FISTFULAYENI Can’t Believe I Didn’t Take TV-B-GONE To CES
I bought 20 TV-B-GONEs and gave them away as holiday presents, my third round of TV-B-GONE gifting.
But I can’t believe I didn’t think to take TV-B-GONE to CES. Gizmodo did:
http://gizmodo.com/343348/confessions-the-meanest-thing-gizmodo-did-at-ces
This was sent to me by Rob Meyers, whose friend Steve sent it to him. They sent it my way because they were both at our table at a bar during SXSW a couple years back when TV-B-GONE almost got our asses kicked.
Bob Moz had a near-ass-kicking with the TV-B-GONE I gave him before the holiday break.
Public TVs are pollution,
ian
ps – after I wrote this I am noticing comments in my twitter stream from Jason Calacanis saying this is the lowest Denton has ever sunk…um, really? I think he’s sunk a lot lower than this… it’s a joke, homey. lighten up. turning tvs off isn’t costing anyone their job on either side.
Gay wrote:
Hi Ian,
I signed up for your RSS feed after getting an email from Bob about your Media 2.0 Physics post. Hooray for forward thinking!
TV-B-GONE 124+
Techies 0
The squirming was glorious. Thanks for the good laugh!
~Gay
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 3:43 am ¶
Mathew Ingram wrote:
I couldn’t agree more, Ian — I’ve been getting roundly criticized for saying the same thing: http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/10/gizmodo-and-ces-whats-the-big-deal/
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 9:10 am ¶
cristobal wrote:
Man – I remember back in the day, before TV-B-Gone was that sleek little universal remote, and was instead, just your daughter turning off my TV.
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 10:32 am ¶
iancr wrote:
Cris, wasn’t that my TV? And did you get your copy of Platinum Body yet or what?
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 10:47 am ¶
cd wrote:
without a tv,
how would i know
what to think about
and how to behave?
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 11:43 am ¶
md wrote:
actually, for people who rely on outdoor advertising dollars, it could cost them their jobs…
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/crime.html
Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 5:54 pm ¶
iancr wrote:
md, that’s the most ridiculous argument I’ve read yet. To liken turning a TV off to breaking windows… Come on. The whole thing is just silly. Just for that I’m taking my TV-B-GONE to Tully’s next week. You better get down there with some black tape.
If your business relies on outdoor advertising dollars, get a TV with a proprietary protocol. I’m certain my TV-B-GONE won’t work on the giant video ads on Wilshire Blvd.
Honestly I’m ashamed to have written about this meme. Just seems like a bunch of people trying to get in on the mayhem. Stoopid.
ian
Posted 12 Jan 2008 at 1:12 am ¶
md wrote:
please do! i told the engineers about your austin story a long time ago:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FDuiCSg4eqinB8z.GGJ7TmAz?p=5
hopefully, they engineered around it, but give it a whirl and let me know what happens.
Posted 12 Jan 2008 at 2:10 pm ¶