7 Jun
2012
7 Jun
'12
10:01 p.m.
I don't know if anyone on this list watches Futurama but there was an
amusing episode poking fun at the iphone and social media. It covered
themes such as brand brain-washing, twitter and "followers" as a measure of
popularity, and the very transient nature of internet popularity itself.
Here is a short clip from it. It's worth watching the whole episode if it
ever comes your way.
http://youtu.be/EaHUpWuqNHY
One of the most amusing scenes for me was on people trudging "zombie like"
in a long queue towards the shop selling these "eyephones". It may have
been deliberate or just coincidental, but it conjured up the image of the
IBM zombies trudging to their benches in the famous IBM vrs Mac ad of
1984. Oh, the irony! (-:
Terry (Tez)
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Holm, my
friend, this is one area in which you and I must disagree. I
hate phone calls. So disruptive.
Am I the only person here who sometimes totally ignores a ringing
telephone if I am doing somethign that I don't want to interrupt?
I refuse to handle technical questions by telephone. I want to be able to
take the time to get out the manuals, look things up, etc. That means
e-mail.
-tony