Dec 8
many devices do not mean many good experiences. we consume the internet via many devices -- none of which are designed with that in mind. inside you will find your joojoo, which is built for the ultimate browsing experience
Say what you will about the (de)merits of a $500 browse-only device. That copy is just terrible.
Nov 28
Put simply, the healthcare reform bill would make the United States more like western Europe. That may mean more security about healthcare, but it also means that future generations of Americans will likely spend more time enjoying leisure.
I guess I'm unclear on the concept.
Nov 11
Fantastic, brilliant and beautiful dissection of Choose Your Own Adventure.
Oct 26
Disney is releasing a 3-D thrill-ride version of A Christmas Carol, but there's some risk (3D!) that it will be (3D!) seen as a gimmick (3D!). From a
NYT article about A Christmas Carol:
"For starters, the studio is replowing perhaps the most overplowed piece of intellectual property in history. The 1843 novella about a greedy curmudgeon who is visited by three apparitions on Christmas Eve is old enough that it is public domain, and it has been adapted for stage, television and film more than 50 times in recent decades, including an all-dog version."
How, exactly does one conduct an all-dog production of a play?
Oct 22
Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone," Ballmer said. "That's why they've got 75,000 applications — they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone.
I can't actually come up with a metaphor that captures what Ballmer thinks the internet is. Has he ever actually seen the thing?, I wonder.
Oct 20
Because of the actions of two Republican senators, every day this month 7,000 jobless workers have lost their unemployment insurance (UI) coverage. Each day these two Republicans continue to stand in the way of Senate passage of a UI extension, 7,000 more workers will run out of benefits.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has tried twice to bring the UI measure to a vote on the Senate floor. First Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), then Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) blocked action.
Kyl, goes without saying, is too. I have the sharp pain of being "represented" by both of them, past and present.
Oct 20
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missed opportunity
One quick note on the DroidDoes campaign: the whole site is built in Flash, which makes it completely unreadable on the iPhone. This fact may be some cute inside baseball play on the "iDon't" theme, but as a marketing tactic it's absolutely boneheaded. Dear Verizon: your campaign is a meme. You want it to spread. To people with iPhones.
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missed opportunity
One quick note on the DroidDoes campaign: the whole site is built in Flash, which makes it completely unreadable on the iPhone. This fact may be some cute inside baseball play on the "iDon't" theme, but as a marketing tactic it's absolutely boneheaded. Dear Verizon: your campaign is a meme. You want it to spread. To people with iPhones.
I tried to check out the DroidDoes site myself last night, and had much the same impression. Any web site that presents solely gigantic flash splash page (rendered a big grey box by Click to Flash), offers an opportunity to skip the intro (also in Flash) that, when selected, still presents a short whiz-bang cinematic, all to allow the user to get to a second page that functions solely to harvest email addresses and contains no useful information whatsoever, is not a successful effort.
If that's all your web site does, I wouldn't advise putting the URL in your expensive TV ad.