Paul Barnett = David Brent?,

08Dec08

This shocking similarity was pointed out to me recently, and it goes far deeper than just looks.
Has anyone ever seen them in a room together?
Videos for comparison after the jump. Apparently some Americans view this is ‘British humor’… Oh how I beg to differ.

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Tags: British humor, David Brent, Paul Barnett

Names and Handles in Community Management

08Dec08

Sparked by this interesting event with the Spellborn French Community Manager there has been some interesting discussion about names or handles that CMs use for interacting with their communities.
In the case above the CM in question had worked for Blizzard, and upon moving to  Spellborn he was asked to leave the nickname behind as it [...]

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Tags: Community Management, handles

The Mind of a CM

03Dec08

There has been a lot of discussion recently about qualities necessary to move into the CM field. Not just academic qualifications, but extra-curricular activities and even personality traits that can contribute.
To be very general, because I want to keep this short, I’ve always been a believer that there are certain personality types that excel in [...]

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Tags: Community Management, Design