About the Success of Lady GaGa
Only 23 years old, Lady GaGa is a huge success blending music, fashion, and controversy. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the Lessons of Lady GaGa.
Help Humanity. Bid for Evangeline Lilly
LOST actress and humanitarian, Evangeline Lilly, is putting herself up for auction to raise funds to support the GO Campaign. Winning bidders will have lunch with Evangeline in Hawaii, Los Angeles, or Canada (there are three auctions, one for each locale).
The auctions end on February 4, 2010 and the leading bids are around $2500. Go to http://tiny.cc/evangeline for more info.
If these luncheon auctions are price prohibitive, Evangeline is also raising funds with her own intimate collections line to support Task Brazil which provides for street children of Brazil. Costs for these auctioned items start at $10.
Banned from the Bowl
As usual, the Superbowl is a time for make-it-or-break-it commercials. But before airing, all the commercials must be screened and approved. Usually, it’s the good ones that don’t make the cut for the big game.
GoDaddy.com is no stranger to controversy for its Superbowl ads. This year, their commercial once again won’t air, but if you watch it, it’s not as racy as previous spots.
But then again, I guess it does communicate a sensitive subject for the NFL.
What Does Pee Wee Herman Think of the iPad?
Pee Wee Herman is back and look what happens when he supposedly gets an iPad from Steve Jobs himself.
That multitasking globe is a hoot!
Flipped Off
The other day on a commute home, a little white Mazda Miata went zipping by on the H3. The driver was obviously in a rush, changing lanes to get around slow moving traffic. He was well going over 70 mph since he easily zoomed by me (naturally driving the legal speed limit).
A few minutes later I see this white “sheet” flying in the air. The object tumbled airborne before heading down to the road. It was the hood of the white Miata! Fortunately, it landed in between the two lanes of on-coming traffic. After veering around the hood, I see the Miata pulled to the side of the road, driver with his head in his hands.
But the story doesn’t end there. After getting off the H3, I see this in my side mirror.
Don’t Fear the Semicolon
I admit that the semicolon baffles me. What’s it for, when do I use it? Because of my semicolon ignorance, I never use it.
But check this out; here’s a great illustrated tutorial explaining the semicolon and uses for this feared punctuation mark.
You can even buy it in a poster format.
Stuck on the H3
Traffic on the H3 headed townbound is at a total standstill. I haven’t moved in about 10 minutes.
Car engine is off and all the cars are just sitting here. Here’s a view I have of a gutter.
Passing on the iPad (for Now)
So Apple finally unleashed its tablet with the iPad. Despite it’s funky name, the device is very cool and is set to revolutionize this developing mobile space. At an aggressive price point starting at $499, who’s not getting an iPad?
That would be me. Although an Apple fan boy at heart, I’m not totally convinced I need an iPad just yet. Yes, I was slow on the iPhone bandwagon, waiting for the 3G to hit the street before succumbing. And now, I can’t imagine life without my iPhone. Perhaps the iPad will have a similar arc where using it will validate its need.
But I’ll wait. Looking at my wants from a Netbook, the iPad comes very close but misses a key mark in what I’m looking for, and that’s the ability to offload digital pictures. While this might be a small gripe for what the iPad can actually do, it’s something I think is important. Looking at the iPad accessories, there is a Camera Connection Kit which adds a SD memory card reader or USB port to the iPad so you can connect a digital camera to import pictures and videos. But with the low end iPad model with 16 GB of storage, how many times can you offload pictures from your 8-GB SD card? Eight gigs of photos and videos is actually a lot but for an extended vacation trip, it’s a possibility.
Why not just get a larger capacity iPad with 64 GB of storage? And that’s why I’m waiting. You know the cost for capacity will be better in the next version. And maybe the cloud computing power of MobileMe will mature where pictures imported to the iPad are then safely synced in my MobileMe Gallery or iDisk. Or someone will cleverly figure out yet another way of fixing this need.
So I’ll pass on the iPad, for now, anyways.
Footlocker Friends & Family Sale
Footlocker is having a Friends & Family sale from January 28-30, 2010. 25% off mostly everything with some exceptions, in store or online.
The Changing Face of the Froyo Wars
With the sprawl of froyo shops all over Oahu, you know the Froyo Wars is on. Who’ll survive in this over-saturated market? Who’ll be the first casualty?
As with any successful campaign, changing the game is key to battle. Instead of fighting the enemy on their terms, you change things up and dictate your own conditions to do battle. Yogen Fruz is doing just that with their Smoothie candy. Not just fighting the froyo front, Yogen Fruz is expanding their battlefield to include the candy market.
Will this maneuver outpace Yogen Fruz from their froyo competition or will it split and weaken their forces?
Recreate the iPad Intro
Who will be the first designer to offer up a mock simulation of the scene at the Apple Event where the iPad was introduced? I’m talking about bundling that iChair with that iTable, and maybe a bottle of that iWater with purchase of an iPad.
Who Makes that iChair?
Forget the iPad. Who makes that iChair used in the Apple Event presentation? Surefire sales!