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Jul
04/09
CrunchPad
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 July 2009 10:42
Written by Cody Snider
Saturday, July 4th, 2009

If you’ve carried on a conversation with me regarding modern laptops, you’d know I LOVE netbooks and the underlying shift in the way computers are being built because of them.

Since the dawn of the personal computer as a reasonably priced appliance in the home, everything has been fueled by faster/bigger/more powerful. This has worked out really well for myself and other enthusiasts because it meant the latest-and-greatest would have to be competitively priced. But who needs a system with 4 cores for email, web and office applications (especially since most of this is freely available as an online service). Thanks, Google!

Well, the coolest little computer to be announced so far that really seems to tackle the need for a machine to elegantly do what is needed and nothing more is the CrunchPad. Check it out. Digg it. StumbleUpon it. We need more of this (let’s not even get started on the fact that keyboards and mice are still the main way to interact with our machines).

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May
31/09
Microsoft People Ready: Worst Campaign EVER
Last Updated on Sunday, 31 May 2009 09:22
Written by Cody Snider
Sunday, May 31st, 2009

This campaign is horrible, in my opinion. Here’s why:

They don’t actually say anything! These are 30-second rants that use meaningless phrases common to “Yes men” and consultants. For example, “A tsunami in business is kind of terrifying and you have to watch the management of your assets very carefully. You have to do things at the speed of light to stay ahead of the wolfpack and without technology we would be nowhere.”

Did he actually say anything relevant? Better yet, did he say anything about Microsoft? Who’s attention are the trying to capture? I honestly can’t believe they are throwing so much money away on this empty nonsense.

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