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[“S]o in a nutshell, given the current media composition of the world, you’re pretty much doomed to being uninteresting and storyless.”

“But I can blog my life! I could turn it into a story that way!”

“Blogs? Sorry, but all those blogs and vlogs or whatever’s out there — they just make being unique harder. The more truths you spill out, the more generic you become.”

Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies.

While this is very hard to believe, if it’s true, it would mean that Apple has attained a new, truly outwordly level of influence: companies are making plans and spending money based on what Apple might do.

Man sieht den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht

I just wish I could start a relationship about 12 years in. When you really don’t have to try any more and you can just sit around together and goof on tv shows and then go to bed without anyone trying any funny business.

Jeff [Bezos, the CEO] wanted to talk about the future of reading, but in a small, not braggadocio way. We didn’t want it to be ‘techie’ or trite, and we wanted it to be memorable, and meaningful in many ways of expression, from ‘I love curling up with my Kindle to read a new book’ to ‘When I’m stuck in the airport or on line, I can Kindle my newspaper, favorite blogs or half a dozen books I’m reading.’”

Kindle means to set alight or start to burn, to arouse or be aroused, to make or become bright. The word’s roots are from the Old Norse word kyndill, meaning Candle. “I verified that it had deep roots in literature,” adds Hibma. “From Voltaire: ‘The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.’” No other name could hold a candle to Kindle.

Andy har gett mig mina 15 minuter i rampljuset och jag har insett att 15 minuter är mer än nog

Terrorize, threaten and insult your own useless generation. Suddenly you’ve become a novel idea and you’ve got people wanting to join in. You’ve gained credibility from nothing. You’re the talk of the town. Develop this as a story you can sell.