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ROKR Already in Hawaii

Maybe Jessica Alba brought a shipment of ROKRs along with her, but either way, the newly announced iTunes-enabled ROKR phone is already available at Cingular stores in Hawaii. Ask DBoi for a review.

Watch the Apple Special Music Event


Be sure to check out the video stream of the Apple Special Music Event where the iPod Nano and ROKR were introduced. You gotta watch Steve Jobs do one of these events if you haven’t had the chance. It’s an experience.

Fast forward to the highlights:

  • 07:00 Madonna on iChat
  • 18:00 Introduction of the ROKR
  • 42:00 Introduction of the iPod Nano “Wonder what this pocket’s for?”
  • 54:00 Kanye West performs All Falls Down and Gold Digger from Late Registration

Sorry but Kanye’s rap performance in front of executive and nerdy white folk didn’t really have a vibe.

Walt Reviews the Nano (and Holds Out on Katie)

Walter Mossberg reviews the new iPod Nano in his latest technology column. He admits that he’s smitten by the Nano, and it shows. Assistant Katie is nowhere mentioned in this review with Walt hogging the Nano for himself the entire time.

The last line of the review says it all:

It sure is small and it sure is cool.

Creative Madness by Apple and Nike

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New creative products keep rolling out of Apple and Nike.


On the music front, Apple introduced the iPod Nano. Instead of simply updating the iPod Mini, Apple raised the bar and surprised folks with the Nano. So small with a color screen! I don’t need another iPod, do I?


Maybe I don’t need another iPod, but how about an iTunes-enabled cell phone? The ROKR finally was released by Cingular and holds about 100 tunes. Go bug Boi to see when you can get your hands on one then make the bear dance.

On the kicks front, the Nike SB line has some new designs. Of course, the Shanghai Dunks are coming out this month. Gung Gung Chung would look supafly dominating the BLRCH in these. APB ain’t getting them this week though.


The “Slam” Dunks are also releasing sometime in September. How about pairing these with a black iPod Nano?


Just in time for Halloween, new Zoom Team Editions are coming out in white/desert clay with orange laces. Trick or treat!


Madness!

Upcoming Fall TV Lineup

Looks like the new season of television shows is coming up. Here’s my lineup for this year:

Sunday

  • Desperate Housewives
  • Charmed

Tuesday

  • Bones (starts Sept 13)
  • Nip/Tuck

Thursday

  • Smallville

Friday

  • Battlestar Galactica (already going)

ABC’s Commander-in-Chief starring Geena Davis looks pretty good.

Sorry, don’t have all the start dates yet. I need a Tivo to keep up!

Thomas Fargo on Leadership

As former head of the Pacific Command, our one-time boss, Thomas Fargo, had this to say about leadership in the Advertiser’s Leadership Corner column:

People think that in the military you just bark out orders and they’re followed. But fundamentally it doesn’t matter what organization you’re in, people need to understand the compelling logic of your decision. As long as you’ve articulated the mission clearly, people will go to heroic levels to make it come out right.

I guess that memo didn’t make its way around the staff.

Wasting Time at Work

Salary.com did a survey that looks at how employees waste time at work. Okay, okay, I admit that I’ve done all the things listed in the Top Time-Wasting Activities including #4 Spacing Out. But the entire state of Hawaii is in the #3 spot for not wasting time so it’s all good. Check out the survey results.

Microsoft to Open a Retail Store in NY?

Microsoft may be opening its own store in Times Square, NY according to this report. Don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t be drawn to it. Other than their upcoming XBox 2, Microsoft doesn’t make any cool stuff. Checking out the latest version of Office ain’t that exciting you know. If they had a Genius Bar like those in the Apple Stores, they’d be swamped by folks wanting to know how to remove the latest rash of viruses and spyware.

Overheard at the 2005 MTV VMAs


Overheard in the men’s restroom at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.

Informant: Sup, Diddy, what’u rockin’.

Diddy: Aw man, this thing is dope. Check it out, I wuz at the crib, cruizing the triple W peeping da goods for VMA gift bags. I read about this iPod Shuffle from this dope site, and I said I gots to get me some of these! I had my biotches hookup Stevie J on my celly, and we had a tete a tete if you dig. I said, “Stevie, Diddy needs them Shuffles for the 05 VMAs, but none of this white sh*t. Theys got to be gangsta!” My man Stevie is da bomb, and he hooked us up with these bad boys. Even preloaded with all the love from Fat Joe and 50 Cent. Now beat yo ass outta hea before I pop a cap in your grill.

…flush…

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