The Year In Tech, In Haiku
What a year for technology — and what better way to sum it up than with the ancient art of haiku.
Two-thousand-nine’s been a banner year for tech. From tablets to Twitter, Bing to Jobs’ liver, we’ve seen a lifetime of change over these past 12 months.
Here’s some perspective on 10 of the top tech stories of the year, as told through haiku.
1. The Bing Thing
MS Live, now Bing.
What does that site do, again?
Let me Google it.
2. The Circuit City Shutdown
A tech giant falls.
It was big, red, and bloated.
No — not Steve Ballmer.
3. The MS-Yahoo Romance
Yahoo gives it up.
Spreads its legs for not much dough.
Man, Yang screwed the pooch.
4. The Jobs Liver Job
Jobs gets an upgrade.
His old part had short shelf life.
Sounds like an iPhone.
5. The Tablet Talk
Tablets, all the rage.
Remember the CrunchPad flop?
Boy, was that a hoot.
6. The Killer Virus
Conficker, oh my!
Worm with all talk, no action.
Wait — that’s Arrington.
7. The Android Invasion
Android makes its play.
“Droid Does,” Verizon proclaimed.
Then Goog fucked ‘em hard.
8. The Windows 7 Launch
The magic 7.
Great next to Vista? Not quite.
Just sucks slightly less.
9. The Twitter Craze
Twitter goes mainstream.
Ashton, Oprah, and Iran.
Shame it always breaks.
10. The App Explosion
Apple: We get it.
One-hundred thousand apps; wow.
How ’bout Google Voice?
(Microsoft-Yahoo sperm image courtesy FreakingNews.com)
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