Comments on: Yes. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2009/02/11/yes/ Developing tools for customer independence and engagement with vendors Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:55:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Caddell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2009/02/11/yes/comment-page-1/#comment-8022 John Caddell Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:04:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/?p=91#comment-8022 Doc, Crosbie, neither is original. it is a direct copy of a famous cognitive experiment from scientists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris of the University of Illinois--right down to the intruding gorilla. (Here's the original: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/flashmovie/15.php) While watching the video, I saw the gorilla (the effect of knowing it was coming), but I missed something else important--some acknowledgement or attribution that this was derived from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris' work. And that, to me, is shameful. SAP's marketing team should have higher principles. regards, John Doc, Crosbie, neither is original.

it is a direct copy of a famous cognitive experiment from scientists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris of the University of Illinois–right down to the intruding gorilla. (Here’s the original: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/flashmovie/15.php)

While watching the video, I saw the gorilla (the effect of knowing it was coming), but I missed something else important–some acknowledgement or attribution that this was derived from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris’ work.

And that, to me, is shameful. SAP’s marketing team should have higher principles.

regards, John

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2009/02/11/yes/comment-page-1/#comment-7997 Doc Searls Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:03:03 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/?p=91#comment-7997 Wow. Good question, Crosbie. I suspect the latter came first. What I like about the SAP video, however, is that it gives us the equivalent of Linux's penguin: a mascot to represent the independent customer. I really like the Black Belt Gorilla. If we adopt it, we should tip our hats to SAP for giving us the idea. Wow. Good question, Crosbie. I suspect the latter came first.

What I like about the SAP video, however, is that it gives us the equivalent of Linux’s penguin: a mascot to represent the independent customer.

I really like the Black Belt Gorilla. If we adopt it, we should tip our hats to SAP for giving us the idea.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2009/02/11/yes/comment-page-1/#comment-7996 Crosbie Fitch Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:31:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/?p=91#comment-7996 Better version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfA3ivLK_tE Who copied who? Better version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfA3ivLK_tE

Who copied who?

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