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Only on TV

Written by Gil Asakawa on May 21, 2005 — Leave a Comment

I’ve been a fan of Apple’s TV commercials for the iPod since long before I got my own iPod. The instantly recognizable campaign, with the silhouetted figures dancing with their iPods in hand and the “iconic” white earbuds and wire flopping around are just plain cool. A couple of weeks ago, Apple launched its latest […]

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iPods — the New Barbie

Written by Gil Asakawa on May 15, 2005 — 1 Comment

When Barbie was “born” into the Mattel family of toys in 1959, she wasn’t just a doll. She was the epicenter of a retail revolution. When parents bought their baby-boomer girls a Barbie, they were agreeing to an unspoken but implicit contract with the toy store to return time and again and buy stuff – […]

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Playlist tidbits

Written by Gil Asakawa on April 29, 2005 — Leave a Comment

Every day’s bus ride from the Westminster Park and Ride is like listening to the weirdest radio station imaginable — a lot weirder than even the heyday of “underground” radio of the late ’60s and early ’70s. And every ride, I hear gems out of the 10,064 tracks on my 40GB 4G iPod that make […]

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