{"id":3072,"date":"2005-01-11T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2005-01-12T02:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/11\/who-are-you\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:26:19","slug":"who-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/11\/who-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re the head of a highly secretive company.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re known for being temperamental and very mysterious.<\/p>\n<p>The goods your company produces are highly popular, but they&#8217;re developed in secret.<\/p>\n<p>When they&#8217;re introduced, they&#8217;re invariably accompanied by much anticipation, a media blitz, and fans worldwide salivating over the newest products.<\/p>\n<p>Who are you?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3\/3264875_19c840dd05_c.jpg\" height=\"694\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Willy Wonka? Or Steve Jobs?\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Willy Wonka? Or Steve Jobs?<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/Photos+Scenes+from+Macworld+-+page+7\/2009-1041_3-5532219-7.html?tag=st.next\" title=\"Scenes form Macworld\">this picture from today&#8217;s Macworld keynote<\/a>, it reminded me of the Wonkavision scenes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B00005QJEF\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"'Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory (Special Widescreen Edition)'\">Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory<\/a>&#8230;and the more I thought about it, the more parallels there seemed to be.<\/p>\n<p>I dunno &#8217;bout you, but <em>I&#8217;ve<\/em> certainly never seen Steve Jobs and Willy Wonka in the same place at the same time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><ins>Update:<\/ins> Image now hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/3264875\/\" title=\"Steve Jobs is Willy Wonka. Or something...\">Flickr<\/a>, which I probably should have done <em>before<\/em> I thought &#8220;Hey, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/05\/01\/7316.html\" title=\"kottke.org: Steve Jobs demos Wonkavision\">Jason<\/a> might think this is funny&#8230;.&#8221; I didn&#8217;t think it&#8217;d bring my server to its knees quite this badly, though! Ooops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMurphy, Peter%2526albumTerm=Love Hysteria%2526songTerm=I've Got a Miniature Secret Camera%26partnerId%3D30\">I&#8217;ve Got a Miniature Secret Camera<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMurphy, Peter%26partnerId%3D30\">Murphy, Peter<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DMurphy, Peter%2526albumTerm=Love Hysteria%26partnerId%3D30\">Love Hysteria<\/a><\/em> (1988, 4:25).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So. You&#8217;re the head of a highly secretive company. You&#8217;re known for being temperamental and very mysterious. The goods your company produces are highly popular, but they&#8217;re developed in secret. When they&#8217;re introduced, they&#8217;re invariably accompanied by much anticipation, a media blitz, and fans the world over salivating over the newest products. 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