Apple Owes Me a Pony!

December 18th, 2008, by The Angry Drunk

As you may have heard; Apple recently announced that a) Steve Jobs will not be deliv­er­ing the keynote address at the next Macworld Expo, and b) the next Expo will be the last that Apple attends. The response from the Mac blo­gos­phere has ranged from the retarded (OMGWTF Steve’s agonna die!!!) to the ratio­nal (attend­ing the Expo is expen­sive and Apple now has other options to present new prod­ucts that are more under their con­trol). But, of course, it wouldn’t be an Apple story with­out a heap­ing help­ing of whiny self-entitlement. Case in point http://​silen​tkeynote​.com.

Apparently Apple owes us a keynote and we’re going to hold our breath and stamp our feet until we get one.

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  • Andrew

    I’m with you.  I don’t under­stand all the whin­ing over this announcement.  

  • Andrew

    I’m with you.  I don’t under­stand all the whin­ing over this announcement.  

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    As some­one told me, “Trust the Art, not the Artist”.If all you ever went to Macworld for was the Stevenote and Apple’s booth, you were an idiot. The small booths were always where the good stuff was, and the ses­sions were 95% of the real, direct value of the show anyway.Note that none of that requires Apple. It just requires the MacMacs to not need big daddy steve’s approval of every­thing they do.Good luck on that last one.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    As some­one told me, “Trust the Art, not the Artist”.If all you ever went to Macworld for was the Stevenote and Apple’s booth, you were an idiot. The small booths were always where the good stuff was, and the ses­sions were 95% of the real, direct value of the show anyway.Note that none of that requires Apple. It just requires the MacMacs to not need big daddy steve’s approval of every­thing they do.Good luck on that last one.

  • http://thebigreason.com Mark Eagleton

    I’ve gone to Macworld every year since about 2001. Every year it’s the same: go look at the new Apple stuff, cruise the other booths for an hour or so, spend the rest of the day at the Thirsty Bear drink­ing and eat­ing Tapas. I will miss Macworld badly, but not for the actual convention.

  • http://thebigreason.com Mark Eagleton

    I’ve gone to Macworld every year since about 2001. Every year it’s the same: go look at the new Apple stuff, cruise the other booths for an hour or so, spend the rest of the day at the Thirsty Bear drink­ing and eat­ing Tapas. I will miss Macworld badly, but not for the actual convention.

  • Marc Elson

    It’s a good thing that Apple’s man­age­ment is not lis­ten­ing to the Mac com­mu­nity. If they did, the Mac would be in the same state as Linux…And I know what I’m talk­ing about because I’ve used Linux dis­tri­b­u­tions for almost a decade, until I gave up with disgust.

  • Marc Elson

    It’s a good thing that Apple’s man­age­ment is not lis­ten­ing to the Mac com­mu­nity. If they did, the Mac would be in the same state as Linux…And I know what I’m talk­ing about because I’ve used Linux dis­tri­b­u­tions for almost a decade, until I gave up with disgust.

  • http://ripragged.blogspot.com Anonymous

    It’s a free coun­try. If Lee Snider King is mad at Apple, and wants to use his lone func­tion­ing brain cell to wail about it – at the risk of pee­ing his pants in a crowded room – I cer­tainly can’t criticize.I frankly think that if your life is so con­stricted that the lack of a SteveNote is going to adversely affect your over­all hap­pi­ness, you have way big­ger prob­lems than Apple can solve anyway.Lee: Go out­side for a few minutes.

  • http://rip-ragged.com/dross Rip Ragged

    It’s a free coun­try. If Lee Snider King is mad at Apple, and wants to use his lone func­tion­ing brain cell to wail about it – at the risk of pee­ing his pants in a crowded room – I cer­tainly can’t criticize.I frankly think that if your life is so con­stricted that the lack of a SteveNote is going to adversely affect your over­all hap­pi­ness, you have way big­ger prob­lems than Apple can solve anyway.Lee: Go out­side for a few minutes.

  • bkhar­mony

    You know, the “Apple Faithful” just can not get over the idea that Apple serves a much broader base now. They’re used to being the cen­ter of Apple’s atten­tion. I really think they all need to focus their “energy” on Ubuntu, the Linux fla­vor clos­est to OSX. 

  • bkhar­mony

    You know, the “Apple Faithful” just can not get over the idea that Apple serves a much broader base now. They’re used to being the cen­ter of Apple’s atten­tion. I really think they all need to focus their “energy” on Ubuntu, the Linux fla­vor clos­est to OSX. 

  • http://regjeringa.blogspot.com Bjørn

    The big and sur­pris­ing news here are that I per­son­ally shall host the Macworld Expo in my liv­ing room in 2010. I shall wear jeans and a nice polo neck and talk about fruit-related gad­gets. There shall be a Apple-Phone, an Orange-Peel, and a Potato-WLAN-router.I can­nae wait. The angry drunk guy will book tick­ets on the fast train for those who want to attend. Snacks and beer will be served.

  • http://regjeringa.blogspot.com Bjørn

    The big and sur­pris­ing news here are that I per­son­ally shall host the Macworld Expo in my liv­ing room in 2010. I shall wear jeans and a nice polo neck and talk about fruit-related gad­gets. There shall be a Apple-Phone, an Orange-Peel, and a Potato-WLAN-router.I can­nae wait. The angry drunk guy will book tick­ets on the fast train for those who want to attend. Snacks and beer will be served.

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  • http://ripragged.blogspot.com Anonymous

    Bjorn, Sign me up to attend the Keyhole event.

  • http://rip-ragged.com/dross Rip Ragged

    Bjorn, Sign me up to attend the Keyhole event.

  • http://regjeringa.blogspot.com Bjørn

    shure rip ragged. I have talked to key per­sons in the Key hole, and there shall also be served iBooze. I love my MBP, and my other iGad­gets, but I don’t nec­es­sar­ily think the world as we know it is grind­ing to a halt with Apple inc being reluc­tant to host a major voodoo show.But seriously.Come to my place in 2010. There WILL be beer. iPromise.

  • http://regjeringa.blogspot.com Bjørn

    shure rip ragged. I have talked to key per­sons in the Key hole, and there shall also be served iBooze. I love my MBP, and my other iGad­gets, but I don’t nec­es­sar­ily think the world as we know it is grind­ing to a halt with Apple inc being reluc­tant to host a major voodoo show.But seriously.Come to my place in 2010. There WILL be beer. iPromise.

  • Wrinkle In Time

    I’ve decided that the MacMacs are a per­fect exam­ple of a Cargo Cult.

  • Wrinkle In Time

    I’ve decided that the MacMacs are a per­fect exam­ple of a Cargo Cult.

  • GaryPatterson

    I had a look at the linked site, and I can’t under­stand their point.They say that Apple don’t care any longer. Surely any ‘car­ing’ (which is weird when you con­sider we’re talk­ing about a cor­po­ra­tion here, not a per­son) comes in the form of work­ing hard on new prod­ucts. Having to put mas­sive resources into an expo for the sin­gle return of being seen to care is a bit weird​.It smacks of a child’s tantrum, that site. Or worse, a teen’s faux-anger. “You don’t care about me any more! I’ll give you the silent treat­ment now and see how you like it!“Still, the good thing about peo­ple who hold their breath until they get what they want is that the prob­lem goes away in 3 – 5 min­utes. If only we could per­suade them to protest underwater…

  • GaryPatterson

    I had a look at the linked site, and I can’t under­stand their point.They say that Apple don’t care any longer. Surely any ‘car­ing’ (which is weird when you con­sider we’re talk­ing about a cor­po­ra­tion here, not a per­son) comes in the form of work­ing hard on new prod­ucts. Having to put mas­sive resources into an expo for the sin­gle return of being seen to care is a bit weird​.It smacks of a child’s tantrum, that site. Or worse, a teen’s faux-anger. “You don’t care about me any more! I’ll give you the silent treat­ment now and see how you like it!“Still, the good thing about peo­ple who hold their breath until they get what they want is that the prob­lem goes away in 3 – 5 min­utes. If only we could per­suade them to protest underwater…