satire – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com Based on a true story Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:36:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/jonathanfrei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/favicon-160x1601.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 satire – Jonathan Frei https://jonathanfrei.com 32 32 76405128 Introducing Carrot https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/introducing-carrot https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/introducing-carrot#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:08:09 +0000 http://jonathanfrei.com/?p=4113 Many landing pages for new tech products follow a very standard layout and structure. It’s one that Apple popularized, and that others have copied repeatedly.

Introducing Carrot pokes fun at the trope, showcasing the familiar vegetable in the popular product marketing format of the day. Here’s the pitch:

Carrot is designed with you in mind. It’s a seamless experience, meticulously crafted, from beginning to end. It’s not just a vegetable, it’s what a vegetable should be.

This is some clever work by Dan Angelucci, who says it will “massively disrupt the vegetable sector.” (HT Adactio)

]]> https://jonathanfrei.com/2014/10/introducing-carrot/feed 0 4113 How Would We Report on the Government Shutdown if It Were Happening in Another Country? https://jonathanfrei.com/2013/10/how-would-we-report-on-the-government-shutdown-if-it https://jonathanfrei.com/2013/10/how-would-we-report-on-the-government-shutdown-if-it#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:30:26 +0000 http://104.131.64.180/?p=158 How Would We Report on the Government Shutdown if It Were Happening in Another Country?

But the pleasant autumn weather disguises a government teetering on the brink. Because, at midnight Monday night, the government of this intensely proud and nationalistic people will shut down, a drastic sign of political dysfunction in this moribund republic.

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