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Why is it that Tinseltown types always have such a tin ear when it comes to the Web? Former studio execs Robert Tercek and Matt Edelman hope to spread their own sickly-sweet take on self-help across the Net with new site PeopleJam. The pair have the Web 2.0 patter down: social networking, video syndication, and so on. And they also have a large stable of supposedly notable self-help gurus, as well as YouTube star Judson Laipply, famous for "The Evolution of Dance." But before they work with any of those assets, we'd say Tercek and Edelman need to face reality and self-help themselves. Even the Web 2.0 Name Generator wouldn't spit out such an inappropriate malapropism. When I hear "PeopleJam," I think Soylent Green. Delicious, gelatinous, sweetened preserve of human flesh.
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PeopleJam's name is a crying shame
Why is it that Tinseltown types always have such a tin ear when it comes to the Web? Former studio execs Robert Tercek and Matt Edelman hope to spread their own sickly-sweet take on self-help across the Net with new site PeopleJam. The pair have the Web 2.0 patter down: social networking, video syndication, and so on. And they also have a large stable of supposedly notable self-help gurus, as well as YouTube star Judson Laipply, famous for "The Evolution of Dance." But before they work with any of those assets, we'd say Tercek and Edelman need to face reality and self-help themselves. Even the Web 2.0 Name Generator wouldn't spit out such an inappropriate malapropism. When I hear "PeopleJam," I think Soylent Green. Delicious, gelatinous, sweetened preserve of human flesh.
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Bloggorrhea: Scoble's cancer
- Bigtime blogging couple Robert and Maryam Scoble presented "10 Ways to a Killer Blog" this weekend. One rule Robert learned: If you call HP's chairwoman "a cancer," then find out she has cancer, it's wise to apologize. [Xark]
- PR firm Edelman's chief apologizes too, for being less than honest about Wal-Mart paying two bloggers to act like unbiased fans of the company. (BusinessWeek explains here.) [Edelman's apology]
- The Online Marketing Blog interviews Gnomedex conference organizer and tech pundit Chris Pirillo, ten-time winner of "weirdest dude on the Internet," last seen standing naked on a cruise ship. [Online Marketing Blog]
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