2 posts tagged “technology”
Head trip of the week: any major company that has a media player (Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Real, etc) got sued today by Media Rights Technologies because they didn't use a company's patented technology to prevent distribution of copyrighted works... apparently they've been "actively avoiding the use of MRT’s technologies," a policy they claim has been the cause of copyright infringement.
I won't even bother to comment on this... the absurdity speaks for itself.
Stuff like this almost makes me want to be a judge, so that I could just send these guys packing...
Everyone has an opinion about Twitter. There's been a lot of buzz about it and I'm feeling like the only one with a clear enough head to debunk the damn thing. Twitter is perfect for...
1) Computer people. They have constant access to the internet and therefore the ability to update their status and check others at will.
2) Insecure people. Because, seriously, do you honestly believe that people need to know what you're doing at this exact instant?
3) Creepy people. That public timeline? Hit refresh every 20 seconds and you've got a whole new batch people to look at. Problem is that you'll stuck peering at the people on this list.
4) Obsessive people. Because, seriously, do you really have to know what someone (everyone) is doing right now?
Looking at that list (which is only the tip of the iceberg), I take it all back... I've just described a huge portion of the population. I guess it's a validation fix for information junkie voyeurs everywhere. Maybe I don't get it because I have a million things to do (see Ze Frank's Brain Crack). Maybe it also has something to do with my sad truth...
So... what?
Here's what does make Twitter interesting: Twitter's actually about what you can't do. It strictly enforces a character limit and only does text posts—no images, no YouTube integration. I'm sure it can technically support all of these things, but instead, in the name of ideology, it limits you. That is fascinating.
If you want Twitter with images and movies and RSS integration, you could just do a tumblog (a.k.a. Tumblr). But guess what that is? It's also just a blog with yet another ideology driving it. The technology here is essentially the same. It's a format, not a technical revolution.
My conclusion?
Stop talking tech ideology—you're just throwing around jargon and branding blah-blah-blah. Here's what I want: cool stuff from interesting people. I don't care if its called a podcast, tumblog, donkeysmack, imeme, or pumpkinsquat. Stop it with the terminology—you're obscuring the real stuff that people care about: content.
