Steve Jobs in a letter on Apple.com explaining why they’re not supporting Flash on their mobile devices.
It is basically just one big, public spanking. Now that’s how you air your dirty laundry.
The Hello Dolly: There is nothing more annoying that someone whose initial message is just, “Hello.” What this says is, “I want to talk to you, but I can’t be bothered to think up a question nor is the conversation going to go in any direction. I am bored and want to talk.”
It was alarmingly easy—though not at all surprising—to think of someone who falls into one of these nine annoying texting archetypes. I, myself, am guilty of being The Never Call and occasionally The Unresponder. Whoops.
I can definitely think of someone who’s a Double Down… Cough.
Panic—already just about the coolest software development company ever—just took email marketing to a whole ’nother level.
Using colorful slashes in Helvetica to mimic the airmail edge is just pure genius.
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The Geocities-izer allows you to make any modern webpage look like it was made by a thirteen year-old in 1996, replete with background music and dancing baby GIFs. Below is just one of the ways it can style the New York Times. Try it out.
It’s like I got in a hot tub time machine and woke up in the ’80s ’90s.
Instead of praising the iPad, critics express their disappointment, because they expected more. They expected a genre buster. They expected something they’d never seen before, something beyond their imagination. Something revolutionary.
They’re disappointed that the iPad is so… well… unsurprising.
Therein, of course, lies the genius.
One of the best essays on why the iPad will be legendary when Apple’s previous attempt—the adorable yet ahead-of-its-time Newton—was not.
Out of 90 pre-orders, it looks like only 64 stuck around with a JooJoo. And Fusion Garage cc’d all 64 loyal customers on the same email. So sad. And so ridiculously funny.
I am a technology professional. For almost 20 years I’ve tested, used, broke, fixed, and played with all kinds of technology from broadcasting to air conditioning to software. I am not easily swayed in these things. But even with all my skepticism, I think the iPad is something different. A new way of computing that will become commonplace.
Oh Internets, I know you won’t believe till you hold one in your hands. You’ll bang on about features, data plans, DRM, open source, and a multitude of issues. You’ll storm the message boards, wring your hands, and promise you won’t buy one till ‘Gen 2’. The din will grow and grow as time passes.
And then one day, in a few months, you will actually hold one and use it. And you will say, “I want one. I want one right now.”
” —CruftHipster Kitty watched American Idol before America existed.
I liked Hipster Kitty before Tumblr existed. Then I lol’d when I realized I was listening to MPP while posting this.
I’ll try, but I don’t forgive easily.
Very interesting “game” that attempts to guess how you’d answer a series of questions just by analyzing your Twitter feed.
Several of the earlier questions seemed far too easy—the tech-related ones wouldn’t need a genius to “predict”—but it was truly surprising how accurate the predictions as a whole were. It predicted 34 of 35 questions correctly, only stumbling on whether I own a Polaroid camera (I don’t).
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