Vista is crap

Vista is crap
The post I found in TechRepublic forums seems to have disappeared. Maybe M$ is buying them off. Being a Mac guy I have to work hard to keep up on Microsoft products. The entry I found about Longhorn uhm, I mean Vista very interesting. Anyone else have any information they would like to share about the new M$’s OS?

Branding

After visiting Aaron Wall’s blog I was inspired to write an entry on “Branding”.
According to Wikipedia brand is “A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. Brand recognition and other reactions are created by the accumulation of experiences with the specific product or service, both directly relating to its use, and through the influence of advertising, design, and media commentary. A brand is a symbolic embodiment of all the information connected to a company, product or service. A brand serves to create associations and expectations among products made by a producer. A brand often includes an explicit logo, fonts, color schemes, symbols, which may be developed to represent implicit values, ideas, and even personality.
The brand, and ‘branding’ and brand equity have become increasingly important components of culture and the economy, now being described as ‘cultural accessories and personal philosophies’.”