The completely useless “I Am Rich” iPhone application was almost funny when it showed up in the app store with its $1000 price tag. Then came the even more ridiculous and almost shockingly unprofessional looking Social 1000 network. Now, the latest addition to the marginally offensive bad marketing bandwagon is here. Meet the “I’m Still Rich” t-shirt.
It’s no secret that the past few months have been kind of rough. A global economic crisis has been devouring jobs, a rapidly expanding piracy problem has reared its ugly head, and terrorist attacks in Mumbai have seriously complicated a conflict between three countries with nuclear weapons. If you are not at least a little worried about the barrage of bad news, you probably should be. Yet as scary as things are, and there is no doubt that things are scary, I am still feeling pretty good about life right now. While it is easy to worry about all the things that could go wrong, anything but optimism is impossible when I look at all of good things going on around me. Let me explain.
As much as I would love to stir up the emotions of the Mac vs. PC die hards, I’m not about to start a pointless argument about which is better. It never amounts to anything and frankly it doesn’t matter to me what other people choose to spend their money on. I will however point out that Apple’s obsession with building computers with great music and entertainment functionality has created what is possibly the greatest opportunity ever to harmlessly prank and annoy large numbers of people.
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My post, “How to Use Dixie Cups to Pull the Ultimate Prank,” was so popular that it managed to wind up on Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon at the exact same time. The resulting traffic spike was so massive that my server was brought to its knees. I thank you guys for your support [...]
I wish I could explain this one to you guys but I can’t. I watched this guy dressed up in a Batman costume ride his “Bat Bike” in circles through Times Square. I was able to get this shot when he showed up a little later on 42nd St. Sorry for the crappy photo. This was the best my phone could do.
While sifting through some of the old photographs saved on my computer, I found something that I thought was worth sharing. You see, back when I was an obnoxious high school student, I partook in an amazing prank orchestrated by one of my teachers. It is amazing what you can do with free labor, (what student wouldn’t want to help teachers prank eachother?) and 10,000 dixie cups.
So the big three are a little bit screwed right now. If they are going to survive, they are going to need either a massive government loan (no comment) or a massive increase in the demand for their cars. The sad fact of the matter is though that due to decades worth of poor product decisions, that demand simply doesn’t exist. Even though the big three are finally beginning to offer competitive vehicles, the perception of quality just isn’t there. The thing is though that there is a huge gap in the market that no car company, not even Honda or Toyota, has been able to fill. What I am trying to say is that although there are companies that are building great cars, there are no companies building cars with the features that I really want.
I have to give it to Toyota. The Prius hybrid was perfectly timed, and perfectly marketed. Not so much a car as a cultural icon, the eco-friendly Prius brand has made and likely will continue to make lots of money for Toyota as the world continues to gulp down oil. The thing is though; the actual environmental impact of driving a Prius is questionable. Where it might save on gas, the toxic nickel used in its batteries isn’t helping anybody. The other thing about the Prius is that it sucks to drive.
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