Fake Steve Jobs is back. I haven’t read Fake Steve in a while, but this article on the Chrome OS is as good as it gets. Choice bits are “You also may not have noticed, but nobody uses Chrome. Because Chrome is shit. Just utter, utter shit. Our guys on the Safari team even had special toilet paper made up with a Chrome logo on every sheet. That's how bad it is.” “How much more out of control and undisciplined can Google get? They've got Android, and nobody wants it. What's next? A Gmail-based operating system? Honestly, Google, is there anyone in charge over there? Is there anyone who knows how to criticize anything in that fucked up little Montessori preschool of yours?”
Bing Moves. As you know, I’m a Bing Man now. Apparently Bing is now getting more visitors than Digg, Twitter and CNN (though still well behind Google.) Also in Bing News, this New York Times article describes Bing as a better service than Google.
It’s like what Helen said. When an 82-year-old woman calls out Sarah Palin I say God Bless America. “She actually stood there and talked about how the Palins had a family meeting and everyone agreed…The only family meetings the Palins have involve someone peeing on an early pregnancy test stick.” Visit Margaret and Helen’s blog if for no other reason than to see their banner.
New ChangeThis releases. I look forward to receiving my monthly notice of new ChangeThis PDF newsletters. Here are two that I plan on reading next time I put my laptop on my Nordic Track Ski reading rack. 60.02 – The Hub Mentality: Shifting from Business Transactions to Community Interaction, and 60.03 – 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements.
Pee to Save the Planet. With renewal energy concepts like powering Hydrogen-Powered cars with urine, I can’t help but think that we may indeed free ourselves from our dependency on oil someday.
Another day, another con. Check out the low-tech simplistic genius of this new “man-in-the-phone” con. A criminal calls a target claiming to be the target’s bank fraud department. The victim is put on hold while the criminal calls the bank, but staying on the line on mute. After obtaining all of the authentication info of the victim the criminal calls the bank and starts withdrawing cash. I can’t believe there are people like that in the world. Fuckers.
Killer Microsoft Surface Apps. A whole bunch of next-generation Fast Company videos of Microsoft Surface Apps. I didn’t watch any of them, but still.
Pandora’s Tim Westergren is a class act. I’m so impressed with Tim Westergren’s management of Pandora. I received an email from him a few days ago after the ruling with the RIAA was reached. As a result of the ruling Pandora was limiting free listening to 40 hours a month. “You might fit into that category,” the email said. Heck, I fit into that category each month with my Christmas Station alone! Westergren came off as completely genuine and looking out for his users’ best interest. After reading that email I happily went to Pandora.com and subscribed to the $36 annual Pandora One plan. It’s a fantastic deal and I’m loving the desktop client.
Yet another brilliant Apple Ad. “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” On YouTube.
Trapp Family Zune. I mentioned that I had posted photos of our visit to the Trapp Family lodge last weekend. Vintage Vermont. Beautiful. What I didn’t tell you, I was waiting for my wife and daughter outside of the Trapp Family Tea Room and saw a late-teen fellow enter the building with his folks who was plugged-in to Zune-like black earbuds. “IS THAT A ZUNE?!” I asked him as he approached the door. He looked at me in dazed recognition. “YOU KNOW…ZUNE! A PORTABLE MP3 DEVICE,” I said. “Nah, man. It’s an iPod Touch.” So close!