Story of Stories
What do you get when you cross a User Interface update with a medieval-themed ninja story with Harry Potter, South Park, and Office Space references, plus a line out of Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back” for good measure? Apparently, the latest wave of Office marketing.
… I’m speechless.
Well, OK, I’m never speechless. At the end of my senior year of high school, I wrote a similar story to summarize my last year of debate. There were dragons, dragon slayers, swords (well, a whip for Harper), and a giraffe or two. My favorite memory from the debate banquet was watching the parents read the story. The opened the first page, slowly examined the start of the story, then promptly closed it and pushed it away.
I hope the same everyday people aren’t put off in the same way by this… unique story. The Office ribbon is actually pretty innovative, and I’m not sure that comes through amidst the numerous pop culture references.
They killed Clippy!!!
Comment by Kayre — January 5, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
Nintendo to Microsoft: Two can play at that stupid game!
Comment by Vince — January 11, 2007 @ 10:44 pm
There was a link in that comment by the way. Dude, Z. You gotta do some CSS toying to make your links more visible.
Comment by Vince — January 11, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
Yes, thanks, I know CSS. Visited links in comments are black which look too much like the normal gray text. In the long run it’s not vital (you can see the link for the first click), but it’s on my to do list. Till then, you’ll have to suck it up.
Comment by zaiss — January 11, 2007 @ 11:03 pm