Comments on: iOS Maps debacle reimagined as surrealist art project http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: st33d http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548797 st33d Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548797 I asked Siri this morning where the Signal gallery was in London. Antarctica apparently. Good to know that I'm not supposed to know where things are.  I asked Siri this morning where the Signal gallery was in London. Antarctica apparently.

Good to know that I’m not supposed to know where things are. 

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548733 Boundegar Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548733 This is so well done, it took me a minute or so to detect the satire. This is so well done, it took me a minute or so to detect the satire.

]]> By: Valentin Burov http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548702 Valentin Burov Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548702 Best part is that the translator translates Russian to English with a French accent. Best part is that the translator translates Russian to English with a French accent.

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548471 jerwin Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548471 Depends if you want turn by turn directions, I guess. Depends if you want turn by turn directions, I guess.

]]> By: spejic http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548329 spejic Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548329 Yes, but those have been largely fixed in Google Maps, so in the current incarnation Google's product is much better than Apple's. Basically, the problem is that Apple is saying to its customers "We are are giving you an inferior product because it makes us a lot more money". Yes, but those have been largely fixed in Google Maps, so in the current incarnation Google’s product is much better than Apple’s. Basically, the problem is that Apple is saying to its customers “We are are giving you an inferior product because it makes us a lot more money”.

]]> By: johndberry http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548255 johndberry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548255 Lovely – though I think they mean (in English) substituting the woman urinating for a traditional ringtone (i.e., replacing the ringtone with the new sound), not the other way around. Lovely – though I think they mean (in English) substituting the woman urinating for a traditional ringtone (i.e., replacing the ringtone with the new sound), not the other way around.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548149 Cowicide Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548149 I've seen those very same aberrations all over Google Maps for many years.  I understand why people are disappointed with iOS Maps for other reasons, but what's so special about these graphical aberrations as apposed to the very same ones found in Google Maps? I’ve seen those very same aberrations all over Google Maps for many years.  I understand why people are disappointed with iOS Maps for other reasons, but what’s so special about these graphical aberrations as apposed to the very same ones found in Google Maps?

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548072 Joseph Francis Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548072 It reminds me of the devastation brought on by Bill O'Reilly's 2004 boycott of France as reported in the Paris Business Review. "If it weren't for all the accordion music one would scarcely know it was Paris." It reminds me of the devastation brought on by Bill O’Reilly’s 2004 boycott of France as reported in the Paris Business Review.

“If it weren’t for all the accordion music one would scarcely know it was Paris.”

]]> By: Jeffrey L. Deltano http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548050 Jeffrey L. Deltano Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548050 How about a "Downfall" version ? How about a “Downfall” version ?

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/ios-maps-debacle-reimagined-as.html#comment-1548031 Dan Hibiki Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185178#comment-1548031 Where do I get that ringtone? Where do I get that ringtone?

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