iamacyborg

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1981.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
When you get to the root of it, there's not much to differentiate between something written to inform versus something written to persuade.
1982.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
He said he read something in French, so the obvious assumption is that he's French (or French Canadian). Being a grammar Nazi about what one can assume is a non-native English speaker's grammar is just plain 'ol dumb.
1983.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
I'd buy some of their "10 Must Reads on X" books and see what you think about the quality of articles that way before commiting to a more expensive subscription. I read the 10 Must Reads on Communication book last week and 4
1984.
Some thoughts on the new ICO direct marketing guidance(jacquescorbytuech.com)
1 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|0 comments
1985.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
The tattoo industry pretty much relies exclusively on iPad Pros and procreate. I'm sure there are plenty of other niche examples like this.
1986.
OKR's, YouTube and the Danger of Unintended Consequences(jacquescorbytuech.com)
4 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|0 comments
1987.
A long list of failed projects(jacquescorbytuech.com)
1 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|0 comments
1988.
Marketing/Analytics cookies by default are not GDPR compliant(jacquescorbytuech.com)
2 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|0 comments
1989.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
I meant that all marketers are collecting the data, and in the overwhelming number of cases they're doing so without consent. I'm yet to see a single marketer only do tracking by opt-in, and I work in the industry. The problem is
1990.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Nope, the image loads when the email is opened by the unique recipient.
1991.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Hey man, I work in email dev, I'm at least a decade behind current web dev standards.
1992.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Not some, all email marketers do. There's nothing stopping them either, they're entitled to do so, given they obtain consent for that data processing.
1993.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
I think you might have a bit of a bias in this instance though, given your confessed work history. This is something I wish ISP's took more care of, they could easily protect users by blocking image loading by default and warning users
1994.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
gmail's cache hides a users location but you can still tell when they've opened an email, and you can still get a ton of information if they click a tracked link within the email as well.
1995.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Do you need to know that they were 34 unique visitors or would properly anonymised data be enough? I suspect it would be. The GDPR doesn't say you can't have analytics, but it quite rightly tries to prevent the kind of tracking yo
1996.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Bingo.
1997.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Mostly just me being lazy and writing the stylesheet for my 1440p screen at home, I've done very little optimisation for other screens/devices.
1998.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Thanks!
1999.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Depending on the platform used to send the email, it's trivial to change that pixel to any other image, ie a brand logo in the template. On the whole, disabling images entirely is the only real defence against email tracking.
2000.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
I don't think email marketers think they encompass the entirety of the email industry, I was writing that article from the perspective of being an email marketer proposing something to my peers, ie others in the industry.
2001.
by iamacyborg 7y ago
Article author here - Tracking pixels aren't blocked per se in most email clients but you're correct that they rely on images being loaded.
2002.
Dear Email Industry, We’ve Got a GDPR Problem(jacquescorbytuech.com)
129 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|212 comments
2003.
Digital Marketing in the Age of the GDPR(jacquescorbytuech.com)
3 points by iamacyborg 7y ago|0 comments