Category Archives: Web/Tech

How does Apple get such great PR? iPad edition

I am constantly amazed at the great PR Apple gets: this week the iPad was on the cover of Newsweek, Steve Jobs was on the cover of Time and Stephen Colbert gave the iPad the best plug I have ever seen.

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Stephen Gets a Free iPad www.colbertnation.com
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I have never played a MMO – Massively multiplayer online – game or, even, seen one played. All I know about them is from reading Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. As I understand it, the players can pretty much make their avatars anybody or thing. What they come up with is pretty interesting.

From a book by Robbie Cooper via a blog called The Swedish Bed here are some real people and their avatars.

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