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spookyboogie3 · 4 years

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MY FAVORITE AH MOMENTS W/O R*an H*yw**d

Also keep in mind some of these moments i picked Bitch Face r*an may have been present for but this aint about his stupid ass.

The straw bit on Off Topic

Fiona and Trevor’s “Look at us” “Look at us” “Look at us” in TTT

Drunk Jeremy inhaling helium, followed by Jack and Trevor on Off Topic

“Krusty KrAYAYAB!!!” TTT

Jeremy trying to slam his face through a table, followed by Michael doing the same thing

“my god…… the munchdew” “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!” Minecraft: Skyfactory

Actually all of Simple Farmer Geoff from Skyfactory

Whatever those sounds were that Jack was making in the beginning of GTA video

Alfredo screaming as he continues to fall down a steep tube in a GTA race

DESTROYING THEIR OFFICE DEAR LORD

“How did he drown though?” “UNDERWATER, MATT!”

Anytime Fiona starts to RAGE in TTT (bonus if others join in)

The time Gav was the phantom in TTT and he kept dying and being brought back and Jack spitting water and then trying to catch it

Alfredo’s Magoo moments in Minecraft

Geoff laughing in the background of a video hes not in

Lindsay fucking around with Chef Mike on Harecore Minigolf

Lindsay fucking around in general

Gavin and Fiona playing Animal Crossing and laughing at the stupidest shit

The Fish Tempura incident on Wheel of Fortune

Lindsay’s reasoning for why her and Michael should have 4 kids

Geoff’s fucking ad reads (my favorite is 23&Me)

The whole thing during Push the Button where everyone especially Michael gets mad at Fiona because she said the best candy to get while trick or treating was lollipops

Matt’s fucking desk in the corner of the room

Anytime Millie is in a video

Everyone falling off the pink ladder during TTT and dying repeatedly because of it

Alfredo “the two-time champ” Diaz dying very early in YDYD 3

Gavin and Michael fucking up almost every game they play on Play Pals

RAY OR NO and then RAY OR NAY on Off Topic

Reddit Roasts Geoff

Gavin asking if someone could kill 20 cows with their bare hands and the proceeding so say he could rip out a cow’s veins by reaching into its neck

Ify’s narration during Let’s Roll Ave Caesar

The internet losing its shit when Jeremy shaved his head years ago

“We need a knife” Gavin comes back with a hammer

Griffin chain sawing the Off Topic table up

“How do I put the boat in the water??” “Right click you animal”

As of 2020, 8 years of playing Minecraft, certain people still do not know how to play the basics of this fucking game.

Honestly it took over 200 episodes for some of them to figure out how the compass worked. You know after they decided that the sun was setting in the wrong direction. (this was in 2016??)

Flynt coal still is a joke they make

So is Day 2

Whatever happened in that GTA lets play where someone called a mugger or a hit on someone and the game glitched and 50 guys showed up and lined up on the street below from where they were playing

Anytime Gavin gets mugged, it’s an old running gag but it’s a classic

The time a mugger fucking started driving the fire truck away after mugging Gavin with Michael and Jeremy still in the truck thinking the other is driving and it takes them like 2 minutes to realize what happened while Gavin’s yelling “come back”

They got a water jug and immediately started water boarding each other

“It pinged and went dingle”

“Hey Trey-Boi” “Hey Gay-Boi” Immediately realizes what he has said

Jeremy’s website puns

(OLD) Ray jerking off in the corner during a let’s play

(OLD) the world in Minecraft never loading and everyone screaming about as Geoff says its fine for him

Jeremy’s “I AM MONSTER TRUCK”

Jack taking AH to Disney……in Minecraft

On Twitter, Gavin asked about recommendations for a computer mouse and Fiona starts sending him pictures of actual mice.

“Its not ghey, if its on the moon”

Literally anything Fiona does as Po

Jeremy saying the heterosexual flag is boring

UNO THE MOVIE!

Geoff fucking cackling the whole time.

“here’s looking at you kid”

the video was almost 3 hours long

“you know what my favorite color is? blue” “oh really? You know what my favorite hand is? Yours

They all want it to end but no one wants to lose and so they fuck each other and that prolongs the game. Also they put on more rules, so they just keep getting more cards if they don’t have a card to match the previous

Alfredo saying he won’t participate in ghost hunter because he knows what happens to people of color in horror movies

Fiona walking in on Off Topic with a protein shake and Gavin asks if shes drinking milk and she says without missing a beat “ah no that’s cum” and everyone laughed not expecting the answer

(OLD) “SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER” *falls in hole*

(OLD) Ray and Gav running in a panel dressed as X-Ray and Vav and Ray running the whole way around the room before he got to the stage

Duck taping Jeremy to the wall

(OLD) All of Minecraft Episode 3 Plan G (This was the very first AH video I watch and why I know who they are)

Geoff and Gav creating Achievement City and giving everyone houses just to prank Jack into burning house down with lava.

Ray’s house is a dirt block with no furniture and single torch

Geoff’s giant ass house next to Ray’s tiny house

Jack tries to destroy everything with lava throughout the episode

“lets be honest, I realistically didn’t lose anything”

Michael stealing art from Gav’s house “NOO! I want nice things”

The sign to Michael’s says “Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval” he runs into house and say “I’m home”

Ray also steals this sign at some point

Plan G – The failsafe.

“Oh whats this? Is this a button? Whats this? (pushes button) Yeah it was a button”

“Did you push the button?”

“Yeah”

“okay”

“wh-what does it do?”

“uh…”

Cue Achievement City beginning to explode as Michael starts screaming

Rays reaction “NO, MY SHITTY HOUSE JUST GOT EVEN SHITTIER!”

Not something funny but something VERY IMPORTANT. AH admitting that they all fucked up and how shitty their behavior was when dealing with harassment in the fanbase. People were racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, and just downright horrible to a lot of the employees at RT and AH. This came up after Mica Burton left the company and talked about it publicly and how nothing was done about it. Fiona who also experiences these same things, along with Lindsay and other employees, but Fiona took the charge on the Off Topic talking about people can’t continue to get away with that behavior. She got to sound off her feelings to a group of white men who all respected her and LISTENED to what was saying and how she felt. She cried; Geoff cried. They all want to do more, so this doesn’t happen in the future and they’re not tolerating the racist and horrible comments. AH taking a mature moment to talk about how they failed to stop these comments and Geoff was right when he said the company has a long way to go.

Outside of AH each member has more to them than just all of the comedy and laughs and dumb shit they do

Geoff helped found Roosterteeth and Achievement Hunter. He has a beautiful daughter in Millie who is awesome in her own right. He’s a recovering alcoholic. Currently doing F**k Face podcasts. Was in the fucking army. Takes accountability for every mistake he makes.

Jack also helped start Achievement Hunter. He does so much work for charity. His twitter is full of things to help people go vote. He’s like the dad to AH, especially Fiona. He’s happily married to his wife Caiti.

Michael was an electrician and has a lot of handy man experience. He made a few videos online about him raging at games and that got the attention of RT. He’s currently married to Lindsay who he met because of RT. They have two kids together.

Gavin is an expert at high speed filmmaking and know how use and edit footage from a slow-motion camera. He has worked on actual films. One of the creators of the Slow Mo Guys. Worked his ass off to get to work for RT. Currently dating model and cosplayer Meg Turney

Lindsay flips between being the mom of the group and a complete chaos queen and we all love her for it. She started as an editor for the RT podcast and then AH stuff. She is an incredible voice actor, most known for Ruby Rose (RWBY), Space Kid (Camp Camp), Hilda (Xray & Vav) just to name a few. She also has a degree in finance

Jeremy started as a fan who made videos on the community page. He took over Ray’s place after Ray left to do Twitch full time. He is a self-published author and a skilled rapper and singer. He’s currently married to his wife, Kat.

Matt also started as a fan making videos on the community page. He actually interacted and made stuff for the guys in really early Minecraft episodes. Seriously this guy is like king of Minecraft. He has a degree in electrical engineering. He also has pretty decent singing voice.

Trevor is THE BOSS. Has a degree in aero-space engineering and is getting paid to babysit AH. Currently dating Barbara Dunkelman, RTs queen of puns.

Alfredo worked at IGN before RT and is a well-known streamer. He is the best when it comes to first person shooter games. He and Trevor look so similar.

Fiona. Po. Her majesty. Host of This Just Internet. A Twitch streamer. Baby of the bunch. Grew up in Europe. Her and Gav act like a pair of siblings. She has stated and showed time and time again she will fight for people to have safe spaces for anyone who needs them.

Ify, our new guy. He is wonderful and I want to stay forever. He’s a comedian, a writer, and an actor. Co hosts F-ing Around with Fiona. Has his own film podcast, Who Shot Ya? I look forward to more content with him in it, cause everything he’s been in so far has been great.

Were all hurting but well make it through this

We have all these wonderful moments and a lot more that I didn’t list and this incredible team of personalities with their own accomplishments and achievements. Not to mention old team members who were also great additions and the entire crew behind the scenes editing and making videos look the best that they can.

Here’s to Achievement Hunter and to this community. We need to be here for each other in times like these.

@theonyxranger gave me the idea for this based on their own post they made about the fans giving their favorite moments without bitch face and there were just too many. Oop.

#Achievement Hunter #Jack Pattillo #Gavin Free #geoff ramsey #michael jones #lindsay jones #alfredo diaz #trevor collins #fiona nova #jeremy dooley #matt bragg #ify nwadiwe #roosterteeth #yes im calling him bitch face now

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utsura · 5 years

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art cap: some digital stuff i finally did after messing around for shit i liked on csp. i’m p proud of it and i have a lot more i’ve done in the past month, which will get steadily updated

admin: so let’s see if tumblr is really gonna show my stuff or what, but i apologize for my disappearance! between holiday busyness, i was deciding how i wanted to manage my art, social media, and things like that

i decided i may maintain my tumblr presence as long as people can find me, but i’ll be posting to twitter/ig first and then updating on tumblr less often. i’m still working my way into maintaining pillowfort and ko-fi between looking for a Real Person Job bc i’m actually an engineer

so if you want more updates and content follow me on: twitter (just sfw art and wips; nsfw, rts, and personal) | instagram | ko-fi | pillowfort | ao3

if you want to interact w me and other fans or get pings for when i stream, join my discord server

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rielity · 5 years

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ASK, Gero and Kogeinu’s tweets about Faneru and the April 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake

THIS IS A RE-TRANSLATION MADE ON 17 FEBRUARY 2019. I have added more tweets and a more detailed sequence of events.

My original post, made 17 April 2016, is here with several translation errors.

On the 14th of April 2016, an earthquake struck Kyushu’s Kumamoto region at 9.26pm Japan time, where Faneru lives. This was the magnitude 6.2 foreshock.

ASK was the first one to update us on Faneru’s status, with a tweet 12 minutes after the earthquake.

ASK: Because I think many of my followers will probably be worried, I decided to tweet. Faneru-kun is safe. Please do not worry.

Kogeinu retweeted this tweet, and also tweeted himself.

Kogeinu: It seems that my friends who live in the area are safe.

Kogeinu: This time there are quite a lot of aftershocks

Gero tweeted some time after. His tweet has since been deleted but was preserved in my original post: ふぁねるは大丈夫。皆さんも無事でありますように

Gero: Faneru is alright. I pray that everyone stays safe as well. ASK: Daijoubu, daijoubu~

After the quake, clear and nero, who are also from Kumamoto (but are now based in Tokyo), tweeted as well.

nero: I was able to contact my family in Kumamoto. Some bruises and scratches were suffered, but everyone is alright, so I am relieved. Thank you for your concern! ASK: That’s a relief.

clear: My friends and family from Kumamoto are alright!! Thank you everyone for worrying!!!!

ASK later tweeted again, some two hours after his first tweet.

ASK: Also, somehow, my earlier tweet about Poppo-chan* being safe got so many RT and favourites, it’s pretty funny. That guy is provoking the earthquake by saying “Another big (earthquake) came ( ՞ਊ ՞） “. If a super-huge one comes, I think it’s probably his fault.

It was especially funny because in the days leading up to this period of time (and even after), ASK had been super inactive on Twitter, with mainly automated bot tweets on his account. But he came back just to reassure fans that Faneru was safe, which got an outpouring of reactions (910 RTs, 1.4k Favourites).

Then he dived into wiseman mode, somewhere near 1am.

ASK: During 11 March (2011′s earthquake) I felt this way as well, but those who are not near the affected areas, stop looking at the news and rest early. Because there’s school and work tomorrow as usual.

ASK: Besides those in the relevant professions, we can only offer help to those affected in the ways that we are able to. First of all, what we can do is to make sure society returns to normal by continuing with our everyday lives.

ASK: Why do I feel like an older brother character

On the 16th of April, two days after the foreshock, the main quake struck Kumamoto at 1.25am, with a magnitude of 7.0.

roro, a fellow utaite who is also a Kumamoto resident and friend of Faneru & ASK, was the first to tweet.

roro (2.10am): I got in touch with Faneru-kun over LINE. He’s safe.

roro (2.40am): The problem where ASK-san is sleeping, so he can’t spread the news that Faneru is safe.

roro (2:57am): Faneru-kun is playing ping-pong...! Aomofu (2:58am): That fellow’s carefree, huh.

roro tweeted again in the morning as well.

roro (8.08am): The Kumamoto residents, myself and Faneru-kun, are safe, so please do not worry!

In ASK’s absence, Aomofu took over.

Aomofu (2.53am): Because ASK-san is sleeping, for now. Faneru-kun is alright! Though I think ASK-san will definitely talk about it in the morning when he wakes up! For now! ASK (9.20am): ASK was sleeping soundly LOL

ASK: No, it’s not a time to be laughing. For now, roro-niki and Poppo-chan are alright! At times like this, LINE is really convenient.

ASK: Somehow Faneru sent me LINE messages like “I came to play ping-pong”, but I wonder if it was because of the earthquake?

A few more tweets...

nero: I’m keeping in touch with my friends and family in Aso, and I’ve confirmed they’re all safe, but it’s still a worrying situation... But every time I contact them, they encourage me to not worry as they are alright, so I will stay strong and do my best! Everyone else, please stay safe.

clear: Actually, my younger sister’s family house is in Masushiro, but it seems that it cannot be lived in anymore because it’s tilting...

clear: They used chairs to write SOS on the grounds of a national high school but... as expected, there don’t seem to be enough relief supplies (´•_•`)

roro: Getting the Earthquake Early Warning while taking a dump is the worst (the worst)

*Poppo-chan: Gero’s nickname for Faneru, which has been collectively adopted by all of Faneru's fans and friends. It dates back to 2012 - the full name is Hatomune Tenshi Poppo-chan (Pigeon Chest Angel Poppo-chan).

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wordpressvideotraining · 4 years

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infyseo-blog · 5 years

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Tips to Increase Interaction on Twitter

In this post, We are doing to discuss simple tips to maintain a decent interaction on Twitter. Increase Interaction on Twitter is very important for the business. Twitter is said to be an effective micro-blogging platform and it has increased 40% of its crowd since 2012. Marketing brands or any business (SMB’s) etc., are running wild on Twitter currently. For a business to run viral on Twitter, the major thing needed is Interaction. Only tweeting 10 tweets per hour will not make the business run sharp. As you know, Nobody cares what you tweet unless it has something they want. So, you are gonna have to make people want what you have. And that's the part of Marketing Strategy. The main component needed for this strategy is Interaction. Letting people know you have what they want will automatically attract the customers. Here are 10 tips to maintain a decent interaction on Twitter for business to reach more people (followers).

Continous Tweeting Let's start with tweeting. I didn’t say tweeting more is a problem. Tweeting more can be a problem if nobody listens to what you tweet. It could be of no use when you tweet continuously and everything goes in vain. Gather your crowd and tweet frequently based on your niche. Filter Fellow Tweeps You have to filter your followers based on who actually listens to you (tweets). It's simple. People who retweet, favorites, mentions you a while are those who actually listen to your tweets. You will know eventually when you start engaging with your followers. Start Talking Yes. You have to take the initiative if nobody’s willing. It's your business to run and you’re gonna have to move your ass first. Start interacting with the fellow crowd and let them know you’re concerning them. While Mentioning them, make sure you’re referring to them and make them get interested in your tweets. This will automatically increase your business exposure. Use HashTags This is actually one of the main strategies for interacting wide. As you know with hashtags, your tweets reach more people than just your followers. Mention your tweets with not more than 2 hashtags as because it seems spammy when more hashtags are used within those 140 characters. Mention your crowd tweets with hashtags like #FF, #TGIF, #RT, etc., just to get their attention as well as the attention of the other people on twitter as well. Retweet, Favorite What are these for? Re-tweet your follower's tweets to let them know you’re interested in making an interactive session with them. RTS can be done in two different ways. As you know you can click the Retweet button to do it or you can also quote the person’s name and tweet him with his original tweet. It's better to RT their tweet by mentioning it as a separate tweet rather than just Re-tweeting them. Praise the Retweets Tweeting continuously will make your twitter account look fresh and lively. Of course, it may bring a lot of Re-tweets and favorites for your tweets. The one thing you could do to make your engagement with the tweets is praising the Re-tweets like mentioning the @person and thanking him for the Retweet and let the flow go on. Add to Lists Add your favorite people on Twitter to your lists. It's easy to find who are your favorite ones. Those who retweet, favorite and engage with you the most on twitter are your favorite ones who listen to your tweets. Keep them groomed and stay engaged with them often to let them know your concern for them. Actually, you can use the 4th tip here. ie; tweet them often with #hashtags listed above. DM Only if Needed No matter what you do try to engage with the fellow tweeps, there is always some kinda privacy for each and every one of them. DMs with links are mostly considered spams these days because of the third-party applications that we use over to gain followers that will lead to loose followers as well. So, as far as DM is concerned, use it only for security purposes and avoid spammy links via DMs. Tweet Quotes Often Tweeting is fun when you’ve something interesting is going on which you wanna share with your followers and getting engaged in several 140 character conversations. More often tweeting Quotes will make your account get followed by many people as well as get yourself into interacting with the others. When you open your profile and you see all your promotional tweets for your business and you’ll feel drowsy and bored. Tweeting Quotes often will help your account look refreshing and yourself too. An Awesome Twitter Bio It should have been on the top of the list if the Post Title is “Tips To Gain More Followers”. Your Twitter Bio also takes part in getting yourself more engaged with your followers. You may find it funny though, but it is your Trademark to let the twitterers know who you are and what you do. Twitter Bio ranges according to the business industry which you are into. You should have an attractive bio on your Profile which will make your followers interested in you and start engaging on their own to your tweets. Increase Website Traffic Conclusion Now that I have finished with the Tips, I am waiting to hear how you could make use of your interaction on twitter for your business and your experiences in engaging with your twitter tweeps. Hope this post has been somewhat helpful, if you have any questions, let me know! Free Seo Tools free website seo audit tool Top Social Bookmarking Sites Social Bookmarking Sites List Free Article Submission Sites List Indian Classified Sites List USA Classified Sites List BUSINESS LISTING SITES LIST Web 2.0 Sites List Free Press Release Sites List Free PDF Submission Sites PPT Submission Sites List Search Engine Submission List Ping Submission Sites Profile Creation Sites Question and Answer Site Product Submission write for us Read the full article

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kane-and-griffin · 7 years

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I'm really sad about something I don't understand and was hoping you could explain. Why do people block without giving a reason to? I don't why it first seems like it's all going so well then the next you're blocked and you don't know why or what you did or said wrong? It's happened twice now and to say it hurts is an understatement.

Oh, my precious Kabby babies. Circle up, it’s time for some firm butgentle life advice from Mom.

First of all, unless I personally am the person who blocked you (whichI’m obviously not since we’re having this conversation!), in a very real sensethe short answer to this question is that you know I can’t actually answer thisquestion. You’re asking me to tell youwhy a person I don’t know did a thing for which I have no context, and forwhich there could be a thousand reasons. So in a concrete, specific sense, my answer is: I do not know.

However.

(You knew there was going to be a however.)

Social media is a deeply personal avenue for self-expression and it’s also aworld where many of us spend a great deal of our time, which means that we havethe full and free right to customize it into exactly what we want it tobe. The things that you post are personal reflections of you, which is why it bums you out when someone mutes or blocks or doesn’t followback; it feels on some level like a personalrejection. But the space you curate is also a personal reflection of you. You have the rightto post anything you want and other people have the right to choose not to seeit. Both of those rights are equal, eventhough you’re only on one side so naturally the other one feels like it’s insome way “wrong.”

I’m speaking with zero context for what your preexisting relationship withthese people was beforehand (like obviously if it was a close friend and theyblocked you out of nowhere, you’re going to have to sort that out with themdirectly, I can’t advise you there), but it’s important to remember that theremay be no “right” and wrong” in this scenario. It’s fully possible forboth of these things to peacefully coexist at the same time:

1) your absolute right to feel a little bit rejected and hurt that astranger on the internet made the choice that they didn’t want your socialmedia sphere to overlap with their social media sphere,

and

2) that other person’s absolute right to say “if something or someone makesme feel even the tiniest bit ‘nope’ I am purging it out of this space so it isexactly what I want and need it to be.”

They don’t need to have a reason. That sucks, when you’re on the receiving end of it, which all of us have been - it truly and genuinely sucks - but it’s also reality. One of the hard truths that incidents like this make us sometimes have toface - and we don’t want to face these things, because they can feel reallyicky and vulnerable and ping all the little gremlins in our brain - is this:

nobody on the internet owes you their time or attention foranything you do or say.

This sounds mean and brutal, and I don’t mean it to be, because you know mom loves you, but it’s incrediblyimportant, so I’m going to say it again to make sure that if nothing else, thisgets through:

nobody on the internet owes you their time or attention foranything you do or say.

The celebs you stan don’t owe you a response to your tweet, justbecause you want one. The people you tag in meta don’t owe you rebloggingit to continue having that conversation with you forever, just because you wantto prove you’re right. The fans of the fic you write for your mostpopular ship don’t owe you crossing over to give you hits on yourrare-pair fic if they don’t feel like it. Nobody owes you a certainnumber of followers, nobody owes you a response to every anon you send them,nobody owes you finishing that fic you like in time for them to read it whenthey feel like reading it. We owe each other one thing and one thingonly: basic human decency. That’s it. Everything else is freelyoffered to the world, and freely taken by the people who want it. It’snot a transactional exchange. If you make art or write fic and you put itout there into the world, you’ve done a cool thing, and whether it gets tenhits or thousands it was still worth doing. There will be people whoaren’t interested, but if you get hung up on feeling rejected by that, it willparalyze you.

Social media is personal. That’s unavoidable. It’s an extension of ourselves. When someone is cruel to you or to one ofyour friends on the internet, even if it’s an anonymous stranger, it feelsshitty. When you express an opinionabout something and a ton of people reblog it and the tags are full of “OMG YESTHISSSSS”, it feels great. We all experiencethat in different ways. Society has always selected arbitrary measures for young girls and women tolive up to in order to feel like they’re popular or they’re approved by thecool kids, and right now it’s things like “how many followers do you have” and “didyou get an RT from a celebrity” and “how many likes on your posts”. So ona primal level, maybe having someone you thought was a friend block you on Twitter or Tumblr hits you in the same deep coreplace as having the cool kids not come to your birthday party. That feeling is super real! It brings upalllllll that deep stuff we try to hide and pretend that we’re aboveexperiencing, but we all have those squishy vulnerable inner selves that justneed the cool kids to like us and we feel bad when they don’t.

I had this exact conversation with my therapist a few weeks ago when she wasgiving me a hard time because my book has 60 reviews on Amazon, of which likethe majority are 5 stars with two negative ones, and I have both the negativeones like memorized. And she was like “CLAIRE. WHAT THE HELL. WHY DO YOU DO THIS? 58 POSITIVE AND YOU CANNOT QUOTE A SINGLEONE. TWO SHITTY ONES AND YOU KNOW THEMVERBATIM. THAT IS NOT HEALTHY BEHAVIOR.” And I was like “… . okay fine when youput it that way, yes I do sound like a crazy person.” So like my advice to you – advice which I havejust proven I am absolute garbage at taking myself, so like I may have justeroded my own credibility in my efforts to help – is to remember that you probablyhave a lot more than two followers so honestly this is probably not a badcollective ratio, and there may be lots of people who are very interested inwhat you have to say but you’ve focused a lot of your energy on these two people andit’s worth giving some thought as to why that is.

My question for you is this: what is the net negative impact of having thesetwo people block you on social media? Like in an actual, concrete way, separate from those sort of core gut “Ifeel unloved in this moment” feelings, what is the effect on your life? You might be surprised. It might be zero. In which case, let yourself feel thosefeelings, experience them as valid, and then breathe through them and move onand keep on doin’ you.

I’m pushing backon you a little bit here very gently because it feels, reading this anon, likeyou’ve made a determination of hurtful intent on the part of the person whoblocked you, or at the very least a certainty that this choice that made wasabout you and not about them. That the fact that things seemed to be going fine and then they blocked you means you were somehow intentionally misled or mistreated. Be really, really, really carefulabout deciding the cool girl didn’t come to your birthday party because she’s abitch who wanted to make you feel terrible and is sitting somewhere cackling atthe thought of your sad lil’ face waiting by the front door; maybe she didn’tcome to your birthday party because she has depression and it’s hard for her toleave the house sometimes and she knew your party would be loud and wild and crazyand too much for her brain to handle right now. Be careful about presuming negative intent with no proof it exists. The internet makes this so easy, the internetconditions us for this, and itconditions us to respond in kind. The worst thing you could do here is to, like,make a callout post or subtweet in the hopes that it will get back to them andthey’ll feel bad, or to sic your other followers onto them, because that turnsthis into a situation that really doeshave a right and wrong; and since you don’t know if they were trying to makeyou feel shitty, or just went on a big block/mute purge to whittle their listdown for mental health reasons that are totally their own, once things escalateyou can’t put the horse back in the barn. It’s too late. Now it’s A Thing,when maybe it never really needed to be A Thing. And in almost all situations for almost allpeople in almost all ways, Kabby Mom’s advice is going to be, “please thinkcarefully before you make this A Thing.”

This got long, I’ve been having a lot of thoughts lately about theconversations I’m always having with fandom folks the way we let social mediapermeate and shape our sense of self, in good ways and bad, so I apologize formy verbosity but also not really because that’s how things roll over in KabbyMom’s Advice Corner. But I will sum upin bullet points for those of you who have been skimming, to bring you up tospeed:

Everyone has the right to curate their own social media spacehowever they see fit, and they don’t have to explain their reasons.

They aren’t obligated to include you in that space even if you want themto.

None of that is an objective measure of your worth as a person or a signthat you should stop being you on the internet.

Your feelings of rejection come from a real place and you get to feelthem, as long as

You are striving to move through them without permitting them to paralyzeyou, and finally

You never use someone else’s choice to curate their social media sphere as ajustification for treating them like crap.

Focus on your positive interactions instead of negative ones – your friends,creating stuff and putting it out into the universe – whether it be art, fic,opinions, a podcast, gifsets, crackposts, whatever – and your social mediaworld will be a better place.

In the immortal words of the great Michael J. Fox, “What other people thinkof me is none of my business.”

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anyorderofus · 7 years

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Put your phone down and read this

NUMBER 20!

Can you believe it? Suppose if you do the maths, you can. But it’s still nice to feel we’ve come a long way with our little project and the fun isn’t over yet. 20 down, 32 down.

We hope you’ll like this week’s blogs. We weren’t instantly inspired by the title this week but we both ended up enjoying writing these entries a lot!

Let’s see what next week brings. It’ll be something to do with: Trees are weird

...no idea...

See you next week!

Alexandra & Nico|Nico & Alexandra

Alexandra

Put your phone down and read this:

Katie is in a relationship with Sean.

Sarah and David have just checked in at Gatwick, Prague baby!

Like. We had a great time when we went.

They hashtag can’t wait.

See you when they get back.

Beep. Text Grandma, remember.

Seb has posted a photo of his cat: cosy much? Lol.

Seb likes his cat.

Seb likes his own picture of his cat.

Like. Lol. Cat with the heart eyes emoji.

A great tbt and a happy Friyay to you all.

It’s a prosecco kind of day and if you believe you can, you can. But first, coffee.

Sign this?

Done. RT and quote. Document in a picture for Insta and blog about it later. RT.

Thanks for the RT – follow.

Who’s that? She’s been for a run with make up on. Time for a snap? 8-10 secs.

My story, your story.

Screenshot; we’ll laugh later.

Sean and Katie are no longer in a relationship. Sad. Don’t know what to say – just react and move on.

Channel 4 TONIGHT. RT, can’t wait. Set a reminder: remind me to remember Channel 4 TONIGHT because I can’t wait.

Siri says, ‘remember’.

Ping! Are you watching?

Sorry, only just saw your message. Haven’t had my phone on me; I was reading.

Nico

Put your phone down and read this.

I mean read this and THEN put your phone down. In that order, specifically. Forget the please. There’s no time for niceties.

You’re going to have to trust me. Don’t turn around. Try and move your phone slightly so you can see behind you in the reflection. For goodness sake, don’t make any noises caused by bodily functions…I’m trying not to be crass here but it’s life or death.

As you read this…and I can’t believe I’m about to say this…or type it…but right now, behind you, about a meter and a half from your back, is a seven-foot bear.

Now I know what you’re thinking, how could there possibly be a bear behind you, bears don’t live around here, you would have heard it come in, your sat with your back against a solid object etc. etc. but these are all the kinds of excuses and comforts bears take advantage of when looking to start trouble. I remember a couple of weeks ago, Alex asked me why I’d not taken the recycling out like I’d promised. I tried to explain it had obviously been a local bear who’d got the bag back out the green bin on the drive and brought it all back in and placed it back in the kitchen in the time I’d left for work and she’d gotten back but she said that was ridiculous. I even pointed out they’d left no footprints, and only a cunning bear would be that smart but she didn’t want to hear it. He’d stitched me up like a kipper. Exactly how he likes lunch…

Anyway, he’s moved a bit closer now. Don’t panic, you might have noticed you can’t feel his breath, that’s because he’s looking at his phone now. He’s on your Facebook page. I can’t believe this, he’s saving Memes from your wall and copy and pasting your most popular posts from years ago. Typical. You’ll probably see those on his Twitter later. You’ll be wondering where you’ve seen it before while he laps up all the plaudits.

Hang about, he’s putting on a pork pie hat and tucking an Evening Standard under his arm? Looks like he’s flicked the wet end of a milkshake straw at the back of your footwear, now he’s leaving.

Now when you’ve finished reading, I want you to very carefully, and very calmly, put your phone down somewhere safe, and think about how close you just came to having your spine ripped out. Take a second to think about all the things you could have lost, all the experiences you take for granted. All the episodes of your favourite sitcom you’d have never got to see again and all your preferred songs you like to shuffle to at all the future weddings you’d have gotten an invite to, and still will thanks to the luck of having a peaceful bear, not a life ending one.

Next time you might not be so lucky…

#blogging #bloggers #blog #writers #writing #write #actors #acting #bear #phone #facebook #twitter #snapchat #instagram #porkpie #hat #screen #swipe #scroll #scrollers

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peterjcameron · 6 years

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Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again

Journalists are inundated with a constant flood of pitches and press releases—and, as the Hustle’s Kendall Baker writes in his open letter to PR professionals, “they all suck.”

“Well, not all of them,” he concedes. “Some are fine. But the majority of the time, the pitches I get from you guys are downright awful.”

Ouch! What’s a savvy PR person to do?

The truth is, Kendall is right to give comms people a little tough love. Journalists are busy people and they’re sick of reading through copy-and-pasted messages or emails that have been blasted to hundreds of others. They don’t have time to read through all the links you just sent them on the off chance that it might result in an interesting article or drive traffic to their website. You need to give them a compelling reason why your story would add value to their publication, otherwise, they’re going to lose interest—fast, and you’re done

The good news is, I’d like to share my secret hack with you, and I can guarantee that it will help you “unsuck” your pitches. Welcome to video pitching.

Take your pitches from zero to hero with video

Video pitching cures what so often ails the kinds of generic and impersonal messages that journalists like Kendall are so tired of getting. By nature, video is attention-grabbing and personal. In fact, when I first gave video pitching a trial run, my pitches received nearly 50% higher engagement than my text-based attempts Not only will you leave an impression, but allowing a reporter to “meet” you over video can open up opportunities for an ongoing relationship down the line.

(Speaking of leaving an impression, I may have given P.J. Bednarski, former Editor of Online Video Daily and VidBlog, a bit of a shock when he received one of my first video pitches. You can read all about it in my how-to post on video pitching.)

That’s not to say that video pitching alone is a catch-all. Just because you’re able to capture someone’s attention with video doesn’t mean you’re off the hook when it comes to adding value to their day. Your pitch should still demonstrate that you’ve done your research on the publication and show how your piece would be of interest to their audience (or open them up to new readership). Combine thoughtful outreach with the power of video and wait for the editors’ responses to come rolling in.

How to craft a great video pitch

If you’re convinced that it’s time to give video pitching a shot—great! I have some tips and best practices that I’ve learned over the past year of experimenting with video pitching that I’m happy to share with you.

(Psst, if you don’t already have a screen-recording tool, now’s the time to download one. I love my company’s free Chrome extension, Vidyard GoVideo, for this!)

1. Do your homework

Each video pitch should be custom-tailored to its recipient, so be sure to do your due diligence. What types of articles does the publication you’re pitching to typically publish? What makes your idea a good fit? Why will their audience be interested?

2. Skip the script

You want to your pitch to engage your audience, but you don’t want to sound forced. I would recommend jotting down a few points ahead of time so you’re sure to hit on your key ideas, but otherwise, don’t plan what you’re going to say. Your message will seem that much more personal and genuine if it’s unrehearsed. If a fire truck drives by in the middle of your video, add a little joke in there like I did below. You’re real, and life around you is too.

3. Keep it concise

I always aim for 30 seconds max, but I also always tend to go over! 30 seconds seems like it would be short enough to hold the attention of a busy reporter, but long enough to show how you would add value to their publication. If they want more, they’ll ask for it.

4. If at first you don’t succeed…try again!

You might feel a little awkward on camera at first and that’s perfectly normal. Give yourself a few no-pressure trial runs to experiment and I guarantee you’ll loosen up. When I first started video-pitching, I’d take 5-10 (sometimes more…) videos before I was happy with the final result. Today, I do it all in one shot.

That’s great in theory but what about in practice? I’ve rounded up a series of examples from past pitches I’ve done that you can use as inspiration. Check them out below:

1. Pitching a speaker

My first example comes from when I pitched our CEO for a big speaking engagement. And I didn’t hold back on this one—I went right to the CEO and co-founder of VentureBeat, Matt Marshall. For a guy who must get pitched ALL the time, he sure got back to me pretty quickly with a note that he loved my personalized video, too, followed by an intro to his speaker lead.

2. Making introductions to fellow panelists

In this next instance, I was about to go speak on a panel for Young Women in Business, and I didn’t know any of my fellow panelists. I don’t know about you, but I always find it awkward walking onto a stage without having any idea who else is up there with me. I made this video to say hello to them and break the ice in advance. It was received with very warm responses!

In this subsequent example, I tried pitching the Twitter and LinkedIn universes on a recent product update, just to see what would happen. What happened, you might ask? Well, 6 favs, and 1 RT, that’s what. I think video is a great way to engage on big announcement days and I’ll definitely be using this tactic in the future!

Video changes relationships. No longer are we judged by our typed words or flat photos. Video makes us human. https://t.co/ZU3sKNXrXv pic.twitter.com/ylWoStuED1

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) September 26, 2017

3. Responding to a reporter request

Reporter requests have always been an area of struggle for me, but when I add video pitches to my replies, my odds go up two-fold. In this example, Ashley wrote me back right away, offered me the spot, and ended up publishing my opinions in this piece and gave me a complete author profile too. I’ve used video-pitching ever since!

4. Connecting with conference attendees

In this following instance, I wanted everyone to know that I was heading to the Unbounce Call to Action Conference—including a number of reporters who had pinged me that they’d be on site. I made this video and pushed it all across my Twitter and LinkedIn. I had a ton of engagement: 4RTs, a load of comments, and 15 Favs! In addition, people who I had never seen or met before came up to me at the event and told me that they had watched my “video.” Woohoo!

In fact, my first video was so successful, that I decided to do a few follow-up videos from the Call to Action conference, too. I’ve included one below:

Are you at @unbounce‘s #CTAConf? Well, you should be! Watch my video to learn why! https://t.co/DGNhwUL19i #vancouver #teamvidyard pic.twitter.com/1ku8u61tRe

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) June 27, 2017

5. Follow-up messages and building rapport

Have you already pitched a reporter? In this next example, the reporter wrote back, requesting more information on the pitch. I decided to make them a video to let them know that I was on it while also introducing myself to them. Video is a great way to build common ground and tighten up a relationship.

Bonus: (Another) speaking engagement pitch

I know I already gave an example of pitching a speaker, but this one was too good not to share! In this final example, I was pitching our CEO, Michael Litt, to speak at an upcoming, high-end tech conference called Fortune Brainstorm Tech. Given that Adam Lashinsky probably receives hundreds of emails per day, I didn’t expect a reply. Video clearly worked though; I was happy to see his response shortly after. He even introduced me to his colleague, Marlene, to pick up the conversation.

I hope this post has been helpful and that you’re excited to experiment with video pitching. Let me know how it goes in the comments below—I would love to hear how people respond to you when they find a video pitch in their inbox! Connect with me on Twitter @SandyCanvas.

This piece originally appeared on SpinSucks.

The post Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again appeared first on Vidyard.

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mahtewtwook86 · 6 years

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Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again

Journalists are inundated with a constant flood of pitches and press releases—and, as the Hustle’s Kendall Baker writes in his open letter to PR professionals, “they all suck.”

“Well, not all of them,” he concedes. “Some are fine. But the majority of the time, the pitches I get from you guys are downright awful.”

Ouch! What’s a savvy PR person to do?

The good news is, I’d like to share my secret hack with you, and I can guarantee that it will help you “unsuck” your pitches. Welcome to video pitching.

Take your pitches from zero to hero with video

How to craft a great video pitch

(Psst, if you don’t already have a screen-recording tool, now’s the time to download one. I love my company’s free Chrome extension, Vidyard GoVideo, for this!)

1. Do your homework

2. Skip the script

3. Keep it concise

4. If at first you don’t succeed…try again!

That’s great in theory but what about in practice? I’ve rounded up a series of examples from past pitches I’ve done that you can use as inspiration. Check them out below:

1. Pitching a speaker

2. Making introductions to fellow panelists

Video changes relationships. No longer are we judged by our typed words or flat photos. Video makes us human. https://t.co/ZU3sKNXrXv pic.twitter.com/ylWoStuED1

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) September 26, 2017

3. Responding to a reporter request

4. Connecting with conference attendees

In fact, my first video was so successful, that I decided to do a few follow-up videos from the Call to Action conference, too. I’ve included one below:

Are you at @unbounce‘s #CTAConf? Well, you should be! Watch my video to learn why! https://t.co/DGNhwUL19i #vancouver #teamvidyard pic.twitter.com/1ku8u61tRe

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) June 27, 2017

5. Follow-up messages and building rapport

Bonus: (Another) speaking engagement pitch

This piece originally appeared on SpinSucks.

The post Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again appeared first on Vidyard.

from http://www.vidyard.com/blog/video-pitching/

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damientremblay · 6 years

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Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again

Journalists are inundated with a constant flood of pitches and press releases—and, as the Hustle’s Kendall Baker writes in his open letter to PR professionals, “they all suck.”

“Well, not all of them,” he concedes. “Some are fine. But the majority of the time, the pitches I get from you guys are downright awful.”

Ouch! What’s a savvy PR person to do?

The good news is, I’d like to share my secret hack with you, and I can guarantee that it will help you “unsuck” your pitches. Welcome to video pitching.

Take your pitches from zero to hero with video

How to craft a great video pitch

(Psst, if you don’t already have a screen-recording tool, now’s the time to download one. I love my company’s free Chrome extension, Vidyard GoVideo, for this!)

1. Do your homework

2. Skip the script

3. Keep it concise

4. If at first you don’t succeed…try again!

That’s great in theory but what about in practice? I’ve rounded up a series of examples from past pitches I’ve done that you can use as inspiration. Check them out below:

1. Pitching a speaker

2. Making introductions to fellow panelists

Video changes relationships. No longer are we judged by our typed words or flat photos. Video makes us human. https://t.co/ZU3sKNXrXv pic.twitter.com/ylWoStuED1

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) September 26, 2017

3. Responding to a reporter request

4. Connecting with conference attendees

In fact, my first video was so successful, that I decided to do a few follow-up videos from the Call to Action conference, too. I’ve included one below:

Are you at @unbounce‘s #CTAConf? Well, you should be! Watch my video to learn why! https://t.co/DGNhwUL19i #vancouver #teamvidyard pic.twitter.com/1ku8u61tRe

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) June 27, 2017

5. Follow-up messages and building rapport

Bonus: (Another) speaking engagement pitch

This piece originally appeared on SpinSucks.

The post Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again appeared first on Vidyard.

from SEO Tips http://www.vidyard.com/blog/video-pitching/

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samabd · 6 years

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Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again

Journalists are inundated with a constant flood of pitches and press releases—and, as the Hustle’s Kendall Baker writes in his open letter to PR professionals, “they all suck.”

“Well, not all of them,” he concedes. “Some are fine. But the majority of the time, the pitches I get from you guys are downright awful.”

Ouch! What’s a savvy PR person to do?

The good news is, I’d like to share my secret hack with you, and I can guarantee that it will help you “unsuck” your pitches. Welcome to video pitching.

Take your pitches from zero to hero with video

How to craft a great video pitch

(Psst, if you don’t already have a screen-recording tool, now’s the time to download one. I love my company’s free Chrome extension, Vidyard GoVideo, for this!)

1. Do your homework

2. Skip the script

3. Keep it concise

4. If at first you don’t succeed…try again!

That’s great in theory but what about in practice? I’ve rounded up a series of examples from past pitches I’ve done that you can use as inspiration. Check them out below:

1. Pitching a speaker

2. Making introductions to fellow panelists

Video changes relationships. No longer are we judged by our typed words or flat photos. Video makes us human. https://t.co/ZU3sKNXrXv pic.twitter.com/ylWoStuED1

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) September 26, 2017

3. Responding to a reporter request

4. Connecting with conference attendees

In fact, my first video was so successful, that I decided to do a few follow-up videos from the Call to Action conference, too. I’ve included one below:

Are you at @unbounce‘s #CTAConf? Well, you should be! Watch my video to learn why! https://t.co/DGNhwUL19i #vancouver #teamvidyard pic.twitter.com/1ku8u61tRe

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) June 27, 2017

5. Follow-up messages and building rapport

Bonus: (Another) speaking engagement pitch

This piece originally appeared on SpinSucks.

The post Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again appeared first on Vidyard.

from SEO Tips http://www.vidyard.com/blog/video-pitching/

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richardlucianos · 6 years

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Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again

Journalists are inundated with a constant flood of pitches and press releases—and, as the Hustle’s Kendall Baker writes in his open letter to PR professionals, “they all suck.”

“Well, not all of them,” he concedes. “Some are fine. But the majority of the time, the pitches I get from you guys are downright awful.”

Ouch! What’s a savvy PR person to do?

The good news is, I’d like to share my secret hack with you, and I can guarantee that it will help you “unsuck” your pitches. Welcome to video pitching.

Take your pitches from zero to hero with video

How to craft a great video pitch

(Psst, if you don’t already have a screen-recording tool, now’s the time to download one. I love my company’s free Chrome extension, Vidyard GoVideo, for this!)

1. Do your homework

2. Skip the script

3. Keep it concise

4. If at first you don’t succeed…try again!

That’s great in theory but what about in practice? I’ve rounded up a series of examples from past pitches I’ve done that you can use as inspiration. Check them out below:

1. Pitching a speaker

2. Making introductions to fellow panelists

Video changes relationships. No longer are we judged by our typed words or flat photos. Video makes us human. https://t.co/ZU3sKNXrXv pic.twitter.com/ylWoStuED1

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) September 26, 2017

3. Responding to a reporter request

4. Connecting with conference attendees

In fact, my first video was so successful, that I decided to do a few follow-up videos from the Call to Action conference, too. I’ve included one below:

Are you at @unbounce‘s #CTAConf? Well, you should be! Watch my video to learn why! https://t.co/DGNhwUL19i #vancouver #teamvidyard pic.twitter.com/1ku8u61tRe

— Sandy Pell (@SandyCanvas) June 27, 2017

5. Follow-up messages and building rapport

Bonus: (Another) speaking engagement pitch

This piece originally appeared on SpinSucks.

The post Video Pitching: Making Media Relations Human Again appeared first on Vidyard.

from SEO Tips http://www.vidyard.com/blog/video-pitching/

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type2diabetestreatments-blog · 7 years

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A Preview of "The Wearable Artificial Pancreas Company"

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A Preview of "The Wearable Artificial Pancreas Company"

Recently I stumbled upon a firm based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, that calls itself Pancreum, "The Wearable Artificial Pancreas Company." Wow. Really? There is such a thing already? I just had to investigate.

The company's website describes a four-part system including a controller (PDA), a CGM sensor called the "GlucoWedge," a small wireless insulin pump called the "BetaWedge," a small wireless glucagon pump called the "AlphaWedge," and a set of "iPancreum" software apps that manage these components and allow for storing and graphing data results. This seems like an incredibly ambitious undertaking for a tiny unknown outfit.

The first thing I did was ping Aaron Kowalski, who heads up JDRF's Artificial Pancreas Project, but he had never heard of this company, so that put me off a bit. Is Pancreum for real?

Turns out that Pancreum's Co-Founder Gil DePaula not only has decades of experience in software engineering and a stint at Medtronic Diabetes working on the Guardian RT system under his belt, but also spent 5 years at Insulet Corp., where he worked together with Marc Anderson, JDRF's Manager of New Technology. Pancreum is currently made up of Gil and a handful of contractors.

I had a call with Gil last week to learn more about the company, which also boasts on the website that users will be able to control the Pancreum system directly from "your own hand-held iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile SmartPhone, BlackBerry, Palm or Linux devices."

"We are creating all three wearable devices that make up an artificial pancreas (plus) the handheld controller, which is mainly software and can be run from a PDA or smartphone. The three wearable items are an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor, and glucagon pump — which is different from what others are doing because there's no commercial 'predicate device' yet for glucagon delivery," Gil says.

"Our system will physically look different than anything you've seen before, and will be configurable in a way that you can use the pieces separately. You can mix and match the three components based on your preferences. The controller will automatically recognize whether you're wearing the CGM and insulin pump only, or the insulin pump and glucagon pump, etc."

"All three devices together will take the space of maybe two OmniPods at the most," Gil adds. "Obviously they can't be next to each other on the body. Think of a circle (or disk) with the diameter of two pods. Three devices will lie on the outside of the circle, at the three points furthest apart, say 4 inches from each other. Our system is going to be flexible, not solid, for comfort and wearability. There's a key technology element that makes all of this possible, but I can't disclose that yet because the patent is not yet ready."

Does the word "Wedge" in the product names imply some sort of triangle shape? Gil doesn't deny this, but says he can't elaborate just yet. He also can't yet share any sketches or visuals other than the "guts" above - darn!

What he does talk about are other big advantages of this enterprising project: lower cost than competing pumps and CGMs, and the ability to use this system "plug-and-play" style with other products on the market. Interoperable diabetes components at last? No way!

Yes, he says, Pancreum hopes to provide an open platform of specs that other companies can develop to, allowing interoperability. In other words, the Pancreum PDA would be able to control your own "custom artificial pancreas" that might be made up of the OmniPod and a Minimed CGMS, along with a glucagon pump from a third provider. The Pancreum algorithm will be the "gatekeeper" that controls all three.

Gil has applied for several patents, and is currently stumping for venture capitalist funding, he tells me. He's in the process of creating working prototypes now, but has made a conscious decision not to approach JDRF until the company is funded and further along. "If you present just an idea, it's worth X. If you have a prototype, it's maybe worth 3X. And if you can show more, it's worth 10X," he explains.

They're planning to roll out the components one at a time, starting with the CGM. "We need to sell that to investors first," Gil says.

Even if Pancreum gets the funding it needs this year, it will be another 2-3 years down the road before anything would be ready for market.

That's not surprising. But what about getting past the FDA with a system that can automatically shut off insulin delivery, reduce it, or initiate glucagon delivery? (With the glucagon pump, you won't have to rely on temp basals to decrease insulin delivery when you go low!)

"With the FDA, when everything is automatic, they fear software bugs. And so do we. We're human," Gil says. "They don't like the automatic shut-off, but we believe that with the glucagon pump portion, it changes things. It can raise your glucose level fast and efficiently. Sure, if your glucose level is raised to 250, you'll maybe get upset. But it's better than plunging down to 20."

Other companies, like Medtronic, are also working on commercializing glucagon pumps, Gil says. What will they look like? Possibly very much like insulin patch pumps. But the cannula may differ greatly. "It depends on the viscosity and corrosion of each liquid," Gil says. If you say so.

If you're like me, you'll find this stuff exciting. Just make it work, Engineers and Medical Experts — oh pleeeeaaaase! I realize it can be hard to hear about early-stage companies whose innovations are still far off. But think of the alternative... And with that I say: Thank you, Gil.

Note: You can follow the company on twitter here - @Pancreum

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