As I predicted over a year ago, history has been rewritten. At that time, members of this forum assured me that I was over reacting, and people would always know who really founded Tesla. I am quite disappointed that members of this forum have chosen to "not get worked up" about this. Maybe if this had happened to you, your opinions would be different.
Carolyn
I am disappointed that my repeated attempts (here & Tesla Founders Blog), to encourage Martin to use video-blogging
[ as an iTunes syndication..HUGE reach via iPod/iTouch/iPhone mobile media solutions, AppleTV, & even Blip.tv based embedded Flash video ]
as a citizen Journalism tool, have gone unheeded:
Tesla Roadster
You can easily setup a special iTunes video-podcast RSS feed (for your Tesla Founders Wordpress blog), submit it to iTunes as a video-podcast, have it accepted within 24 hrs (or less), & start a video-campaign. Who are the true Tesla Motors founders, a day in the life of a Roadster owner, etc. Blip.tv is an ideal video-hosting solution, they have embedded Flash video code for Wordpress, Blogger, et al blogs.
teslaroadster on blip.tv
Think Content/Distribution model, that's how you can fight back against EM's media campaign (using MSM/Mainstream Media like Foxnews, CBSnews, various print/online publications, etc). I run into the same "wall", for the offroad racing &
HEP/High Energy Physics niche-markets. They have a "bunker mentality", which sticks with the status-quo.
I find it mind-blowing that Martin (who started Nuvomedia, for the Rocketbook ebook) isn't leveraging the latest/greatest in Multimedia technologies for Outreach. He does have an iPhone, so how cool would it be to pull out the iPhone, & show people Tesla Roadster videos? (especially of his own). Going back to Tesla Motors, they were only using text-blogs (& still are!?). I ran into a VR guy at SIGGRAPH 2008 (where I made it a point to network with researchers, who might be interested in a Tesla Roadster related project), who told me he had called up TM about doing a VR thing for the Roadster. He was told that they were busy. Kinda the response I get when I call & left message (no reply). However, when I recently called Ed Davidson (Martin's old EE prof & mentor @UIUC), he called me back promptly. When he tried to contact Martin @TM, he was told "Martin is no longer here".
You are sitting by passively, while EM has an active media campaign (using MSM), & moaning about the results. By being pro-active, say with
1) video blog, syndicated as 2)..see below
2) an iTunes video-podcast
distributed over iPod/iTouch/iPhone, or AppleTV (living room set top box)
3) embedded Flash video player (which can be hosted by ANY website, including TMC)
you can use the "Viral medium" capability of above solutions to "infect" the world with your message: "Martin & Marc are the Tesla Motors founders".
PM me so I can get you going on this!!