Lukas Svoboda: Strategy, Architecture, Governance & Technology

Proving that everyone loves a great conspiracy theory (and the IT industry is no exception) - this Computerworld article details the mystery of tiny faces on Vista DVDs. It details some of the great conspiracy theories put forward and then tells of the rather simple and pragmatic explanation from Microsoft.

I had to wipe the tears of laughter away after reading this one. Apparently apple lost 4 billion worth of market cap in 6 minutes after predictions of iPhone and Leopard delays. Turns out the predictions were in fact based on a bogus internal email.

Now that's capitalism gone bad…

Some thought provoking IT Horror stories from CIO magazine.

This video features Scott Guthrie, one of the guys responsible for the ASP.NET AJAX Framework. Quite entertaining!

The Microsoft eToilet - the integration of the Zune and your fecal waste... Coming to a bathroom near you!

 

 

 

Article by Mary J Foley on what makes Google tick (She is a well known MS commentator, so there is plenty of contrast againest Microsoft).

One of the fourm replies, which is just hilarious!!! 

Just came across this fascinating video at YouTube. Microsoft takes the Apple Ipod and repackages it according to current Microsoft packing conventions. The results are hilarious but do illustrate Microsoft's general tendency to overemphasize every single little product feature and cram information into it's packaging. Interesting video illustrating some points that Microsoft should consider in it's branding for for the future - especially with the whole Zune release coming soon.

Okay, so I could not resist posting on this. Check out www.rideme.co.nz - not only is it the worst web UI since, well since I took over support of a recent badly designed commercial website (that shall remain nameless) but it's also a case of WTF? I meant what was something thinking with a name called rideme... RIDEME of all things!

I guess the comic really does say it all!