Gotta get me some of that linkety-link

I have about a bazillion tabs open on my Firefox browser and I need to upgrade it as well, so here goes the linkety-link purge:

• What's the purpose in complaining (in reference to Delta Skelter)? It's a great question and one in which both consumers and corporations need to figure out and answer
• Very thought provoking post by Geoff Livingston on the social media pendulum swinging. Ultimately this is about an industry growing up/maturing (although it can be argued that it is still very much in its infancy) and leaving behind both amateur hour and the indulged/affected
• As this post asks, was the Rampenfest lack of brand disclosure harmful to the BMW brand or not? Have we become way too obsessed with anal disclosure as an excuse for common sense/intelligence? Or in fact, was this a faux pas that the brand almost got away with....that is, until the Wall Street Journal got a hold of it. PS The fact we're talking about it now is proof positive that people are talking. Via: WOMMA
• A similar case with a video of a very talented Hula hoop wii user

• The Twitter Hall of Shame. Seems like a keeper to me.
• R.I.P. Tim Russert and this amazing "coincidence" of a rainbow which was captured as "Somewhere over the rainbow" played at his memorial service
• The microfame game from New York magazine
• Chris Brogan - 5 tools I use for listening. Are you listening?
• A lot of "conversation" going on about what defines conversation. Amanda Gravel doesn't think her blog is a conversation. Some people are kerfuffling about whether comments are considered conversation or not. Some of the chatter is fishbowlesque, but some of it is not.
• Watch this trend: Customer service is new media department. Here's some fodder.
• Does TBS stand for Total Bull Shit? Desperation reaches new lows with this confused attempt to beat consumers at their own game. Flawed strategy genii.

• A Life after the 30-second spot nugget. Pepsi and a Super Bowl hit with respect to it's lesser known, Amp brand. Interesting implications for LESSER known brands versus the mature incumbents.
  
• Even though this was addressed to "Josephy", it arrived just in time to be included in this post. It's Current TV's Man vs Banner Ads video