I am of course refering to the goings on in the Silicon Valley. Off late it appears that new dogs are barking and old ones are retiring. For example -
HP- Hew let the Pack Hurd out? Putting an old lady to work at the chief's table is not going to help when people want Gigs not Megs.
Zynga - zingged when people dropped it like a scorcher - the games they play are not.
Fakebook claims a billion - people signed up that is - not entirely sure to do what.
Oracle chief realizes that land is something that is not growing - at least the islands are not (they are all sinking with global warming) - so decides to buy some quickly before he passes on..
More pads, pods and phones later I see more phonies that pad their story than realism..
Of course you could ditch all this ogling and go research what's wrong with the world - you only need Google!
I attempted to read this book by author Chuck Klosterman backward to forward but it started hurting my brain so I decided to stop and do it like any other publication in the English language. Start from page 1 and move to the right. Witty, caustic and thought provoking this is a book you want to read if you believe that the status quo might, just might be wrong. At times bordering on being contrarian about most things around us it tries to zero in on the notion of what makes anything believable and certain in our minds. The fact that there is a fact itself is ironic. Something analogous to the idea that you can never predict the future because there is no future. Many books and movies have tried to play on this concept - best that I recollect (I think I am) was 'The Truman Show'. This book by Klosterman attempts to provoke the reader to at least contemplate that what they think they know may be wrong. He uses examples like concept of gravity, and how it ...
I recommnd ogling..it soothes the nerves, whereas googling frays them.
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