wednesday june 20, 2007

iPhected, an iPhone acquisition nightmare / San Francisco, CA / 11 months ago

I suppose my excitement for the iPhone coupled with the non-stop marketing messages surrounding its June 29 launch has managed to invade my subconscious. Yes, what I am saying is that I had a pathetic nightmare about a plastic package of electronics and it went something like this...

I am sitting in front of my computer looking at the Apple store where there is an active ticker indicating the number of iPhones remaining in stock. As the number is rapidly decreasing my anxiety level is rising and my chances of acquiring one of these coveted little devices is quickly disappearing. I immediately scramble to login and make my purchase, but the speed of the stock indicator gets even faster dropping from 600 to 500 at the rate of about 100 per second. Right about the time I realize that it's not possible to enter my information and make my purchase is the moment I wake up... confused and saddened. Then I laugh, grumble at the alarm clock reading 4:08am and do my best to go back to sleep.

Dear Mr. Jobs, though I do appreciate your product inventiveness and marketing savvy, I would be very grateful if you could keep it from interfering with my slumber. Thanks buddy, and by the way, nice turtleneck.