By this point you’ve surely heard of Microsoft’s newest foray in hardware, the Zune media player. The Internet is very excited, it seems, about the prospect of someone finally introducing competition to Apple’s iPod - though it wouldn’t be the first time we hear the term iPod-killer misused. Nonetheless people appear to be paying attention [...]
Jean Cocteau, among the many things he is famous for, said the following:
“Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.”
I believe his statement relates remarkably to the Web 2.0 phenomenon and the monstrosity it has spawned within the [...]