This is the first time I've had someone spoof a good friend on Chat before. I reported this to Facebook, thinking it was a Facebook chat scam, but then I realized that the chat appeared via Adium, which aggregates my iChat, AIM, MSN Messenger and Facebook Chat profiles. So the source?
I found this to be particularly chilling. Online chat is what I do with my friends. It is the closest thing to a real conversation and because of that, it feels immediate and can feel intimate. A valuable lesson.
Here's the transcript:
[Friend]
9:22
hi
are u there
Art Chang
9:22
i am!
are you?
where is there?
there for me is shelter island!
9:22 [Friend] became active
[Friend]
9:22
wish i could say good
am in a kinda tight situation and really need your help urgently
Art Chang
9:24
what's happening?!
[Friend]
9:24
am stuck in london
i was mugged at a gun point
Art Chang
9:24
no way
where's your family?
[Friend]
9:25
all cash on me and my credit card was stolen by the muggers
that is why i need your help
they are in fiji island
Art Chang
9:25
i'm going to call them now
[Friend]
9:26
yes
but that is what i could my self
but my cell phone as been stolen my the muggers
Art Chang
9:27
for verification, what are the names of your family and what is your street address
[Friend]
9:27
i have lost all contact t my friend and family
what do u mean mu name of my family
Art Chang
9:27
tell me your last place of employment
also your current street address
9:30[Friend] disconnected
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Cookstr.com garnered two nominations and was named an honoree for the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
Please vote for Cookstr in the People's Choice Awards at http://pv.webbyawards.com!
Cookstr is a nominee in the Best Practices category, alongside the NYTimes.com, Digg, WebMD Health, and The Daily Beast. Past nominees in the Best Practices category have included Facebook, Flickr, and Google (who was the first winner of this award). The Webbys define Best Practices as the following:
“Best Practices sites serve as an industry benchmark for the most current, innovative, and advanced practices in Web development. Sites demonstrating unparalleled excellence across The Academy's six criteria: content, structure & navigation, visual design, interactivity, functionality, and overall experience.”
Cookstr is the only content site to receive a nomination in the Food and
Beverage category, joining Red Bull Flugtag Flight Lab, Music in a bottle,
Hotel 626, and Hello Sour Sally.
Cookstr also won an Honorary Mention in the Lifestyle Category.
This recognition would not have been possible without the amazing work of The
Barbarian Group (design) and Pivotal Labs (software development).
I'm listening to Mark Penn, global head of Burson-Marstellar at McGraw-Hill's Media Summit.
Some key themes:
1. 20-25% are "info shoppers". Thee consumers don't trust messages pushed at them but require independent research to validate buying decisions.
2. People get 2 hours less sleep a night. Some wake up early, but a lot of this time is spent using the Internet.
3. Green is important as a reflection of "value shopping". A growing group of consumers view shopping as an extension of their values. Marketers need to recognize this.
4. Early tech adopters used to be anti-social; today early tech adopters are the most social people. Tech tools are no longer serving the isolated tech geek; instead, these tools enhance social connections.
It is really gratifying that Cookstr continues to get attention and favorable reviews. See A Guide to New Food Sites - WSJ.com. User comments and other social features are in the works!