Rubénerd!

Just so I understand what's going on: Gizmodo Australia writes an article asking how stupid people are willing to look for Apple, and uses a photo of me wearing an iPod nano watch to illustrate it. I leave a comment, and it gets deleted.

You can read the original in full on my post from earlier this week. In short, I calmly defended the reasons why I use an iPod nano watch, criticised their inflammatory headlines, and made a subtle dig at their US counterparts. Certainly nothing as rude, trollish or condescending as what Sam Biddle wrote in the original article, though apparently enough to warrant deletion.

I'm not looking for an apology, Gizmodo Australia have every right to delete my comment. It could have even been a technical or editorial mistake, or perhaps I was downvoted by the same users who have left far more inflammatory and rude comments than what I did.

Either way, stay classy Gizmodo Australia. I usually have a sense of humour about things like this, but this just wasn't cool.

An hour ago, my sister tweeted that my wrist was on Gizmodo Australia. Sure enough, there I was on How Stupid Are You Willing To Look For Apple’s Magical iWatch?

My response (pending moderation):

I'm the guy in the photo who's "Willing To Look Stupid For Apple". My sister tweeted me and said my wrist was on Gizmodo Australia.

For me, this generation iPod nano is really useful. I use the built in pedometer constantly (a feature that's barely mentioned in the press). It's a memory key I'm guaranteed to always have around, more so than other keys that so often get left in the wrong trouser pocket. As a watch, it's easy to see at a glance. The wristband for it came from an official Apple Store. In a pinch, I can dump some podcasts onto it if my phone is running low on space.

And now I go back to ignoring Gawker sites and their regional clones with their sensationalist, click-bait headlines. "How Stupid Are You Willing To Look For Apple’s Magical iWatch?"... good grief.

It's a shame nobody has a stolen prototype iWatch for your American colleagues to buy.

Stay classy, Gizmodo. Reach for new standards in journalistic excellence and integrity, while insulting the people you sourced your free image from.

While the iPhone 4S is intriguing, I was most excited to get my hands on the newly announced iPod nano 1.2 firmware which includes fourteen more watch faces, for a total of sixteen. Clearly enough people are using their nanos as watches as I am!

In typical Apple style, all the new font faces are absolutely gorgeous. I feel like it's my birthday all over again!