Owke, so it’s not so bad as having surgery to look like your idol like the people you see on that show on MTV, but still, this might be going a bit too far.
I do agree that Steve Jobs is a genius. He’s in large responsible for the success of both Apple and Pixar and is a master in creating interest in the brands he’s leading with the marketing approaches he takes. So yes, there is a bit of admiration. But still, and keeping in mind that he is a geek idol, wanting to look like Steve is not something I want to do.
There has been some blogging going around about Microsoft’s Origami page. Suspecting that it has nothing to do with the folding of paper, rumors have turned towards a sort of media device. We’ll have to wait a few more days (March 2nd) to learn more.
But what’s interesting is the approach Microsoft is taking with this. Microsoft has been known to announce products way ahead of their release dates (just take a look at Windows Vista and Office 2007 which are nowhere near their release date), but it seems now they take a more (dare I say it) Apple approach with this. They already had a sort of similar campaign with the release of the XBOX 360 with their origen site.
But could this be a marketing turn for Microsoft? Could they change their strategy and come up with surprise products every once in a while? Are they willing to become part of the rumor mill? Only time will tell, but It would certainly create a bit of excitement for a brand which is considered a bit dull.
One of the more fun things as a kid when visiting a fast food venue like McDonalds or Burger King were the playing areas with those ball pools. But when you come to a certain age, it’s considdered a bit odd to be sitting in one of those.
If you find yourself reminiscing over your youth and the fun you had while being surrounded by all those plasitc balls, you might want to check out the Napmosphere. Intended to use for power-napping, this could also be used to become that kid in the ball pool again.
Sometimes I’m truly amazed at the behaviour of some people. Take this for example; Lost Camera is the blog of a woman who lost her digicam on her trip to Hawaii. In order to give her friends and family some views of where she’s been, she used photo’s posted by others on Flickr (a very novel idea if you ask me).
Then out of the blue she got a call from a park ranger in Hawaii saying that he had the adress of a Canadian family who might have found her camera. She contacted them and in that phone call it became clear that those persons found the camera. But here’s the thing: they weren’t willing to give back the camera since their child liked it so much. Say what? And even after they argreed on sending the memory card and $ 50 for the camera (which was not near the amount it was worth), the family decided to send just a few cd’s with the foto’s because they “need the memory cards to operate the camera properly”.
The thing that struck me most is this: in order to teach their child to “do the right thing” they called the park ranger in the first place. Now, this teaching apparantly involves showing the kid that it’s OK to keep things that aren’t yours if you like them enough. And (although the kid might not know this) comming back on an agreement. Nice parenting.
I don’t know the law regarding lost & found, but to me, this is theft.
