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My kids, and others from that generation, have a good way of classifying efforts that have gone sadly awry: Epic fail. Say so much with two little words.
In fact, a whole web province exists wherein the curious can check out how the stupid half lives. Some fun things to check out if you need a quick giggle on a lazy afternoon. But what on earth was the CEO of a major computer/software/lifestyle firm thinking this afternoon, when he announced a whole line of “stuff to buy” via a webcast that could only be watched while using Apple hardware.
I have a visceral dislike for Quicktime, but I accept the compromise. Today, even with QT, the PC world was shuttled off the media bus and told to wait for another source.
In the business world, there’s hubris, and there’s insanity. The fact that I’m writing about an “epic fail” by Jobs and Company doesn’t mean he succeeded in getting my attention. I depend on seeing a product in the local shops (or on the local transit system) for that. No, I’m just curious why shareholders would praise any effort to stifle sales.
But on to other things. I’m home from “one of those days” at the office. Someone mentioned, as I passed by their cubicle, that there had been no new email in their folder since 2009. Not 20h 09 on the wall clock; the year. Against my better judgement, I sat down to see for myself. Effectively, email no longer “came in” to the Outlook client. Think of it as an acceptable compromise, when you check “Work Offline”.
