Comments on: Book Review: The Whuffie Factor http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/04/book-review-the-whuffie-factor/ Your technology pain-relief experts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/04/book-review-the-whuffie-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-28454 Brent Ozar Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:24:03 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=3470#comment-28454 Claire - it's rooted in a visionary short story called Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom It's released under Creative Commons, and you can download the book for free: http://craphound.com/down/download.php Claire – it’s rooted in a visionary short story called Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom

It’s released under Creative Commons, and you can download the book for free:

http://craphound.com/down/download.php

]]> By: Claire http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/04/book-review-the-whuffie-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-28453 Claire Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:19:27 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=3470#comment-28453 I am so not feeling that ridiculous name, though--it's like a pre-preschool mosh of Snuffleufagus and the Jaberwocky. Names aren't <em>everything</em> in marketing, but they're up there in the importance factor. "Whuffie" kind of encapsulates the silly, self-inflated side of social media, when it should get at its grassroots, long tail one. I am so not feeling that ridiculous name, though–it’s like a pre-preschool mosh of Snuffleufagus and the Jaberwocky. Names aren’t everything in marketing, but they’re up there in the importance factor. “Whuffie” kind of encapsulates the silly, self-inflated side of social media, when it should get at its grassroots, long tail one.

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