iPodding the Simpsons
You may not know this by this website, you may not know it by my college degree in Computer Engineering but the truth is that I don’t like much of what technology has to offer. I don’t blame technology but mostly it’s the marketing behind it. Are marketers to blame for the state of technology?
Are they just getting it wrong and offering no inspiration to buy new technology? A prime example would be the recording industry. They are so fearful that the world will realize they are nothing more than marketers. There hook now is that they’re are also the distributors but with mp3 they out of that loop. Great ideas don’t come to market because some marketer doesn’t think the public will like it. I have no idea what the public likes but I have a good idea of what I like and it seems that the good ideas never go anywhere. But there is something that I endorse wholeheartly with the marketer’s endorsement, the iPod from Apple. Many others do too but I think it too expensive for the mainstream. That being said it is the perfect companion for the commute on the Tokyo subways. I walk with a cane but that doesn’t mean I get a seat on the morning (or afternoon) trains. So I have to hold on for my dear life on the straps that are to low for my height (I’m about 8 cm taller than the average Tokyoan). With my iPod I recently discovered in can put audible books from Audible.com and have been enjoying “reading” again. I get strange looks when I laugh out loud on something I heard from the book at the moment. I don’t care, it has made my 50 min commute seem like nothing. You’ll have to pry my cold lifeless fingers to get my iPod (or a ice cream bribe).
On a side note
The Simpsons are coming to a movie screen near you. Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, has decided to make movie stars of the Simpsons. The reported deal is for three movies. Simpsons, 14 years young.
