You can rule the world, with my ideas and leadership, of course.
Apparently I owe Facebook one message.
In all seriousness, though, the sort of technical issues I commonly see with Facebook remind me of how MySpace was running before it, well, went strongly out of favor.
(If you don’t understand, look at the message count on the screenshot above.)
I have ignored you for a month. I am sorry.
Shifty eyes
How about I emerge –sync and emerge –update world you to make things better?
Today I test Siri for iPhone. I wanted to find a hotel in Vancouver B.C.
The results speak for themselves.
It’s NEW Massive Attack! Ok, so their new album isn’t as amazing as I had hoped; this song is pretty decent. Plus, it fits into my day today. Finally, any video with clips from 60’s Batman – epic.
Since the introduction of the iPad there has been an amazing amount of complaining about it online.
All of it is actually pretty amazing considering the product isn’t even legally licensed to be sold in the United States, yet. Yes, all of these complaints over something which is literally still an R&D device. This is the problem. People have formed conclusions off of something which really does not firmly exist. I would be negligent if I didn’t mention this is pretty much par for the course with human actions, I believe; however, this is a case where I feel like I should at least say something.
At this point in time, I believe people, especially younger or male humans, are comfortable with technology. This does not mean they know how to use technology. Yes, great – you think you know a lot about computers. In fact, you may even know quite a bit; however, that does not mean you actually understand the technology involved. Moreover, comfort with technology is a far way from anticipating how people will consume (or not) that same tech.
This is where a lot of the gripes come from, I think.
People on the internet want features x, y and z in their device without an understanding of what would be required to deliver on them or how the average end-user would consume (or not) those very features. Moreover, if products were simply designed to meet expectations, I’d argue that product evolution would look very different. Just because you know what you want does not mean it’s actually a good idea.
What annoys me the most, I think, is the fact that all of the iPad gripes I have heard revolve around an assumption that things will always be as they were when the device was launched. More specifically, there is no future, only the present. This leads me to think that the people who “understand” the technology might be able to identify the unit components but they obviously cannot see the long-term potential.
In this case, specific to the iPad, do they really think that the current iPhone OS (3.2) is the one actually intended for use on the device in the next year? Really? Isn’t it obvious that Apple has learned lessons, from Sega and Sony, especially, that launching hardware without robust software is silly? Moreover, like the iPhone, the evolution of the software, both Apple and non-Apple will make-or-break the device.
Really, you are going to complain about multitasking? Yes, you are correct, it can’t do it now but do you really think it will behave exactly like you think forever? This works the other way, too. You need a USB port? What the hell for?
For people so into technology I am pretty amazed how technophobic their ideas turn out to be.
As it turns out, all of the iPad grumbling on the Internet is a bunch of geeks wanting to do what they always long for – find a sense of community, like any other human beings. All of the complaining stifles the important question of what can this do?
All of this is pretty obvious, I think. People who consume products may understand them but they can’t generally design them, especially when a strong business case is required. Therefore, it really pisses me off that all of the complaining is taken as fact, even by “news” organizations – simply because it’s “technological” it must mean some idiot in their parents’ basement has a valid point.
Part of me wants want to make a video on how the Internet has acted in the last week. I want to go to the store and tell the manager I am offended by the “pads” available in the office supplies section. Additionally, I will yell at all of the products and people about why I hate the product, I find it lacking in design and how I totally intend on waiting for the Google version of the product.
All of this has happened before – original iPhone and Nintendo Wii ring any bells? How about the original iPod? Point is, people who consume can’t necessarily design. It’s great do daydream but an orgy of self-generating empathy over an inherent inability to understand the present or visualize the future … just pisses me off.
This is intended for someone; I am posting it here since they may not want it on their Facebook wall. This is in response to a status of theirs which said – The good ones: they’re always taken.
People keep sending random (personal) messages to my GMail account. I have been getting messages for Jamaris Malone, if only I had such a cool name, for years now.
Today I open my email and get this gem. I have no idea what it says, means or implies; however, I’d rather not use a rolling pin on place of laxitives.
It’s 10:30 and there are two eldery men on the bus. In between yelling at the teenage boys, they are exchanging jokes. This is hilarious.
Two jokes I enjoy:
“How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? – One, the lightbulb really has to want to change.”
“What did Tarzan say to the elephant with sunglasses? – Nothing, he didn’t recognize it.”
Oh man, these guys will say anything when they are hopped up on prune juice!
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