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Matt Galligan: Where Did the Magic Go?

Below is an excerpt from a well written post by Matt.  This has all I have been able to think about with regards to what people have been saying about $aapl today.

BUT, maybe the devil is in the details here.  More precisely, the devil is in the presentation.

While I haven’t seen the video of the preso yet, if it was presented at all like Matt put it, there would have been a wow factor.

If Tim Cook said, “we are making it so every blind person can use our device with ease,” I would have said, “Holy Shit, awesome!” He didn’t.  Stock dipped. People complained.  At the end of the day, you know what? Its just a device… WTFC.

mattgalligan:

The thing that also got glossed over as well is the implications that Siri and iOS 5 has for the vision impaired community. For the first time ever, they’ll have the same capabilities as those of us able-visioned people, without the need of expensive braille readout devices or proprietary apps. The ground has been leveled. And that’s huge. Apple should be commended for their contributions to society in this regard.

But what happened? We got caught up complaining that the new iPhone didn’t have an aluminum back and bigger screen, or that it wasn’t called the “iPhone 5”. Who the fuck do we think we are? Apple just presented yet another mind-blowing device with mind-blowing features. I think we’re spoiled little brats. We anticipated features that weren’t going to exist. And when those imaginary features weren’t announced, we were disappointed.

Need I remind you of the capabilities and features of a phone from 25 years ago?

So I will be honest.  My history in Fantasy Football (FF) is a bit lacking.  I think in the past 4-5 seasons I may only have had one or two seasons above 0.500 and a total of zero in the playoffs.

My FF future is looking bright though!  I am sitting atop my division with a record of 8-4 and just scored a league record number of points for a week (tied with Ruddick ‘07 actually).  One more ‘W’ and I secure a playoff spot… go one Flying Weasels v.2!

Calling Tina Fey. Here’s Palin defending herself on the contention that she got confused about Africa: “My concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance to me with that issue as we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that were kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, the relevance was Alaska’s investment in Darfur with some of our permanent fund dollars.” And, she concluded, “never, ever did I talk about, well, gee, is it a country or a continent, I just don’t know about this issue.

Maureen Dowd. Op-Ed Columnist - Boxers, Briefs or Silks? - NYTimes.com

First.  I can’t stand that this woman is STILL in the news.

Second.  There should be a rule.  No talking about the 2012 presidential race for at least another two years!  We just went through a 2+ year election cycle… give us a break!

Third. Did you just read that quote? Come on! Give me a break!

That is my ROTD (Rant of the Day)