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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by nirmal on Monday February 18, 2008 @11:02AM (#118169)
Writing down my thoughts in disjointed, syntax-less phrases is usually the first step to putting together an article, not the last.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by drm237 on Monday February 18, 2008 @01:25PM (#118254)
Would you have read the whole thing if it was a long winded essay in paragraph form?

I've seem more and more blog posts where this twitter style is used and for certain situations, it's very effective.

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by mwmanning on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:04PM (#118381)
"for certain situations, it's very effective"

It may be for some, but this isn't one of them. I made it about halfway through before I completely lost interest, because there was no indication of the point of the article or where it was going.

This article is a study in tedium.

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by jdueck on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:27PM (#118395)
"I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one."

- Mark Twain

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by nirmal on Monday February 18, 2008 @03:58PM (#118376)
If it was well written it wouldn't be long winded.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by sspencer on Monday February 18, 2008 @01:43PM (#118270)
How is this even news? Guy Kawasaki is the most outspoken Apple fan in the world. I just kind of took it for granted that he would buy all kinds of Apple junk.

To me, the article even had the opposite of the (probably intended) effect. Instead of thinking how cool and affordable an "Apple lifestyle" is, I just kind of winced at the idea of spending $5K on that stuff.

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by klein_waffle on Monday February 18, 2008 @01:45PM (#118272)
Why read Guy Kawasaki? Evangelized product that sold itself, string of failures since. This article boring Apple fanboyism.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by edw519 on Monday February 18, 2008 @10:08AM (#118139)
How much do I have to spend to get 2 25-year-old women to swoon?
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by ratsbane on Monday February 18, 2008 @12:29PM (#118211)
You could buy a puppy from an animal shelter. Or you could buy one of the new Macbooks for each of them. Those would probably have about the same effect. After all, "two Airs is humane." [argh, sorry.]
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by zitterbewegung on Monday February 18, 2008 @12:49PM (#118225)
Therefore the price is about $500 for the puppy depending on the dog. Then you have to factor in food costs and checkups to keep the dog looking cute.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by PStamatiou on Monday February 18, 2008 @03:48PM (#118365)
Come on, adopt a pet. Help out your local animal shelter. Adoption fees are inexpensive compared to buying from a breeder.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by rrival on Monday February 18, 2008 @10:25AM (#118144)
I think those rates are quoted hourly
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by jdueck on Monday February 18, 2008 @04:28PM (#118396)
For some people (not me) it depends on whether you're in Thailand or not.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by alaskamiller on Monday February 18, 2008 @12:27PM (#118209)
That was excruciating to read through. Being clever only works if it's actually clever.
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by simianstyle on Monday February 18, 2008 @07:07PM (#118509)
Am i the only person that thinks Guy Kawasaki is too arrogant for his own good? I suppose it comes with being a VC though...
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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by jamesbritt on Wednesday February 20, 2008 @01:25AM (#119491)
"Day 32: All three buddies come through. Now have enough serial numbers to open up a Microsoft distributorship. Install Office 2008 on Air."

Nice one, Guy. Guess it's OK to pirate software and brag about it on your blog if you can use your influence to glom serial numbers.

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by DarrenStuart on Monday February 18, 2008 @10:33AM (#118146)
meanwhile I spent nothing and went to a bar and met lots of women :p

Note:When I was younger and before I was married :p

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by icky on Monday February 18, 2008 @12:45PM (#118218)
> Note:When I was younger and before I was married :p

What a lucky guy you are, to have a wife who reads news.yc! ;- )

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Re:Into Thin Air: How I Spent $5,000 on Air and Made Fifty-Y... by DarrenStuart on Monday February 18, 2008 @05:12PM (#118433)
you never know :p
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