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On the Strange Power of Social Media
Posted by admin on 28 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Once upon a time, before the Internet was the Web, there was USENET. And on USENET, there was Kibo. Kibo’s chief claim to fame was that, anytime anyone anywhere on USENET made a posting which contained the string “kibo” (whether in actual reference to him, or in random unrelated words like “skiboot”), he would post a message, usually of a somewhat surrealistic nature in response.
Anyone can pretty much do that now.
I posted a message on Twitter this morning, commenting that I was going to watch a new DVD I’d gotten, Pandorum, by Christian Alvart. I’d noticed, but missed, it in the theaters, and I didn’t realize until I looked at the case that he’d directed it—I like one of his earlier films, Antibodies, quite a bit.
I go and look an hour or two later, and I’ve got a new “follower”: Christian Alvart.
Remarkable. Pandorum’s a good film. If you liked Dark City, I think you’d enjoy it.
PS: I am, as it happens, Christian Alvart 666th follower. Neither of us seems entirely certain what to make of this.
And Now For Something Completely Different: Stattenfield’s Suggestion Box
Posted by admin on 28 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Great moments in Apple history:
After we’d finished up with Mac OS 8, and were beginning to plot Mac OS 9, a nicely-made ”Mac OS 9 Suggestion Box” appeared on the wall outside of Tech Lead Keith Stattenfield’s office, with the helpful sign, ”Please leave your suggestions for Mac OS 9 here!” When you put a note into the slot, a whirring sound started, the paper was sucked into the box and a hail of confetti poured out the bottom into a waiting wastebasket.