This video pokes fun at two easy targets: “I’m a Mac” commercials and Tom Cruise.  The guy doing Tom Cruise totally nails it!

You’ve heard the buzz about Apple’s new iPad.  But have you heard the sophomoric snickers about its name?  So what is so funny about the iPad’s name?  This Mad TV skit came out a few years ago when the iPad was just twinkle in Steve Job’s eye and explains the iTampon gag.

It still remains to be seen if the iPad will be an iDud.

It’s good to see that the e-book industry is doing what the e-music industry learned the hard way – than in the digital age you gottta “give love to get love.”  Well, this is probably a timeless universal truth, but in an Internet connected world it’s truer than ever.

Over half of the e-books on the Kindle (Amazon.com’s e-reader) best seller list are available at no charge.  This is creating a whole new breed of authors who can build a fan base by giving away e-books.  Once the reader is hooked, then the other books by these e-writers are available for a fee (usually $9.99 per download).  Drug dealers have been using this “the-first-one-is-free” tactic forever.  If reading is your “heroin” then e-books could be your quick fix.  By the way, if you are a reading junkie, then I say “read on.”  There are worse things you could be addicted to.

This is refreshing change from the early days of Napster when the record companies were prosecuting fans for downloading and sharing music.  This was a mixed message from that dark page in Internet history that said, “If you like a song and you share it with your friends then we will sue you.”

One exec in the publishing industry said it best concerning free downloads,

“I guess my attitude right now is that I can be afraid of what’s coming or I can try and aggressively embrace it in some form.”

This goes to the core of the new marketing paradigm in the digital world whether it is music, software, books, or porn.   (Once again, porn dealers were ahead of the curve in getting you hooked with free stuff.)
Giving stuff away will probably make the head explode of some the stuffed-shirt businessman entranced in their “greed is good” business model.  But to those Mr. Potters’ who can’t see the Jedi ways of “give-to-get” then you should just get out of the way.

While I do not have an e-reader, I confess that I am dripping with Kindle-envy.  If you are shopping for an e-reader here’s a link to Wikipedia with a good comparison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e-book_readers
If you have one sitting on a shelf gathering dust then you can give it to me; I will love you for it.  See, give-love-to-get-love does work.

The folks at JibJab take a jab at 2009, which was an easy target.
Happy New Year and Best Wishes for 2010.

As the new decade approaches everyone feels compelled to publish their top 10 lists of the past 10 years.  I saw a list for the top 10 best beards of the decade.  Seriously!
But I can’t resist jumping on the bandwagon.  (I’ve always been a band-wagon jumper.)

However, instead of a top 10 list, I am going to post what I think was the most transformative technology event of the past decade.

Drum roll please…
My vote for the biggest thing in tech over the past 10 years is…
The Numa Numa Guy!
YEAH!  CHEER!

Here he is!

Why, you ask?  The Numa put the viral video on the virtual map.  It came out in 2004 before YouTube.  (YouTube came online in 2005.)   So even without the power of YouTube, Gary Brolsma (aka The Numa Numa guy) became one of the best known unlikely Internet celebrities, and the envy of drag queens everywhere.

After overcoming some initial camera shyness from the instant fame, Gary has taken his rightful place in the WWW culture.  He was voted the Number 1 Internet Icon by 40 Greatest Internet Superstars on VH1, featured on actual music videos (Weezer “Pork and Beans” video to name one), and has over 33 million views on youtube.com.

But most important, we have it on good authority that since uploading his now famous Numa Numa dance, Gary has indeed lost his virginity!  And this underscores the real power of the Internet.  Go Gary!

Checkout Gary’s website at:
http://www.newnuma.com/

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here’s another high-tech Holidays displays that can bee seen from space.
Happy Holidays!

Need a break from the Holiday cheer?  Checkout the “Everything is Terrible” website.
http://www.everythingisterrible.com/
Where their motto is “If Everything is Terrible, then nothing is”.

This is a great collection of quirky and funny offbeat videos clips.  What’s even funnier is that much of the EIT collection showcases stuff we use to think was cool!

Here’s one I like where Steve Allen tries to quell what I suppose was a rash of computer-phobia that must have been sweeping the nation.

Now, don’t you feel better about that PC that is staring back at you?
(BTW – who is that drag queen with Steve Allen?)

I suppose everyone was afraid PCs would so this:

YIKES!!!

EIT has no porn, but some adult content.  Enjoy!

For more fun video websites checkout the BOT article on Video Concierge.
http://www.biologyoftechnology.com/2009/05/web-video-concierge/

I gave my Biology Of Technology (BOT) blog a makeover.  I recently was in a session with other business owners and we did a very constructive review of each other’s website.  This change was a result of feedback from this meeting.

As we approach the end of the year and the decade, now is a great time to update your online persona. Click Here and drop me a line if you are interested in a makeover for your website, blog, or social networking.
If the “click” does not work, copy-and-paste the following linking into your browser.
http://www.techadvocate-solutions.com/contactus.php

Click here for one of my favorite viral videos from 2009.  Enjoy!

Stephen Colbert takes on Burger King, the Whopper, and the Windows 7 promotion in Japan.  As he insinuates, what other BIG fast-food chain could support the MAC.

Enjoy…

Here’s a video showing the real reason email was invented.

I wish our pets could attack SPAM like this!

Thanks to my Facebook friend Debbie Burgamy for posting this!