Dealing with app-noxious app-oholics
The other day I had the fortune of hanging out with TUAW's own Mike Rose and our old colleague David Chartier in Chicago, and my main fear going into the meeting was that, given what a bunch of iPhone geeks we were, we'd just spend the whole time showing off apps on our iPhones. Not that seeing cool apps isn't awesome, but if you've ever had anyone excitedly show you what an app can do, I think it gets to be a little much. And I'm not alone -- though yes, the iPhone does a lot of things that we have never been able to do before, it is possible to get "app-noxious," a term coined by MSNBC to describe people who are way too excited about what their iPhone can do. Yes, we know already, there is an app for that. Give it a break.This isn't the first time this phenomenon has popped up, and if you own an iPhone, you probably already know about it anyway -- I was definitely looking for made-up ways to use SnapTell Explorer when I first installed it. So next time you feel the urge to break into someone else's conversation to let them know about this app you bought last night that does exactly what they're talking about, hold your tongue, at least until you're not interrupting.
And of course that doesn't mean that app nerds can't still be nerds about it -- yes, though Rose and Chartier and I didn't spend the whole time showing off apps to each other, we each did bring out phones at least once to show off just how great this new app we just got was.
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The other day I had the fortune of hanging out with TUAW's own Mike Rose and our old colleague David Chartier in Chicago, and my main fear...
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OK, let's just remember what the "MS" in "MSNBC" represents. You don't think they are extending their anti-Apple campaign to there, do you? If you don't, I've got a bridge to sell you, cheap.
May 15 2009 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythis article was written in the pre-app era, but it's still quite relevant:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/22/business/fi-iphone22
I like this blog, I read it daily. You made a comment on how this post is "one more nail in tuaws coffin"-and IM the troll? Why do you bother commenting on something you don't care about? If you don't like it go somewhere else. Or better yet start your own blog. IMHO you're a dbag.
May 15 2009 at 3:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow does this article explain how to deal with app-noxious people again? Was this article really necessary? :)
May 15 2009 at 12:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replymay need a new picture here. Pownce is gone.
May 15 2009 at 12:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyApp-noxious isn't uncool, it's a way of life...
And only those techno-Luddites sickened by techno-fear or worse still, with a marked techno-inferiority-complex (there are many) would fail to appreciate the joy of same-platform or cross-platform app-comparison.
What privileged times we live in, where a brilliant app exists for almost every little undertaking.
Ever wonder what the techno-landscape would be like 5 years from now?
I care. Why bother commenting on something you don't care about? Troll somewhere else.
May 15 2009 at 11:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes this guy have a naturally negative personality? I have always enjoyed learning about new apps. And this has been my experience with others too.
It is not uncool to enjoy apps with others I wonder who really has something to gain by portraying iPhone app conversation as uncool? Oh no, another conspiracy theory.
This article is dead on. Do you own an iPhone? It's annoying as shit to people when you whip out your iPhone and start bragging about "how neat this cool new app is"
It's obnoxious. I found that out the hard way
"...TUAW's own Mike Rose..."
OMFG! You chilled with TUAW's own Mike Rose? That is off the hook!
"[W]e each did bring out phones at least once to show off just how great this new app we just got was."
So that copyeditor's position at Weblogs, Inc. hasn't been filled?
OMFG I love you Luna that was the funniest shiz
May 15 2009 at 11:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBut, uhm, isn't this website kind of app-noxious?
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