Bill’s Mind

September 5th, 2007

TheRecord.com - Business - Meet IvanAnywhere

Now this is cool! Ivan Bowman is a developer at some company in Waterloo, but he “telecommutes” - god I hate that word - he works from home, in Halifax. Hundreds of thousands of people do that already, but what’s neat about Ivan is he has a robot serving as his eyes and ears in the office, and it’s all remote-controlled over the internet. With a webcam, microphone and a touchscreen display, he can interact with his coworkers like a normal person would, with the added benefit that the slimy bitch in accounting can’t get away with a sexual harassment suit on this one.

I still think human contact is obsolete for most office jobs, but this could be an interesting stepping stone until the meatspace addicts of yesteryear finally die off and we can wave goodbye to the fantastic time wasting activities we call “meetings”.

September 5th, 2007

Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399 - Engadget

And people are pissed off about it! And I’m pissed off at these people!

The same brainwashed idiots who stood in line two months ago to get a goddamned iPhone are now bitching about the price drop, whining about resale value and how they feel “insulted”. Forums are abuzz with angry socialites who somehow feel entitled to a $200 refund. If it was worth $599 to you back then, why is it suddenly worthless today ?

To me, a person that stands in line for hours to buy an… Read the rest of this entry »