Pages Tagged “Missing the Point”
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- That Blue Checkmark
Twitter Blue is what happens when you start treating a tool as a status symbol, so you throw the tools away and start selling gold-plated hammers made out of thin plastic.
- Twitter: Amp Up the Noise
Making the blue check mark mean “This person can afford $20/month†instead of “This person is who they say they are†is only the latest way Twitter has downgraded its signal/noise ratio over the years.
- They Didn’t Know What They Were Getting Into: the Woods
A surprising number of people who reviewed the movie on IMDB didn’t know it was going to be a musical or a darker, complex take on the stories.
- The REAL Problem with Twitter
Twitter asks its users the wrong question, and it’s outgrowing the limitations of SMS messages.
- Blocking the Impulse Buy: Shazam, Amazon MP3 Store and Android
How I *almost* bought an album from my phone immediately after hearing a song on the radio, and what obstacles stopped me.
- Missing the Point of Organic Farming
Study finds organic food doesn’t contain more nutrients than conventional. So? That’s not what its proponents were claiming in the first place.
- Going to the Movies—Not!
Apparently the movie industry is trying to come up with an ad campaign to get people back into theaters. The LA Times doesn’t seem to take the idea terribly seriously, as they’ve suggested the slogan, “Movies: Just like DVDs, but Larger.” Meanwhile, theaters and studios are blaming each other for the decline in attendance: Theater […]
- Disney/Pixar: More than CGI
It looks like the media is still viewing Disney’s acquisition of Pixar in terms of 3-D computer animation vs. 2-D hand animation. I still think they’re missing the point. Disney’s new golden age started with The Little Mermaid in 1989 and ran through The Lion King in 1994. Pixar’s unbroken string of hits started with […]
- Garbage Doors
Since our apartment complex was taken over by new ownership and management last year, they’ve embarked on a months-long project to “rehab” the complex. In some cases, this meant long-overdue repairs like replacing all the plumbing and water heaters, or rebuilding the balconies with less termite-laden wood. In some cases, this meant cosmetic changes like […]
- What’s Really Behind Site Finder Backlash
SiteFinder was a “service” Verisign offered for a few weeks in 2003 in which DNS lookups to any non-existant domain in .com or .net responded with a pointer to an ad page. Techies revolted because it broke a lot of stuff. Verisign attempted to paint opponents of Site Finder as a minority of anti-innovation “technology […]
- So much for keeping up to date
Two years ago, the company I work for moved to a new office. We used to do most of our domain name registrations through Network Solutions, mainly out of habit from when they were the only registrar, and accounts were of two types: Contacts. This involved a person or role and contact information. Domain names. […]
- Don’t you people READ?
Some people are so determined to make demands that they can’t be bothered to take 5 seconds to notice that they’re sending them to the wrong place.
- The Turn Signal Is Your Friend
Given that most of us think we are above-average drivers, you’d think people wouldn’t expect other drivers to be telepathic. Turn signals prevent other drivers from hitting you! (Or at least reduce the chances of it.) I am amazed time and time again as I see people driving shiny new Mercedes, Lexuses (Lexi?), and BMWs […]