried”…it’s the fact that they seemed to have no clue as they “tried”

Anyone with some common sense (*who wasn’t blinded by being inside the walmart org) could see that the kids would see this as fake and lame. I mean, I’m way past knowing what passes as cool for a 13-18 year old…and even I could see it as they launched.

True skill (and coolness) lies in projecting the perception that you’re not “trying” and you’re not trying to be cool.

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