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Musings on the iPhone, Google and Brand Identity Part 2

October 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Posts

In Part 1 I proposed the theory that Apple is in the business of selling a branded lifestyle, rather than any specific products. And that it is that very fact that causes the extreme reactions from the nerdistani community whenever Apple does something that the average nerd considers to be “wrong.” In the course of [...]

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Musings on the iPhone, Google, Nerds and Brand Identity Part 1.

October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Posts

I’ve been taking in all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the tech pundits regarding the so called “bricking” of hacked iPhones with the 1.1.1 update; and I came to a realization about just why the Nerdistanis get so fucking worked up over every last thing that Apple does; and as a corollary [...]

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