“If all we could do was to make a slightly less shitty BlackBerry, and offer it for a few bucks less than what RIM was charging, we would not have bothered to make the product. Honest.”
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Nice to see FSJ Lyons back in all his brutal glory.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: And another thing about Palm running ads about us
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How could a second-hand journalist like this guy become such a force on the Internet?
Via constancy. Day in and day out, Froomkin nailed the same themes and the same players—and delivered his package at the same hour, not unlike the evening newspapers of yore. His franchise fused the basic principles of Internet success: define your beat narrowly, post consistently, be passionate. It’s a great formula, and the Post should be proud of having nurtured it.
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Why Did the Washington Post Sack Dan Froomkin? - City Desk - Washington City Paper
This absolutely reminds me of John Gruber and Merlin Mann’s thesis at their SxSW talk.
“Let’s get back to the Nissan Cube, not my style because of how bad their commercial was for it which if I remember correctly was probably geared toward break dancers that pop n lock in their cars, people that love glowing LEDs filling their stereo screens and those people that go out to the club with a fedora hat on tipped to the side because they’re soo “street” it hurts. To be honest Nissan should of hired on a creative like Scott or some of you that send in great pieces that Scott reposts and not this Mitsubishi Eclipse regurgitation of a car commercial that probably could be sold to people like me if it was delivered to us in a way that doesn’t make me feel like a soulless 20 year old that can’t speak for himself and wants to dance to Soulja Boy or whatever ringtone Rap is popular now (the stanky leg? I dunno i’m so lame when it comes to the hot tracks on the radio) or Tiesto talentless trance music thats played in the bigger metro clubs around the world.”
