April Fools done right
First of all, no, I haven't written in a while. I thought about doing another "woe is me, I'm so busy" entry but I think we've had enough of that. Besides, an elephant stepped on my hand last week and I've had trouble typing.
APRIL FOOLS!!!
What you've just witnessed is April Fools done horribly wrong. It's dumb, people know it's coming, and no one laughs. Also the wrong way to do April Fools: throwing something at someone or otherwise physically hurting them and then yelling out "April Fools!" thinking they won't care after that.
Thankfully, there are people out there doing April Fools the right way. I'm a big fan of many of the tech giants doing classy April Fools stuff lately. For example, CNET news, a general all things tech news site, put up a review of the new E-vri-thin, the hot new product that is basically just a 2x4 inch magnet. I'm especially a fan of when he starts showing attachments and shows the closepin.
Also getting into the fun is Slashdot.com, which is "News for Nerds" as opposed to just tech news. In response to recent data saying that for some inexplicable reason the sites readers are overwhelmingly male, for April Fools they decided to change their color scheme from manly off-green to uncomfortably bright pink. Nerds everywhere are cringing in their Dorrito stained star trek shirts. Also, they changed their slogan from "News for Nerds" to "OMG!!! Ponies!!!" and put up an add for unicorn T-shirts. You gotta love people who can laugh at themselves.
Finally, I believe the site that started this trend (and many other trends for that matter), was Google. Google does more than put up a simple video or change a slight sight design; they go all out. This year, it is the release of the new Google Romance dating service. If you didn't know any better, you might think this was a real thing, until of course you read that the dates are all expenses paid, assuming you don't mind a few contextual ads appearing during your meal. I highly suggest checking out the site as the jokes are endless. I believe I saw a few all centered around the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Like I said, Google started this stuff a while ago. Last year, they released plans for the Google Gulp, the new line of energy drinks. For the record, one of the interns at work last year thought this was real. No joke. They also said once that they were hiring people to go work on the moon. This one was kinda boring. But the Pigeon Rank and Mental Plex the years before that were good, so you can't have it all.
APRIL FOOLS!!!
What you've just witnessed is April Fools done horribly wrong. It's dumb, people know it's coming, and no one laughs. Also the wrong way to do April Fools: throwing something at someone or otherwise physically hurting them and then yelling out "April Fools!" thinking they won't care after that.
Thankfully, there are people out there doing April Fools the right way. I'm a big fan of many of the tech giants doing classy April Fools stuff lately. For example, CNET news, a general all things tech news site, put up a review of the new E-vri-thin, the hot new product that is basically just a 2x4 inch magnet. I'm especially a fan of when he starts showing attachments and shows the closepin.
Also getting into the fun is Slashdot.com, which is "News for Nerds" as opposed to just tech news. In response to recent data saying that for some inexplicable reason the sites readers are overwhelmingly male, for April Fools they decided to change their color scheme from manly off-green to uncomfortably bright pink. Nerds everywhere are cringing in their Dorrito stained star trek shirts. Also, they changed their slogan from "News for Nerds" to "OMG!!! Ponies!!!" and put up an add for unicorn T-shirts. You gotta love people who can laugh at themselves.
Finally, I believe the site that started this trend (and many other trends for that matter), was Google. Google does more than put up a simple video or change a slight sight design; they go all out. This year, it is the release of the new Google Romance dating service. If you didn't know any better, you might think this was a real thing, until of course you read that the dates are all expenses paid, assuming you don't mind a few contextual ads appearing during your meal. I highly suggest checking out the site as the jokes are endless. I believe I saw a few all centered around the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Like I said, Google started this stuff a while ago. Last year, they released plans for the Google Gulp, the new line of energy drinks. For the record, one of the interns at work last year thought this was real. No joke. They also said once that they were hiring people to go work on the moon. This one was kinda boring. But the Pigeon Rank and Mental Plex the years before that were good, so you can't have it all.
posted by Mike Oliver at 11:11 AM
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