Chapter 42 » details http://chapter42.whitewhale.net Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Details http://chapter42.whitewhale.net/2009/08/13/details/ http://chapter42.whitewhale.net/2009/08/13/details/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:06:15 +0000 Donald http://chapter42.whitewhale.net/?p=325 Jason is fond of pointing out a nationwide billboard campaign that had an image similar to this:

BlackBerry StormLikewise, Gruber points to this promo image for Microsoft’s new Zune HD:

Zune HD

Notice anything?

Ah, details.

Guys, I have a secret for you: you control both the software and the hardware. It kills me that someone would take the time to take lovingly-staged product photos or actually lay out ads with this on the screen. If the designers who put together the billboard had written, “Now Available: BlackBerry Stor…” they’d be fired on the spot. Is there any excuse for this?

That's more like it.

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