What do we really hate about technology? Here's my current top 10 list.
Sure, spyware, spam and wireless routers that have the lifespan of a mosquito annoy us all. But what do we really hate about technology? Here's my current top 10 list:
1. People Who Talk on Smartphones 24/7. One would think that I'd be over this by now. No, I'm not. It's 2009, people! You're not cool or special just because you can talk away on your pink BlackBerry Pearl. You're just like everybody else! Now get back in your Hummer, drive home to your McMansion and watch "Real Housewives of Orange County" on your 100in HDTV. Thanks.
2. Cloud Computing. I'm mere days away from spontaneously vomiting every time I hear some tech vendor CEO or industry pundit use this overhyped and nebulous phrase (see Wall Street Journal article for more disgust). Saleforce.com is not helping my cause. Its new corporate tagline: 'The Enterprise Cloud Computing Company'.
3. The Hour or So It Takes to Start a PC. Seriously! Seriously? It's ridiculous how long it takes to start or restart a Windows PC these days. Shouldn't we have improved this by now? I hope Gordon Brown targets this as one of the key inefficiencies dragging down the economy.
4. Moronic High-Tech Product Names. Listen, I know most of the good names have been taken already (see our list of how 10 of the most famous got their iconic names), but there's got to be something better out there than G1, Yatt'it and Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform (thanks to The Pollywog Blog for the ammunition).
5. Twitter. Tweet this: NOBODY REALLY CARES WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW!
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Comments
MalcolmF said: Item 6 - the press releases are not written by entry level staffers They are generated using a program from 100 things you can do in BASIC written about 1981 for a Commodore PET and ported into Qbasic The program may well be being run by an entry level stafferArcless the poser population will never sit up and take notice Both are actually impossible with their heads so firmly rammed up their own backsides
Matt said: Haha i liked this its all so true aswell PThe people that didnt liek it are obviously the people that sit in the Internet Cafes thinking there cool with there laptops they cant face the truth P
Miss Take-Nobull said: What a load of old tosh Save the hyperbole and personal ranting for a blog not a news piece on a tech site
Cyteck said: Oh Dear Oh dearYou obviously havent taken your Microsoft Patch medication today have you YES I love Microsoft too true Ah -Ivan
Arcless said: Of no practical technical help what-so-ever but one of the best bits of technology journalism Ive read In a long time The World and its Poser population should take note
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C said: haha I feel your hate HTC Dream was a much better nameSame applies to O2 renaming devices to Xda