Who are these mental midgets?

Well, good luck telling the Huffington Post, Dailykos, Think Progress, or Fact Check, that blogging is dead.

Social Media now rules the day. And produces nothing. My Facebook friends are boring, and stupid, and unwilling to rock the boat like they would in person. Why, because printed words are too POWERFUL. We get that mindset from Newspapers. The only thing they do is wave the flag, and embrace conservative talking points. While nearly EVERYONE of my generation is a closet progressive.

Google saw the problem with Facebook, and answered with Google+. A self promotion, personal grouping, more natural way to communicate to your friends. Having used both, I like G+ better, but my friends have yet to find it.

Now let's talk Jobs (Steve Jobs).
Last night you would have thought that the GREATEST VISIONARY / REVOLUTIONARY of the computer industry died. Jobs holds his place, as a great marketeer, but really nothing more.
Apple II was Johny Come Lately to compete with Commodore for the home computer market.
Macintosh was a box built on software pioneered by Xerox.
He did not invent the Internet, he didn't even event a Web Browser.
He did not invent MP3 files, Oggs, or anything else, he built and expensive player and pioneered the self-service downloading.
Next natural step was the celphone. A protected monopoly market, where all he had to do was beat Gates to smart phones, so he teamed up with AT&T. But he did not invent the smart phone.
Next, iPad. Repeat the success of the iPod (an MP3 player) with a new style PC, that requires the purchase of lots of software goodies.
He figured out how to make computers into money pits.
Apple computer is a designer label. And it still holds to that practice and pricing. Was Jobs wrong then? He must not have been, because Apple is still here, while all other brands of computers (except HP) have faded away into history.
No, I'm not a big fan of Steve Jobs, but he gave Apple staying power.

I scream my favorite Chicago Song at people all the time;
I---- just want to be FREE!
I'm an open source kind of guy, and Jobs was never EVER open source.
We are the true bohemians, who lost a great marketeer yesterday.
I hope Apple can continue to survive, I don't know why it wouldn't?
RIP Steve Jobs, your leaching of our wallets is done.