Looks like you guys were on the money a few weeks back….

Are you sure this time? Not bullshit like the last time you hit publish on Whatley’s career?

Train wreck in slow motion.

Where’s Julie now?

Yes, we’re sure Bob. Last time the “bullshit” as you put it was a half-cocked story that was never meant for publication. How many times do we have to repeat it?

So many blogs, what, michael jackson?

What I want to know is, how come there is no Paul Carr tirade for the weekend?

Umm, like this one?

http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/23/nsfw-say-what-you-like-about-the-google-books-kool-aid-but-it-tastes-much-better-than-microsoft’s-sour-grapes/

so is it for real this time or are you messing with us again?

“Friendly blogger way out of his depth in vast financial scandal.”

Corporate social media will change the face of business… er, no. Nice guy, easy reading, in with London’s mobile geeks. But that helped his employer how?

Could have rewritten the rule book on using new media to tackle a crisis. Instead, wrote a halfhearted FAQ & skipped the country to video bungy jumps.

Nothing to see here.

No, we really mean it this time. It’s on SpinVox’s official blog and everything.

I know! Spinvox should just send the voice files to ChaCha with the question “What does this audio file say?”

Problem solved.

And another thing. The gal heading this thing clearly is trying to make a name for herself by spending other people’s money. It’s like Boo.com all over again, except this time the chick heading the company isn’t hot.

Here was the problem w SpinVox:

ACTUAL MESSAGE:
Hey sweetie, am waiting patiently at the sushi place.
TRANSLATED TO:
Hey sweatie, am hating patiently at the chuchi place.

My ex used it and it drove me insane. This news is the last of their problems.

Best comment ever!! seriously.

I wonder if WhatleyDude lost his recently acquired share options* for leaving before IPO/SellOut?

*assuming that the recent shares for salary scheme was really share options for salary.

You broke up with someone because they used Spinvox? Wow…

You cannot be for real – If you can’t see how this guy helped his employer then you clearly have no grasp on the value of earned media Vs paid media.

Then again, you don’t seem to get anything new media related… leaving a twatty comment anonymously demonstrates that perfectly, what a coward.

I don’t know James particularly well but I do rate him massively as do many who have seen his contribution to Spinvox.

Even if the guy was on an outrageous six figure salary, the value he provided to Spinvox in generating awareness and interest is huge – Name a mobile related blog, publication or event that he didn’t participate in some way with.

As for the bungy jumping – Not a bad way to celebrate your leaving… and the best part is he’s being paid for it.

Rock on Whatleydude.

“you don’t seem to get anything new media related”

Well, we get that you’re a Grade A moron. And you have a crush on James, you poor puppy!

“the value he provided to Spinvox in generating awareness and interest is huge”

The awareness of SpinVox came from its huge marketing budget. Now we’re aware that it’s a fraud.

The hour came and Whatley wasn’t up to the job.

All fur coat and no knickers…

Spinvox or Social Media or both?

[...] Milo covered James’ exit here. Yes, for a time, Whatley was frontpage news on [...]

heh, TechCrunch community shows it’s propensity to pontificate on matters they know very little about.
Hope y’all enjoy life in your caves, Milo, good luck finding a decent plumber.

Wow. Ok, these are actually interesting points. And it’s ironic that a lot of the people who will read them in horror probably agree with the fundamental premise of them – that social media is the magical medium which can solve everything bad in the world.

To argue whether James is good at his job is missing the point. The truth is that, despite what all those ‘social media consultants’ will have you believe, there’s only so much that it can achieve.

It is NOT the modern day equivalent of the massive marketing & PR exercises that companies have used in the past as misdirection and spin to deal with massive controversies. Rather, it’s based on the principles of interaction and dialogue.

To think that a company can deal with probing and persistent questions about both its core technology and financial situation via this type of interaction and dialogue is naive.

Naive of them. Naive of you. And naive of a lot of the other people reading this who, deep down, actually think that too.

your that one guy that does all the work and then the credit goes to the corporation!!

Is SpinVox falvour of the month !!

Looks like TC is only blogging about them these days, so they had a few bad days…. shit happens..

just leave them alone!

This is getting really boring now!

[...] a company leaves, it is inevitable that the firm is in the last, death throes of its mobile life. TechCrunch has a nice summary of the whole Spinvox [...]

“so they had a few bad days”

Do you mean a few as in the entire life of the company?

If Yes Then collect a cookie

If No Then slap yourself

[...] on CEO Christina Domecq who paid staff in stock rather than cash over the summer. Although this didn’t work for all of them. Domecq told press in September that SpinVox would become cashflow and [...]