Comments for Marcus Whitney

Comment on Tag from Groovysoup by Ben Ramsey

Ben Ramsey — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:18:44 +0000

Seven Things…

Started by Tony Bibbs (or maybe Marcus Whitney before him) and tagged by Elizabeth Naramore and Jon Whitcraft, I have succumbed to the 2009 blogging phenomenon known as “tagging.” Initially, I was going to ignore the tag, but when Elizabet…

Comment on What am I doing right now? (And not doing) by Mark James

Mark James — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:43:43 +0000

Great Site, love the blog

Comment on Tag from Groovysoup by mimi

mimi — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:06:57 +0000

i remember that week in jail. I still can’t believe they made you serve a week. Weren’t you going 100mph in a 55mph zone?

Comment on Tag from Groovysoup by Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:34:12 +0000

Ian, I did say “just about”

Comment on Tag from Groovysoup by Ian Alexander

Ian Alexander — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:01:37 +0000

If you can learn an Aceyalone song in 2 listens I’ll buy and listen to the next Britney record for a week straight.

Comment on Tag from Groovysoup by You May Not Have Known | Jackson Miller

You May Not Have Known | Jackson Miller — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:44:21 +0000

[...] I have been tagged in one of those blog meme things. I am now supposed to share 7 things about myself; some random, some weird. I have only been tagged for a meme 3 or 4 times in the 7+ years that I have been blogging (that is fun fact #1). I have always assumed that I am not tagged for memes because people either don’t find me that interesting or they think I am an arrogant prick who will ignore them (both positions are defensible). So, thanks for asking Marcus. [...]

Comment on BarCamp Nashville and Remarkable Wit profiled on BigSight.org by Brandee Paisano

Brandee Paisano — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:16:43 +0000

Hello Marcus,
My name is Brandee Paisano and I am working with Amanda Koster at SalaamGarage and would love to keep you updated on the latest news from SalaamGarage. If I could get your contact info that would be great.
Have a great day, Brandee Paisano

Comment on The Heart Of The Warrior - Pt. 1 by Paul S.

Paul S. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:30:23 +0000

I appreciate the honesty in this post. Sounds like your Monday was possessed with the same retrograde energy that gripped mine. Oh, and I’m looking at the job descripts on the RW website. I like the tone.

Comment on To Be A Lover by Dre

Dre — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:27:44 +0000

Well said bro…

Comment on Seven notes about Gnomedex by The Beginning of Human Circuitry | Open Source Blogging

The Beginning of Human Circuitry | Open Source Blogging — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:50:52 +0000

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Comment on Seven notes about Gnomedex by The Beginning of Human Circuitry ~ Chris Pirillo

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Comment on Blowing the dust off. by Dre

Dre — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:06:24 +0000

Welcome back to the blogosphere bro.

Comment on embarq.com by Robert

Robert — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:25:12 +0000

Embarq sucks! I should know I am in the HSI department there. They use third party contractors like US Support Company, Tag, etc. who read from prepared scripts and are not allowed to roll a repair truck without supervisor approval which sometimes does not happen. Also they have a metric of how many repair calls should be in each area each month and NO supervisor will exceed it regardless of the emergency.
Embarq exec’s came down to us back in Feb 08 just giddy and beside themselves because they have a new sales strategy for HSI …They call it the drug dealer strategy…all they have to do is just dial up the speed according to them but since we have a market area that no other companies besides Comcast really want.. due to overhead of rebuilding the existing and expanding new ones, they have developed this strategy that they presented in ” Know and Go’s” throughout the country …the exact words were/…get them hooked and then jack up the price as we dial up the speed which cost us nothing more for 1.5 meg than it does for 10 meg..it is just llike hooking them on dope and they have no choice but to get it from us!

Real nice company..They also make customers wait on hold as long as possible so hopefully they will hang up and that is one less trouble call they have to worry about some poor sap rolling a truck out on..I have been told to lie to old ladies and then be told at the end of the call don’t worry about it it is the end of the month, one less truck roll this month. They hate sending field techs out !!

Comcast is starting now to eat their lunch real bad and they are already looking for a way out and planning in coming months to go whole hog into the cell market with a ” budget sister group like sprint,,,,they lie so much that we as employees never believe anything they say..

Comment on embarq.com by Donnie

Donnie — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:21:22 +0000

Embarq high speed isn’t avalible where I live, and they told me it was.

Embarq sucks ass.

Comment on embarq.com by Embarq_Lamont

Embarq_Lamont — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:10:07 +0000

Hello Sir/Madam,

This is a message from Lamont with Embarq Customer Support. We see that you have some issues with the Embarq High Speed Internet service and we are here to help. We would like the opportunity to assist you in resolving these issues you are having. We are working hard to reach out to our customers that are not completely satisfied with our service and striving to improve our service with your help. Please provide your phone number in a private message or email and we will research and resolve your issue. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to help you.

Lamont L.
Embarq Customer Support
SMNP.Lamont.l@embarq.com
For additional support please visit http://www.embarq.com/support or call 1-877-646-3282
Voice | Data | Internet | Wireless | Entertainment

Comment on No More Wire Hanger TVs by PATRICK BOURNE

PATRICK BOURNE — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:23:13 +0000

What the hell is congress doing passing laws telling us what and when we have to consume.#$%^&*%$@#%^&*%!! NUTS!!!!! This is just another thing that is placed on the back of the average american worker. Lower insurance coverage, higher prems.,stagant wages, gas through the roof, investment firms being bailed out by the gov.(working class tax dollars) a stupid conflict in Iraq costing us countless lives of americans(the working class, the wealthy won’t go to war) not to mention 4 billion a month.
NO!! HELL NO!! SCREW CONGRESS!!! SCREW HDTV!!!! SCREW THE CABLE CO’S
I will give up t.v.( the opiate of the masses, Marx was wrong) and read more books and listen to more music. I can live w/out POP CULTURE.
JOIN ME, BOYCOTT HDTV!!!!!!

Comment on MySpace Sucks as a Social Tool. by Chad

Chad — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:57:45 +0000

I agree with Stan’s comment above.

I won’t lie, I too use Myspace, but I also enjoy my time on Yuwie as well.

Yuwie is filled with a great team of people and the founder of it all actually listens to what we have to say; and takes it into consideration.

That’s more than I can say about most sites who tend to completely ignore their users once they’ve gained ground in the market and are earning a healthy living.

Unlike many other social sites, Yuwie is taking a twist on the whole social networking trend and actually sharing a part of its advertising revenue with its users.

Sure its pennies at first, but its still a baby only having a little over 500,000 members compared to the 200 million of Myspace and is likely more money than you’ll ever see from Myspace or Facebook alike.

So, why not give Yuwie a shot? It’s free to sign up and you might be surprised to find that its not all that different than Myspace or Facebook aside from what I find to be a much more mature and family oriented audience.

Oh, and one more thing, Yuwie, DOES NOT tolerate spam. So, you won’t have to worry about being harassed by those pesky porn bots with pictures of half naked girls begging to be your friend or the comment spam bots posing as your buddies rejoicing over how they just won a “$500 Macy’s giftcard”.

Yuwie pays by Paypal or Check, $5 cashout for Paypal and $25 for a check, and who doesn’t use Paypal nowadays? Sure Paypal isn’t without it’s flaws, but it still commands the lead over being one of the most safest and easiest ways to transfer money online.

Join Yuwie!

Comment on Promise for High Growth Technology in Tennessee by marko montgomery

marko montgomery — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:42:48 +0000

dude! time for a new post (you havent been hangin around the hillsboro office as of late…) hope all is well! good time to be in middle tennessee!

Comment on Promise for High Growth Technology in Tennessee by marko montgomery

marko montgomery — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:41:22 +0000

dude! time for a new post! looking forward to working the room with you at SX, and hopefully causing some trouble with the chmbr

Comment on embarq.com by EMBARQSUKS.COM

EMBARQSUKS.COM — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:50:05 +0000

EMBARQ SUCKS. IT SUKS LIKE THE FRICKING WORST OF THE WORST.

Their online email system was obviously chosen by someone who got a payoff and kickbacks. it is a huge stinking piece of dog turd crapped out by someone who HATES their own customers. guess what: WE HATE YOU TOO!

read all the complaints at dslreports.com

This is one of the worst, anti-consumer, anti-customer companies ever conceived.

Comment on embarq.com by Vance Lindsey

Vance Lindsey — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:38:55 +0000

Ripoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT USE EMBARQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on embarq.com by bob

bob — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:10:50 +0000

nothing could be worse than embarq

Comment on embarq.com by Val in SE Indiana

Val in SE Indiana — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:55:09 +0000

I too am a farm country Embarq user with only dial-up service. I called the number in the “get high-speed” ad in our local paper (as I do every 2 or three months for the last year and a half). And was told, yet again, that they had no plans for high-speed in our area. They said the same thing to friends a few miles away and then suddenly they had high-speed. And the guy I talked to at Embarq said there was no dept. that handled this situation. He then suggested that I talk to the engineers in the field. Apparently they have control but no supervisors! Would appreciate any info anyone could provide on how and who to approach about getting high-speed. Can’t say I want Earthlink - had that in Vegas 3 years ago and had computer problems everytime they put out a new update!

Comment on Promise for High Growth Technology in Tennessee by John Chapin

John Chapin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:25:23 +0000

The roots of all this wonderful growth are definitely in good communication. Thanks to the many people out there who build, encourage, and sponsor open forums like BarCamp and PodCamp so that we have a place to exchange ideas. I can’t wait to see everyone this weekend.

Comment on Promise for High Growth Technology in Tennessee by Scott Kozicki

Scott Kozicki — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:26:07 +0000

What were some of the ideas? Or is that being saved for another blog post?

Eric Cromwell is a class act. He and I got to work together on several projects when he was with the state econ development office. It was unfortunate that a lot of the initiatives that he was evangelizing didn’t get Bredesen’s support. A lot of this was due to TennCare’s woes.

There’s a lot to say about this topic. Tennessee (and Nashville specifically) has a very rich and depthful ecosystem of entrepreneurism going back decades. Unfortunately, architects and planners keep trying to turn it into the ‘next Silicon Valley’. My advice: we’re not Silicon Valley. There are many things about the Valley that work well, but there are just as many that don’t. Be Nashville. Don’t be the Valley.

Comment on embarq.com by Dylan from N.C.

Dylan from N.C. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:01:12 +0000

It’s funny how every one here likes or dislikes embarq, But Myself and several others in my area think embarq are money hungry, don’t care about the little guy kind of company, I live in farm country but I am not a farmer, I am a computer tech, Embarq has so eloquently decided that because we live in the country we are not eligible to receive high-speed internet, well imagine my surprise when the engineering dept. said 5 to 8 years before we would get it in my area, and even more profoundly interesting is it is offered to people less then two miles from me, their justification is because I live in farm country their is not enough cause to put in a simple DSL relay amplifier because they wont profit immediately, Well as of 9 a.m. on Jan 31 2008 I have made it a personal mission to expose embarq as a greed based racketeering company that monopolizes small rural areas so no one else can sell phone or internet to these rural areas, My campaign as it may be called will involve calling senators, congressman and all the other governmental locations I can possibly think of, I will expose the greed and corruption that embarq has thrived on in these areas, I mean hell if the farmers can provide food a clothing for the people of the nation why cant big companies give them what they deserve for feeding and clothing their sons daughters and spouses. Is it to much to ask for embarq not question how fast they will gain cash vs. how happy their customers are? You tell me! Only time and all the heat they are going to get will tell.

Comment on Promise for High Growth Technology in Tennessee by Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:49:56 +0000

I wish ya nothing but the best Marcus. It is great to see the community coming together and the powers that be taking notice.

See you soon.
Dave

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Comment on I’m really loving 2008. by Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:23:13 +0000

He is totally back! Welcome back, Marcus.
And glad you’re finding some value again in Facebook. Funny I’ve had a very similar experience the last 2-3 weeks as well.. it’s as if old friends are coming out of the woodwork.
Glad to hear you’re well, and looking forward to seeing you at PCN.

And we still need to have that beer we talked about a while back…