I like most of his changes, except why didn't he replace Bush's carpeting?
Jed Bartlet would never have had a damn tan rug.
Labels: design, Obama, White House
Josh finally lives in Maine again
after four years at Boston University,
a stint in Southern California with
Walt Disney Feature Animation,
and two years in Dubai, UAE,
where he created and wrote
Newlywed in Dubai.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Interesting article about President Obama's redesign of the Oval Office: "Obama's Oval Office gets history makeover".
I like most of his changes, except why didn't he replace Bush's carpeting?
Jed Bartlet would never have had a damn tan rug.
I like most of his changes, except why didn't he replace Bush's carpeting?
Jed Bartlet would never have had a damn tan rug.
posted by Josh at 6:42 AM |
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Have you been paying attention to this whole Time-Warner Cable / Fox Network fight where Fox had threatened to pull its signal over a disagreement regarding fees?
Yeah, I hadn't been paying attention either. Ooh, two mega-corporations are brawling it out - again. Yawn.
But then I saw something funny online today (still at work - it's very quiet). Apparently earlier in the week Time-Warner Cable made a newspaper ad that looked like a ransom note:
See, that's pretty clever!
They also made a website (no doubt I'd find a twitter feed and facebook group too, were I to look) - www.RollOverorGetTough.com.
Ugh.
Of course I checked it out.
Funny thing, they have a slightly different Ransom note on that page:
They've changed "Pay our price" to "Pay Fox's price".
It kind of kills the narrative of the note (unless you think Fox is using the 3rd person in the revision) but it clarifies that Fox is the bad guy who wants all of your money, and Time-Warner is the hero in this case.
The hero who charges $55 a month for basic cable.
Because when two mega-corporations brawl the real loser is the consumer, the ones who are footing the bill of this pissing competition with their $55.
And that's why we don't have cable TV.
Yeah, I hadn't been paying attention either. Ooh, two mega-corporations are brawling it out - again. Yawn.
But then I saw something funny online today (still at work - it's very quiet). Apparently earlier in the week Time-Warner Cable made a newspaper ad that looked like a ransom note:
See, that's pretty clever!
They also made a website (no doubt I'd find a twitter feed and facebook group too, were I to look) - www.RollOverorGetTough.com.
Ugh.
Of course I checked it out.
Funny thing, they have a slightly different Ransom note on that page:
They've changed "Pay our price" to "Pay Fox's price".
It kind of kills the narrative of the note (unless you think Fox is using the 3rd person in the revision) but it clarifies that Fox is the bad guy who wants all of your money, and Time-Warner is the hero in this case.
The hero who charges $55 a month for basic cable.
Because when two mega-corporations brawl the real loser is the consumer, the ones who are footing the bill of this pissing competition with their $55.
And that's why we don't have cable TV.
Labels: cable, design, Fox, ransom, Time-Warner Cable
posted by Josh at 11:50 AM |
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Friday, December 11, 2009
I have long lamented the decline of Time Magazine. Part of that might be my ongoing maturity, but I honestly think it's slipped further each year into the inconsequential and even sophomoric.
And now they're doing it to Harvard Business Review.
I know, I know, that sounds uppity and snooty, but I don't care. I find it to be a fantastic magazine full of long, insightful articles about business trends, research and other geeky but cool issues.
Well, it was. Now it'll be HBR Lite: "Livening Up a Staid Magazine".
And now they're doing it to Harvard Business Review.
I know, I know, that sounds uppity and snooty, but I don't care. I find it to be a fantastic magazine full of long, insightful articles about business trends, research and other geeky but cool issues.
Well, it was. Now it'll be HBR Lite: "Livening Up a Staid Magazine".
Labels: design, Harvard Business Review, HBR, magazines
posted by Josh at 9:10 AM |
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