AntiFriday

Posted by Rob Walker on June 6, 2008
Posted Under: Anti,Backlashing

Possibly I spent too much time reading political news, or possibly I’m just more addled than usual this week, but I didn’t notice as much backlash, dissent, and critique as usual in the last seven days. Here’s what I’ve got.

1. Recently in the linkpile in the sidebar at right I noted this NYT article, “Wal-Mart’s detractors come in from the cold.” Wake-Up Wal-Mart disputes this and says the anti-ness continues: “It is unfortunate that the Times chose to ignore all that we’ve done over the last year, and all that we are planning for this year, and instead focus on Wal-Mart’s PR stunts as evidence of an imaginary slow down.”

2. Recent Consumed subject The Flip (video camera) gets the anti treatment from TechCrunch. (Thx, Josh!)

3. In the critique corner, Treehugger picks up on Buy-By Brian (recent Murketing Q&A subject) with an interesting post, and also-interesting reader comments.

4. Via bookofjoe: I hadn’t heard about this book but I may have to check it out: The Price Is Wrong: Understanding what makes a price seem fair and the true cost of unfair pricing.

5. And of course no AntiFriday is complete without the Anti-Advertising Agency, which is skeptical of a Facebook application that purports to fight global warming:

Further diversion may be found at MKTG Tumblr, and the Consumed Facebook page.

Reader Comments

Just mentioned your book (which I have not read) and Change This piece on Serge the Concierge.

I have been following a thread which i called ‘consumed to thrifty’.

Have not been in tune with the ‘anti-friday’ one though.

Here is the link to my piece
http://www.sergetheconcierge.com/2008/06/has-time-come-t.html

Have a great week-end

Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’

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Written By Serge Lescouarnec on June 6th, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

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