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Apple's Idiotic Decision of the Day

Sep 18, 2007

1 min read

Via Mike Butcher‘s Twitter stream:

no wifi at apple iphone uk launch. What idiots

I really can’t believe that anybody seriously arranged a press event, particularly a tech press event, without giving free WiFi access for the hack. Liveblogging has become such a big part of the coverage of launches that this is just foolish.

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Adam has been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He currently works as a consultant and trainer, helping people do better, more engaged online journalism.

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