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Microsoft Fail

July 22nd, 2008

Microsoft FAIL

Have you seen the new Vista ad campaign? Ouch.

Cloning the “We Try Harder” campaign would have been a stronger play.

The Reverse Flash Mob. Or: Pradipta’s Rolodex

July 18th, 2008

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“It’s like a flash mob, except the surprise is on us, the mob participants. It’s like we were all beamed into the same virtual room by one single person who chose the group of us, and left us to figure out what to make of the situation.”

This situation is especially funny because the guy who “chose” the group was not some cunning mastermind. It was a foolish accident. (Wasn’t it?)

The story.

The Google group.

Perhaps it wasn’t a mistake but a clever publicity gambit. It would have been so easy for him to have staged this. And the bottom line is: If you had asked me yesterday to name a recruiter of Rails programmers, I couldn’t have done it. But from now on I’ll remember Pradipta’s name.

(Thanks to Dav Yaginuma for the tip.)