Yet another DEVO-hat logo: oFono, a joint venture between Intel and Nokia to create an open source mobile telephony stack. Considering the parties involved, the site is surprisingly anemic. Maybe they just don’t want to lay out the cash. Open source panacea in effect, y’all.
Intel wants to be sure it has a horse in the mobile device race, and Nokia… well, seeing how anemic the Ovi store is versus the install base, Nokia seems to be adopting a shotgun approach to the future. Ordinarily, you could cut the big fish some slack while it got its act together (see: Microsoft discovering the Internet.) The problem is that it’s up against big fish Microsoft, Apple, Google, RIM, and the little guppy that could: Palm. Right now, Nokia can’t afford to pull another 3650 out of its ass.
Yes. Barack Obama needs to show off how many (virtual) friends he has by having conversations with dozens of them in public — cyber-yells across the ether. What we would get would be his raw nuggets of wisdom, unfiltered by the Washington machine. What could go wrong? All that filtering and word-crafting is a waste of time when you’re just talking to your Twitter friends. You can trust them. Your enemies are only scrutinizing the old media.
And look, he obviously needs the publicity. It’s not like he’s well-known in… uhhh… well… countries with less than five television sets? Frankly, the mainstream media has done a rotten job creating a cult of personality around the Obamas. There is a danger in going too far with the paper-mâché, though.
Speaking as an honest-to-goodness latte-sipping New York liberal: I am not a big fan of the NY Times, but this may be the most horrible article they have ever published. If this article were posted on any half-decent ‘hobbyist’ message board (one dedicated to cars, or video games, or even cooking), the responses would take only three forms:
“LOL”
“nice troll”
“Never post again.”
Come to think of it, the article may have ended up in the Tech/Lifestyle section because the editors considered it “too embarassing” to include on the Op-Ed page.
P.S. Meditate on the phrase “needs to tweet”. It’s fun. So fun. Needs to tweet.
I helped my dad move a whole bunch of furniture yesterday. Yesterday was Good Friday. I got the stigmata yesterday. Very hard not to see this as a sign [that I should be more careful.]
Came across some Chimay cheese last night. The monks make it at the abbey along with their famous beers. This particular one is bathed in beer and has a reputation for nuttiness.
Yet another DEVO-hat logo: oFono, a joint venture between Intel and Nokia to create an open source mobile telephony stack. Considering the parties involved, the site is surprisingly anemic. Maybe they just don’t want to lay out the cash. Open source panacea in effect, y’all.
Yes. Barack Obama needs to show off how many (virtual) friends he has by having conversations with dozens of them in public — cyber-yells across the ether. What we would get would be his raw nuggets of wisdom, unfiltered by the Washington machine. What could go wrong? All that filtering and word-crafting is a waste of time when you’re just talking to your Twitter friends. You can trust them. Your enemies are only scrutinizing the old media.
Shorts weather at long last! Never mind that it was snowing only ten days ago. Now I can see my legs outside. NEVER MIND.
I helped my dad move a whole bunch of furniture yesterday. Yesterday was Good Friday. I got the stigmata yesterday. Very hard not to see this as a sign [that I should be more careful.]
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