Politics, Sports, things that I find interesting or intriguing. Basically, it could be anything. Also a lot of me feeling morally superior to those who practice the consumer lifestyle

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Pet clothes

I just saw a commercial for pet clothes for the first time. Thankfully, it was at least at Petco- when dog clothes designers start putting up commercials on their own, I will run for the hills.

My thought: It is morally wrong to buy clothes for your dog when people are starving, genocide is occurring, etc. Furthermore, your dog hates it. And you.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Gchat moving on up

Gchat seems to be the choice of the young professional these days. This is probably due to the fact that you can use it quite easily from a web interface, but it's interesting to see. Messaging programs have large network externalities- the more who use the program, the more value it has to each user. Thus, it's hard to start a new messaging system as you need a large number of users to begin using it quickly. Gchat probably benefited by riding on top of Gmail- a product that does not have network externalities, and so is easier to turn into a success. Either way, I'm pleased- I've already given in to Google being controller of the internet. Besides, I couldn't imagine talking to anyone on AIM, with its bright little running man logo, past the age of 25 or so.
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