The Acer Guy is the nighttime alter-ego of Michael Walsh, a web strategist, community builder, owner of Social Starter and all-round nice guy with a thing for the IT sector.
Let me set the record straight right now: This is not an official Acer blog, although if you search the web, it’s the closest thing there is.
I have worked for Acer for the past 12 years as Senior Copywriter and as such, I am responsible for nearly all of the recent Acer and Packard Bell product names from the Aspire Gemstone onwards. However, as most of my time now is spent coordinating strategic marketing activities like brand guidelines, brand development, product naming, visual identities and so on, I have recently self-declared myself Creative Director for Strategic Projects as no-one else is actually doing the job… Talk about taking liberties…
This blog is a way for me to share some of Acer’s expanding world, tell you more about its products, its people, its philosophies and whatever else I can legally (and ethically) lay my hands on. It’s also a place where you can rant, rave or ridicule Acer as well as share your own knowledge and experiences through the Expert Voices and Forum sections.
What it isn’t is an official Acer service forum. That is unless someone volunteers for the job… Acer has more than enough call centres located across the world and I do not want to open another.
I am lucky to have met some wonderful and generous people through this site and they, perhaps more than anyone else, deserve the true title of Acer Guys. I am forever in their debt.
While a part of me is reluctant to do this, I have a legal obligation to protect Acer from any unintentional wrongdoing so I hope you will understand the following disclaimer:
Any opinions expressed in this blog and in any corresponding comments are the personal opinions of the original authors, not of Acer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Acer.
If you need to contact me, feel free to do so here.
