The iPad: A product from the he-man women-haters' club?
source: http://bust.com/blog/2010/01/27/the-ipad-a-product-from-the-he-mans-women-haters-club.html
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I must admit didn't really notice (read: wasn't looking for) this when the iPad was originally announced, but when you put these side by side, it's pretty creepy. Here's a brief excerpt describing some of iPad man's activities on his dudelicious iPad. There are many more examples in the full post:
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He doesn't spend much time with this pic, though, and quickly moves on to read his other, more important emails, which include one with a boarding pass (wonder what cool places cool dude is off to?) an an awful lot of emails from ladies. ladies who must be sending them emails via their ladylike laptops!
The subject lines of these emails: "thank you" "Salary increase" "Your boarding pass" "airport pickup." Even though they aren't allowed to touch his iPad, all of these ladies sure are working hard to make cool dude's life run more smoothly. and they are so grateful to him, too. y0u know who cool dude will probably share his iPad with, though? Aaron. Aaron Ackerman, cool dude's wingman, whose subject line reads "Snow fun!" In fact, after quickly replying to the "thank you" email with quick "you're more than welcome!" (and this after the poor gal spent the time to send him an actual ecard with flowers and everything! I mean, maybe he spent the night with her the previous night?) he heads straight to Aaron's email.
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Jim_Y
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Dude's probably a doosh, but the crit in the referenced post is a little harsh.
Anna's thank-you e-card is for Dude's helping "them" move (married friends?). Do thank you's require more than an acknowledgement? Thank you for thanking me for thanking you?
Salary increases for "your team" is the sort of message that would come from a manager above this guy, not below him...
The NYT page does have a sports story, but the guy doesn't open it. He reads on "top 30 places to travel to" and then an article about a town in Japan...
The airport pickup was a thank-you note for Dude picking them up at the airport.
Anyway, he got two thank you's in one batch of e-mail for helping people. Is that so bad?
I think this is unfair. We should be really up in arms about the retro "it looks like a bookshelf" interface for selling books. that's really pathetic.
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Jim_Y
