We’ve Come So Far
No that’s not a cosutme, RJD really deoes look like a troll.
“Jump on the tiger. You can feel his heart, but you know he’s mean”, metal gold I tells ya, metal gold.
Archive for September, 2007
Community Job Board
Community Guy, former cohort, BlogOrlando speaker and all-around sharp guy, Jake McKee has a new new venture underway. Part of his strategy includes a free job board, a departure from the current cash model. If you are looking for an online community gig or know someone who is, check it out or pass the link along. You’ve got nothing to lose so no excuses.
Thoughts on iPhone Price Drop
I’m curious what folks think about the price drop, specifically those of you who - like me - are well outside any sort of return/re-shelve/refund window. Are you upset? Couldn’t care less? Do you agree with Jobs that it’s “just technology”?
Personally I think it’s bad form, but not entirely unexpected. I’d like that $200 back, but I believe it was a $600 product then and I’ve made good use of it in those two months. It is a shitty tack for the company to take to burn people willing to take a leap into a new frontier with them, and they will never again see a launch like they had with this phone. There’s also a real potential for new buyers to shy away now, Apple has been notorious for these price slashing prior to a new revision, which is certainly possible (although not probable) before Christmas. Apple has become a consumer product business, and the exemplary customer satisfaction they tout in their marketing and interviews took a hit yesterday. If they keep this up they will be a big consumer electronics business like they wish to be, the kind everyone hates.
The drop also shows a weakness in the market for the product and the overt profit-taking being done upfront. I believe Apple was hedging their bets on demand and wanted to isolate a price point that kept buzz high, demand under control and supplies in-line. To those ends, I feel Apple is struggling with the product (nearly a million sold in 10 weeks doesn’t add up to 10 million in 53 weeks, even with holiday feasting). The price drop is meant to stir interest and grab the remnant buyers out there, but I think ultimately the Touch is going to make the most of the iPhone R&D spending and we’ll see the iPhone go the way of the Newton. My gut says this time next year there will not be a cell phone Apple product on the market.
Am I nuts? Let me hear it.
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Swiss Poster Gallery
If you’re a design geek you’ll enjoy this, I’ve posted a new Swiss poster gallery, chock full of mid-century and a earlier works. Jim Coudal made several references to Swiss poster design in his An Event Apart presentation in Chicago, which reinvigorated my appreciation for these design works.
These images come from International Poster, so if you have a few hundred bucks laying around you can jump over there and buy the prints.
I Can Haz Ur Spam Problemz Solved
Best comment spam ever. For the record, extortion/blackmail is not the way to my commenting heart folks.
hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot of spammers and I will ask them not to post on your site. It will reduce the volume of spam by 30-50% .In return Id like to ask you to put a link to my site on the index page of your site. The link will be small and your visitors will hardly notice it , its just done for higher rankings in search engines.
Thanks, but no-thanks Richard - Dick for short.
Like Reading a Mirror
Or looking into a book, that is my own autobiography, chock full of bits about me and stuff I like. That’s what reading this post is like for me. Creepy, a post with Design Within Reach AND Yacht Rock, who is this guy, my shadow?
