Hail Damjanovski, king of the geeks
While there’s ALWAYS going to be someone with a better claim to being the geekiest person in Australia, Damian Damjanovski has Dr Mumbo’s vote.
Not because he writes a blog called Refined Geek.
Not because when he finished at BMF on Tuesday they gave him a leaving card in the shape of a giant Apple iPhone.
Now even because he’s gone to New York just so he can unlock Foursquare badges.
I see your Damian Damjanovski Dr Mumbo, and I raise you:
Anthony Agius – got 19x iPads (http://www.mactalk.com.au/2010.....debriefing), plus was on Sky News.
and
Michelle Whitehurst – got 4(?)x iPads (http://codenamemax.com/2010/04.....en-a-blast). 🙂
However, as Damian features prominently in a picture on Agius’s post, that’s more points to @damjanov, I feel.
Go Damian! He’s also been taking photos of himself at key NYC landmarks which is getting a whole raft of engagement from his Facebook fans. A geek and a social media maven to boot 😀
Ha, hardly King of the Geeks – perhaps a more apt title is ‘King of the Consumers’.
All the decent geeks are too busy pointing out what a dystopian digital future the iPad represents.
For all the lovely UI points of the device, those that truly care about our digital future can’t brush over the fact Apple is trying to create a dictatorial model where one US corporation decides what can, and cannot run on your device.
Instead of a free market of apps and tinkering, we have a dictatorial market which inserts a middle-man who takes a 30% cut. Instead of buying content like e-books and being able to shift them to any devices you own, we have a system that chains your content to one device.
It’s just not a model that should be rewarded with custom by anyone who’s generally passionate about the internet and personal digital freedoms. It cedes all our newfound digital freedoms back to the old corporate structure. A beautiful step backwards.
The problem is these very serious issues aren’t so apparent to an end-user. I guess it takes the type of person who’d prefer fairtrade coffee over another brand – the ‘enlightened consumer’, and when presented with such a pretty device, you don’t find many of those left.
I suppose now we must hope that the iPad is a victim of its success, and that the US anti-trust division make a move on the closed appstore model and force Apple’s hand.
Woah… Wanna get something off your chest there Justin?
Ha, sorry for using you as a soapbox, nothing personal! I just (quite obviously) take issue with the path Apple is trying to herd us down – it isn’t pretty.