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This week on the GeekCast, Jim Kukral, Lisa Picarille, Sam Harrelson and myself talked about Overstock.com and the upcoming affiliate tax in New York.
The show featured helpings of criticism and suggestions for Overstock.com in the wake of their move to boot NY affiliates and potentially alienate many more affiliates.
We all seemed to agree that it’s not too late for Overstock.com to come out smelling like a rose, but they need to take some proactive measures right now.
I shared a favorite quote from the King of All Stuntmen, Evel Knievel, during the show: “With every adversity, there is an equivalence to benefit. Sometimes you just have to look for it.”
Patrick Byrne and company - have you looked?
After about 45 minutes on Overstock.com, we jumped into a bunch of topics, including the hosted version of the OpenX ad server, putting medical records on Google, Sam enjoying salted nuts in his Coke, the genius of Peter Shankman, and the continuing aggravation of Twitter downtimes.
Give a listen for an unbiased view on the decision of whether or not to boot NY affiliates.
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Listen to the show at http://geekcast.fm/archives/geekcast-19-overstocking-the-geek-pond/.
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