Friday, April 15. 2011
My Smartphone Ain’t Stupid. Although it didn’t get no smarter.
In November I wrongly stated: my Blackberry Smartphone was Dumb.
WRONG. It was the people who made it.
Palm took the “electronic organizer” from an Atari kids toy, to a must have device of the 90’s. HP tried to connect it to the web, Compaq did it, but less than easy-to-use. It was RIM with it’s Blackberry that took the “pager” and “handheld organizer” scrunched ‘em together and “made email on the go” a real, viable and “can’t live without” product – the “Crackberry”. Attaching a phone came later...way later.
So how is it that this amazing brain-trust that changed how we all communicate through the air, just launched their new – competitive, market leading – world changer – the Playbook, without email?
Yes, yes, ok – if you ‘tether’ the Playbook to an actual Blackberry, like how you did it in the old days -- strap a bigger battery and a modem onto an iPAQ – you had a ‘wireless’ device – kind’a.
RIM says "wait, its coming later" - that's funny... cause they invented "connected" - and that translates to "I want it now!"
Shakespeare would call this “ironic tragedy” a device used by writers. But this wasn’t intentional was it? Maybe it's just “shortwaved”?
WRONG. It was the people who made it.
Palm took the “electronic organizer” from an Atari kids toy, to a must have device of the 90’s. HP tried to connect it to the web, Compaq did it, but less than easy-to-use. It was RIM with it’s Blackberry that took the “pager” and “handheld organizer” scrunched ‘em together and “made email on the go” a real, viable and “can’t live without” product – the “Crackberry”. Attaching a phone came later...way later.
So how is it that this amazing brain-trust that changed how we all communicate through the air, just launched their new – competitive, market leading – world changer – the Playbook, without email?
Yes, yes, ok – if you ‘tether’ the Playbook to an actual Blackberry, like how you did it in the old days -- strap a bigger battery and a modem onto an iPAQ – you had a ‘wireless’ device – kind’a.
RIM says "wait, its coming later" - that's funny... cause they invented "connected" - and that translates to "I want it now!"
Shakespeare would call this “ironic tragedy” a device used by writers. But this wasn’t intentional was it? Maybe it's just “shortwaved”?
Tuesday, April 12. 2011
...oh Tony!
Tony Clement when questioned about a purported $50 Million Goody Fund dispersed throughout his riding in the run-up to the G5 Summit, gave the following response:
“...again, I have nothing to apologize for...”
Did he mean... once again - as in, oops, ....I did it and, and again I deny,
OR
Did he mean... I’ll say it again in case you missed my first bold face lack of embarrassment....
Politicians – got to love’em. If not why do we pay them such outlandish pensions?
“...again, I have nothing to apologize for...”
Did he mean... once again - as in, oops, ....I did it and, and again I deny,
OR
Did he mean... I’ll say it again in case you missed my first bold face lack of embarrassment....
Politicians – got to love’em. If not why do we pay them such outlandish pensions?
Monday, April 11. 2011
An election? Maybe a 3 ring circus?
On Iggy...He’s just not a stake holder. No property ownership in Canada, although a place in Provence, France. His wife, a nice lady is not a Citizen. And none of my biz – but they share no kids growing up and effected by the today and tomorrow of this country. So where’s his stake in the ground here? I like when Leader’s are also Stakeholders. And speaking of his wife – she says he sleeps well at night because he neither reads the polls, or listens to the news.... a man sensitive to his surroundings? Or, disconnected from his 'people'? As a Leader he wasn't even elected - more so the powers that ran the party anointed this fella. Why?
On the LayTon. Of course one of his issues about the ‘proposed budget’ was not enough affordable housing. In 1985 while earning an excellent salary as a Toronto City Councillor, he and Olivia, also earning an excellent public sector salary, took up residence in a housing cooperative subsidized by the federal government. Good to see that even back then he had a Federal leaning.
Lest you think me of narrow focus - read ‘their’ platforms not from this election – look at the past few. Our Leader Stephen wanted Senate Reform – until he got the right to “appoint”. He wanted transparency – until he read the Kings New Clothes.
Yes, please, let’s do another Stephen led minority – I’m just too scared of any one of them, or either ‘group’ of them having actual unfettered power.
On the LayTon. Of course one of his issues about the ‘proposed budget’ was not enough affordable housing. In 1985 while earning an excellent salary as a Toronto City Councillor, he and Olivia, also earning an excellent public sector salary, took up residence in a housing cooperative subsidized by the federal government. Good to see that even back then he had a Federal leaning.
Lest you think me of narrow focus - read ‘their’ platforms not from this election – look at the past few. Our Leader Stephen wanted Senate Reform – until he got the right to “appoint”. He wanted transparency – until he read the Kings New Clothes.
Yes, please, let’s do another Stephen led minority – I’m just too scared of any one of them, or either ‘group’ of them having actual unfettered power.
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