In a Threat Level post, Wired mentions a new media campaign and the associated backlash.
This just seems like history repeating itself especially with the exposure of a new generation to Harvey Milk after the recent film. Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblance between Anita Bryant and Sarah Palin?
I deleted my myspace and facebook accounts after finally getting one too many requests/messages/etc from accounts that mostly represented bands or brands. I still think that the social network halflife is measured in months, but I do like Twitter. I came across this on Wired.com and had a nice little shiver. It may be funky and offbeat bands, but just wait…
I also got my first friend request from a random rap artist. I wish them all the success in the world as the love the service, but I think this is the beginning of the end. Call in the fail whale.
Sticking with the topic of screen resolution, I am happy to see that the resolution of laptops is making it into mainstream technology news. Recently, the topic has been revived by Microsoft’s news ads targeting Macs, when many of the Apple fanboys pointed out that a 17” laptop picked in the first ad contained a 1440×900 display.
We have not yet arrived in the land of resolution independence, but consumers are becoming used to high-density screens, likely because of popular mobile phones like the new Blackberry models and the iPhone, with some DPI’s in the 200s.
As an Apple user, I am thrilled to see tech reviewers mention laptop screen resolution as a buying guide. Beyond gaming laptops, few manufacturers are adding high-resolution screens. Lenovo deserves a mention for their fantastic Thinkpad line, recently bolstered with the x200s with a 12.1” 1440×900 screen. By comparison, the 1280×800 panel in my MacBook Air is like a Lite Brite.
Hopefully Windows 7 and Snow Leopard will turn more people onto higher resolution screens, and pressure more manufacturers to offer models (at least BTO options) with higher densities.
In the mean time, it is starting to look like the x200s is the perfect “netbook”. The Dell Mini 10 with high-density screen seemed almost perfect (1366×768), but I have been tempted by the hopped-up Japanese-market Vaio P-Series computers available on Dynamism (1600×768). However, for a price similar to the P-Series, the x200s offers a C2D chip and an available 9-cell battery. High density options are here, and it is time to reward the manufacturers giving us more desktop space with less. Hopefully Apple and others will take notice.