Sitzpisser

Apple (Yeah, Buzzword this Weekend!) is most definitely not following the oh-so sacred Google-Rule "Don't be evil!" (Just remember, and Google obviously remembers this too: Rules are there to be broken), but still i am merely dragged in by their stuff such as the iPod (no, i don't own one), MacBooks (don't even ask!) and such.

This was happening to me with the iPhone when it was first announced. I managed to get it out of my head, but i read about the first campers in front of the Apple-Stores because of the iPhone-Release so i visited apple.com and watched the "Guided Tour"-Video about this precious little thing (well, we'll re-discuss that after the first week of distribution and a lot of remote exploits later).

To spoil this precious hymn on Apple and it's products ('bout time ...):

DON'T LET MISTER SLIME PERSONALLY PRESENT YOUR PRODUCT ON THE INTERNET! ... unless you want to see the company stock skydive of course.

Seriously now: the guy that is presenting the iPhone on this Video is annoying in his looks, gestures, voice, generally his complete behavior and appearance. I hope they didn't aired that because if so they will be struggling to break even the 50.000-sales-Mark this Weekend.

Gerade sah ich mir bei Hanno die Präsentationen über DRM und Windows Vista an und war etwas geplättet. Stichwort „Who owns your Computer?“ - besonders die Kommentare von Bruce Schneier waren für mich wirklich überraschen.
Eine ziemlich gute Zusammenfassung die das Wegschauen mal wieder etwas zu schwer macht. Sehr zu empfehlen.

Bei mir wird im Moment gerade ein neuer Rechner fällig und – wie man so schön auf Neudeutsch sagt – i am having second thoughts.