Sonsabitches Stole My Idea
In today’s news: News Corp confirms tablet publication is close
Ok, I probably wasn’t the first human on the planet to come up with the idea for an application-only publication (though I think it’s premature to limit the app just to tablets right now), but I think what pisses me off the most is the fact that it’s News Corp that’s the first big media company to jump on it.
Why? Because if they screw it up (and knowing Rupert Murdoch’s cluelessness in new media, there’s a good chance they will), it will set back app publication development as a whole.
So this puts me in the uncomfortable position of actually cheering for News Corp, a fact that brings about a nausea similar to the one brought about by the thought of Murdoch’s creepy old man hands all over a shiny new iPad.
Thoughts?
