January 30th, 2010 |
Digital Strategy
Two days ago, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of geeks, myself included, spent a couple of hours intently watching (sort of) Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil his company’s latest “magical creation,” the iPad. By sort of, I mean that there was no live video feed, so I followed a live blog (literally a webpage that posts a few new pictures and comments every 30 seconds) and listened to a choppy audio broadcast from the iPhone of someone who was in the auditorium. Yes, it is as pathetic as it sounds. But I digress. What I want to talk about is the backlash, partially deserved, but mostly not in my opinion, against Apple’s launch of the iPad, which given the hype surrounding this event, was probably inevitable.
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November 8th, 2009 |
Digital StrategyDISCLAIMER: Tumblr isn’t new and this is not a review. It is an analysis of Tumblr’s past, present and future, focusing on the site’s community, etiquette, and possible implications to copyright.
Tumblr is the future of blogging, and perhaps the future of art, and it’s going to change the world. It’s Twitter meets WordPress meets Flickr, not in terms of its technology per se, but in terms of community and popular usage. If you wonder how the next generation of artists feel about copyright, go to Tumblr. They are quietly starting a revolution while the rest of the world is busy tweeting like there’s no tomorrow. Do I think Twitter is a waste of time or that it’ll go the way of the dodo? (cough, MySpace) Absolutely not, but much has been made about the fact that teens don’t use Twitter, I suspect that they don’t because they find it boring (words only? seriously?) compared to a service like Tumblr. But I’ll get back to the kids in a minute.
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