Google Glass Attack Victim (and Tech Publicist) Illustrates Challenges in Promoting Google Glass
We have absolutely no idea what went down in San Francisco last week, when tech PR and I Love Social Media founder Sarah Slocum claims she was robbed and assaulted for wearing her Glass into a punk rock bar.
One thing we’re sure of based on the clip she released this week: we’re very, very glad we weren’t there.
Being (thankfully) unfamiliar with the politics of the SF tech scene, we think the story is most interesting as an illustration of both the inherent challenges of promoting such a product and the various ways to respond to public criticism of that product.
Slocum’s conclusion is that she hopes the incident “doesn’t deter anyone from getting Google Glass” as the experience is usually “180 degrees different”—and the Glass team agrees with her:
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