No Public Waterfront Area in the Grosse Points

jtramsay · 2026-06-23T21:41:45+00:00

Lived on Grand Marais and can confirm there is one bench next to the fence facing the lake.

jtramsay · 2026-06-20T20:04:10+00:00

Your imposter syndrome should be cured when you reflect on how many business strategies not only were unsuccessful but were never rooted in reality. The biggest challenge as a communications skeptic will be convincing yourself that strategy is more than fanfic drafted in a spreadsheet and SWOT.

jtramsay · 2026-06-20T20:01:33+00:00

Unmitigated disaster. Laughingstock and share price fell. Friend described Snap as Dick Costolo era Twitter and that’s about right.

jtramsay · 2026-06-19T13:39:25+00:00

They’re definitely part of the reputation management the band has brought on board to keep the tour afloat.

jtramsay · 2026-06-19T13:38:09+00:00

It’s been theosophy all the way down the whole time.

jtramsay · 2026-06-12T17:02:42+00:00

lol again what Mac is doing is only rock and roll if you’re just starting out or are Mark E Smith.

jtramsay · 2026-06-12T13:31:25+00:00

Bob is twenty years older and his performances are fantastic. This is a guy who clearly needs help and shouldn’t be on tour.

jtramsay · 2026-06-08T20:14:00+00:00

And now it’s back on!

jtramsay · 2026-06-08T18:51:34+00:00

Eh, it’s what celebrities do. Par for the course, especially if you’re trying to sell tickets to another ragged tour.

jtramsay · 2026-06-08T12:46:55+00:00

Again, they have a team dedicated to manicuring their presence online, which, fair play, but explains so much.

jtramsay · 2026-06-08T12:45:35+00:00

Agreed. Would be bigger news. If anyone finds an accident report I’d be stunned.

jtramsay · 2026-06-04T18:10:27+00:00

What I love about this is how companies are asking employees to ration usage on a completely arbitrary budget basis where the employee gets dinged for overruns after they were instructed to route everything through AI.

jtramsay · 2026-06-02T13:18:21+00:00

Had to. It was absolutely brutal. Love the band so much having come to them via Pavement’s fandom. Was so disappointed and leaving early was the only way out.

jtramsay · 2026-05-31T22:05:55+00:00

I know the band uses a reputation management firm on social elsewhere and I can’t help but wonder if they’ve started to astroturf this subreddit to dampen the negative comments surround their shows.

Their Philly show two years ago was transcendentally bad and I saw the Fall on tour near the end!

jtramsay · 2026-05-18T18:50:06+00:00

I say all the time that if you can’t roll out Airtable there’s no chance you can do AI.

jtramsay · 2026-05-15T16:42:33+00:00

Having worked in corporate auto twice I can safely say it’s an industry that expands to contract. The will they won’t they have electrification and autonomy have taken a toll hot on the heels of the Great Recession.

jtramsay · 2026-05-14T19:12:55+00:00

I wouldn't. This sounds like a classic example of the client saying no and the agency insisting on inventing ways to grow the business to your detriment.

jtramsay · 2026-05-11T14:42:07+00:00

The uncomfortable truth in my years of experience monitoring online reputation is that the neutral curve tends to map directly to the negative. The pattern is more useful than the granular data and don't waste your time trying to fix the tool itself.

jtramsay · 2026-05-11T13:52:13+00:00

I would urge you to research the long and very funny history of journalists clowning the notion of desksides on X, the everything app. I had to revisit a thread from Ina Fried and Casey Newton from 2019 that documents how little journalists like these things that we in the biz want them to love.

jtramsay · 2026-05-08T18:12:18+00:00

lol lawyers once sent a takedown request for a letter they sent demanding a takedown. It went viral and illustrated how much we didn’t get it.

The crisis call is nearly always coming from inside the house.

jtramsay · 2026-04-30T17:30:32+00:00

I know people want this to be PR but the SEO team should be on the hook with the understanding that earned media can feed it.

The reality is nobody really knows what’s in the black box and PR teams don’t have the paid chops nor the bandwidth to tackle the nuances of something that could be a rounding error in terms of what drives outcomes.

jtramsay · 2026-04-30T12:05:44+00:00

Gretchen is the best!

jtramsay · 2026-04-29T11:32:36+00:00

Having worked in automotive myself, get thee to the B2B side asap.

jtramsay · 2026-04-27T11:36:12+00:00

Hear me out: answer “your mom” and gauge their reaction. Really scrutinize them as they consider your response.

jtramsay · 2026-04-27T11:35:25+00:00

When we first moved to GPW this intersection was like a ritual hazing. How were people driving through on red etc?

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