The Acer Guy

Remember last year when we hooked up with Pete Bethune and the Earthrace (Ady Gil) boat that was cruelly sunk in the Antarctic?

Well that’s all thanks to Emily Penn who Acer helped out by sponsoring her with a first-edition Acer Aspire Timeline.

Just got this letter (and some photos) from her with a quick update I thought you’d appreciate hearing about. She’s currently in Rio winding down but is expected back in the UK from November to February if any radio broadcasters or journalists want to catch up with her…

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Ok guys, just a quick update on the Ady Gil, part of the Sea Shepherd’s arsenal against Illegal Whale Hunters and now home to a bunch of Acer computers.

I’ve been receiving daily updates from the captain of Ady Gil, Pete Bethune and thought you’d like to share them.

If this seems off-topic, well it isn’t. It’s a cause I support (through this blog), it’s a place where Acer computers are used to coordinate operations and report on progress, and more importantly it concerns something we as a global society should ask ourselves whether we’re prepared to ignore. These guys aren’t and have put their lives on the line to stop it and for that alone they’re damned heroes.

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Remember my involvement with the Earthrace initiative? Well first of all, here’s what Earthrace has become:

The reason I’m writing is that we’ve finally managed to start the bureaucratic ball rolling and are leaping through hoops of fire to try and get them some Acer Timeline notebooks in time for departure.

Getting Acer involved in this is no ordinary feat. The Acer Guy will always be a safety net for any involvement in this but you’ve got to admit this is one hell of politically charged mission: In Pete’s own words, “there will certainly be some risks involved and hopefully we will come back in one piece“. You can just imagine the looks on the faces of the suits in Acer when this proposal lands on their desk for approval later on today.

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I thought you guys would appreciate something altogether new.

The Acer Guy has been sitting here for the past three years building up a community of supporters all helping Acer customers out across the world. We’ve gained a lot of traction and have done more than I ever imagined for the social media cause. Thing is I’ve been thinking that there’s a lot more to social media than sorting out personal issues and expanding Acer’s brand footprint.

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