This is our company blog and excuse to avoid coding a content management system. And it’s also part of our recognition that the power of the crowd far exceeds anything we could do ourselves. However far this journey takes us, we will always be authentic and transparent, and place a premium on open dialogue with our community and a seemless, two-way feedback loop. Enough said, no doubt. Click the image and be rewarded with a visit to our semi-shiny, but still very beta corporate site. (We promise it will get better, much better, over time.)
The New York Times on SpinSpotter
Wow. Richard Perez-Pena at the <span style=”font-style:italic;”>New York Times</span> wrote an exhaustive piece <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/arts/television/16spin.html”>about us</a>. I got to meet Mr. Pena while in New York as I blushed and gushed my way through the incredible new <a href=”http://curbed.com/tags/new-york-times-building”>lobby</a> of the New York Times building which is very much like a modern art exhibit on the power of words. Mr. Pena asks tough questions but also really dug into where we are at the beta stage.
On the topic of coverage, we have gotten a ton of press and some spot-on criticism from bloggers (as well as some praise). I thank anyone who took the time to think about us at all, not to mentioning writing about our little start-up.
That said … I really feel badly about this next entry:
We are seeing some early morning action with people teaching our system by de-spinning debate coverage. User name TMills sent this piece to me … which, I regret to add, is from the folks at the Times who just favored us with very fair and very well done coverage (of course you can de-spin that, too). You’ll need <a href=”http://spinspotter.com/download”>Spinoculars</a> to see it’s full glory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/politics/16watch.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
