Do you hate the holidays?
If so, buy our special…!
Damn, I hate the holidays! There’s nothing holy in them, just marketing and shopping. For Christmas, try to be kinder and better, so go shop! A book and a keychain will make everything better!
What we really need
Not another social bookmark, social site, web2.0 bullshit. We really need faster and better technology. On my list:
- A laptop that is lighter and with a battery that lasts longer than 2 hours. my Dell dies after I turn wifi on. and sometimes I really want to blog live from conferences.
- A cell phone that films better and has a good battery. my Nokia N82 has a 5 megapixel camera and gets pretty good video. but I want more.
- A fixed Firefox. I am tired of the memory leaks that slows down the browser. I do not mind that it takes 1gb of my ram (I have 2.5), but I want it to work!
- Faster internet. and here I include all those pixelated videos on YouTube, that I hate watching.
That is what we need.
Too much noise
I have an account on LinkedIn. I find it useful into tracking my old colleagues and friends.
Two days ago I got one on facebook, because it said I cannot access a user profile if I didn’t have an account. I signed up and…I still couldn’t see the profile, because I need to be friends with that person. Usability fail. Anyway, some people found me and added me as a friend, so I got mails with their requests. I got pulled back in into facebook. And I stuck around for a couple minutes. Way too much noise. The wall, the side notes, the tracking of people. Way too lazy for everything.
I think the internet has become a busy intersection. You want to get stuff done, read some news, check your email, see some gadgets or naked ladies, but you cannot move because of all the noise. Facebook, Twitter, SecondLife, FriendFeed and others I don’t know about…Lot of noise. Not getting much done and not advancing in technology, all because of the noise. Latest dumb thing? Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on my mobile. Because all I really wanted to do is watch those beautiful girls on a little screen.
SearchWiki goes on and off
It would be great if everybody could see it. And it would be even greater if it would clean up the web of spammy/seo sites. I would really love to see google get tough with it.
the depressed sheep
We were having fun with Scott, who is from New Zeeland, and his pet kangaroo. And he asked me about our national animal.
Well, Romania’s national animal is a depressed sheep. Named “Miorita”.