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Vespa to get blog buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

May 5th, 2005 · No Comments

SegwayVespa: On the left, President Bush tumbles off a Segway. On the right, image from a 1963 ad for Vespa motorscooters. Can you tell from this June 2003 bloggraphicthat I’m a big fan of Vespa?
(And not of Segway?)

Before the first Segway ever collided with Slashdot, its PR gaffes had lots of people annoyed.

First, there was a huge, content-free hype prelaunch (“Ginger will change the world!”)

Then, there was a sneaky push through state legislatures to pre-define Segway as an “EPAMD” legally entitled to compete with pedestrians for sidewalk space.

My point, and I do have one, is to congratulate everyone’s favorite micropersuader
Steve Rubel that his agency Cooper Katz just got the Vespa account. I look forward to seeing original, interesting, and amusing blogs about Vespa emerging soon from the collaboration.


Excellent feel-the-wind-in-your-hair spring motorcycle blogpost from MontaukRider…


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