I just got off the phone with my long-time buddy David Strom. We've been working for some of the same trade magazines, and competing trade magazines, for years. David's the real deal, since he's usually Editor in Chief or section editor, hiring freelance writers like your humble narrator. His enormously useful (and fun) newsletter and blog, David Strom's Web Informant, should be on your required reading list. It's on mine.
He's speaking at the ITEC show in St. Louis, doing a funny keynote on Thursday morning called “Thanking Bill Gates: Looking Back on 20 Years of IT Innovation.†He told me the problem he's having now is working the decidedly unfunny Gates and Seinfeld commercials into his humorous presentation.
I said to explain the commercials this way: Microsoft provided the same quality user experience in the commercials that they did in Vista. David laughed and laughed, and promised to give me credit for the line at least once. That's all I can ask.
We both raced to blogify the quote to see who gets there first. At least we're having fun with these commercials, which is more than most people can say.
by David Strom (not verified) on 9/16/08 at 11:56 am |reply
Now, if only Vandelay
Now, if only Vandelay Industries would hire Jerry to promote their latex products...THAT partnership would rock! "And you want to buy MY latex products."
by DecaturHeel (not verified) on 9/17/08 at 7:50 am |reply
You might want to strike
You might want to strike that line from your speech Mr. Strom. Valleywag is saying those ads are over.
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Here is my post James, you
Here is my post James, you are about 10 mins after me but with a much better explanation.http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/seinfeldgates-commercials-whassup-with-microsoft/
Now, if only Vandelay
Now, if only Vandelay Industries would hire Jerry to promote their latex products...THAT partnership would rock! "And you want to buy MY latex products."You might want to strike
You might want to strike that line from your speech Mr. Strom. Valleywag is saying those ads are over.