Link Mezza Plate #10
- iPad non-porn by Bob Parson’s marketing machine at GoDaddy.
- Tech Zealots and how to spot them in the wild.
- Megashark infographic. It’s the absolute truth.
- Without civil liberties, government is just a criminal racket by Stilgherrian
- The secret to great work is great play – so that would mean it’s no-longer work, right?
You know you're a geek when…
- You try and pass off your less than 1 year old iPhone to your non geek partner so you can get the new 32GB video enabled one.
- Life looks like a big content opportunity or a chance to have a say on the very obscure but mildly intriguing (that probably will be of zero interest to anyone non-geek). Unless (a) you make a fool of yourself or (b) you said something cutting edge, controversial or offensive in which case you hit a retweet gold mine.
- Writing a blog post has become a chore and an anomaly amongst a plethora of tweets which we all know is “time saving blogging” or otherwise know as 160 character rants.
- Facebook feels childish now and a “zombie chomp” from a friend is just damn irritating. How about you send me a frigging beer instead!
- You start referring to Facebook as FB. If so it’s time to stop using Facebook.
- The word SEO stops meaning opportunity and instead references all those people trying to infiltrate your LinkedIn and Twitter networks.
- When every pixel of white space means something special to you in the sense of design, screen real estate or most commonly an IE6 wireframe implementation headache.
- You stop opening PPT funny files sent to you from friends because generally there is an “I’m not evil please send me to all your friends and create good karma” message on the last slide. OR, when received from a fellow geek your anti-rick-roll defenses kick in.
- You don’t pay for virus software because you know that while AVG exists it’s like dropping a $50 notes through the grill of a street drain.
- You wonder how banks and telco companies with so much IT muscle can build such bad websites.
- You stop trying to fix problems with large companies and instead adopt a cancel service and move on approach.
- You know the font on a document just by looking at it from 100ft away.
- You know what would be a better font choice for that same document.
- You also know that font will look crap on a PC when compared to an Apple.
- You know PC could do better and can’t understand why PC doesn’t fight back with some “[long pause] Hi I’m Apple [long pause] I’m a bit slooooow” adverts.
- You think gradient shades of blue or grey in Web2.0 websites are pretty but will undoubtedly date at some point.
- You catch the train/bus to work so you can tweet and read blogs instead of lame bumper stickers and lower your carbon footprint.
- You get a call at least once a week from a non-geek relative asking you to fix their circa windows98 PC and being a true geek you are happy to help despite telling them every Christmas to switch to Mac next time as PC’s are really best left to the geeks who need power and like to get under the hood.
- You write a blog post about being a Geek and close it with…KTHXBAI
Pure Waters
The real James Boag ad is fantastic (1st video) and the followup by Guinness spoofing the success of the “Pure Waters” concept is equally clever (2nd video).
Google Maps X-files
A friend of mine bought a property up at Old Bar in northern NSW and told me that he noticed some strange features in the landscape up there. Here they are and the links to check them out yourself.
I love Google Maps, it reveals so much. Yes there is a privacy cost but if you have nothing to hide don’t worry it can’t hurt you.
Google Snapped
Treat with a dash of skepticism:
Stingray at Bondi Beach
Shark at North Styne Manly
Crop circle in the USA
Find any more?
As for Google Streetview, watch out for strange cars in your driveway, the milkman might be visiting home without you knowing it.
Link Mezza Plate #8
The Myth of The Launch Seth Godin
Transliteration – the Babel fish is here Alturnal
Gen Y loves banking online using Web2.0 apps Fin Extra
Setting Firefox to launch Gmail for mailto links Life Hacker
Surfing Mice YouTube
Donkey and Oil Price Correlation
Donkey prices are going through the roof. A good mate on the trading desk at Deutsche Bank I worked with sent me a hilarious news snippet (in a nervous laughter kind of way).
For those who are wondering if there is inflation: the Turkish newspaper Zaman reported the price of donkeys in Yozgat district in central Turkey has increased 7 fold as local people give up the use of tractors over high fuel prices. Because of increased demand, the price of one donkey grew from EUR 26 to about EUR 180.
Equally funny is Pete our CEO was telling me about a guy who buys Ass’s and sells them as Donkeys. They are the same beast. So the Ass fraternity needs to work on their personal brand a little.
It’s good to see some financial respect for the noble steeds.
Double Your Coding Speed
I read some trivia that claimed termites eat through wood twice as fast when listening to rock music. My anecdotal experience tells me this is true. You work faster because you get in the groove. The music tempo seems to push you along at a cheerful allegro pace.
In my head I hear the new Apple theme by Fiest but with my lyrics. “1,2,3,4 I’m eating at your wooden floor”
Salesforce.com New Years Surprise?
I’m not one for spreading rumors or second guessing corporate PR moves. However, for the second time in a week I was going underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge with much suspicion. Upon looking up at the wire frame structure that holds fireworks for New Years Eve, I couldn’t but help see what looked like the framework for the Salesforce.com “no software” trademark.
Not being able to resist any “photoshop-it” opportunity I did some cut and paste. Note some premier salesforce operatives were on the scene last week. I’m out on the harbour again tomorrow with some Saasu.com Insiders, so I’ll update you.
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Yes we really love beer here in Australia
Appropriate Friday afternoon find by our CEO, Peter Cooper. We are all thirsty for a Victoria Bitter and we’ve all done it at BBQ’s, but not this well!
