Techie Trendsetter Gifts

'Is this the new input device?'

Instead of a report, I'll just read you all of my status updates off my Facebook this summer.

'Ted, I really wish you'd update your presentation software so we could do away with the 3-D glasses.'

"Mom, please shake my chair. I'm taking a virtual school bus ride before class begins."

'You'll have to take an online company aptitude test, but if you're the designer we're looking for, you've already designed an app for that.'

Mac OS 20

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

The city of San Francisco switches from cable cars to satellite dish at a cost of only $79.99 a month for the first six months.

"This new chair has the smoothest 360 swivel action on the market!"

You're telling me not to choose sides between Google and Apple. Precisely. Computer Villa. Stay neutral. Continue to support both companies. Emotionally. Right. By buying as much as you can from both companies. Doesn't that only benefit you? Heretic. Absolve yourself by upgrading your phone! Computer Villa.

'Hey, what happened to my cookies?'

'Yes, it is large for a smart phone, but then it does do absolutely everything.'

"We're looking for an accountant who can use ChatGPT creatively."

"What do I do - I'm a mouse pilot, like everybody else."

"I think I know what your problem is. Not enough PR."

"I'd like to get my withdrawal in either cryptocurrency or social-media exposure."

"I'm not sure cuteness counts as a core competency? but hey if it gets hits, you're on."

The Design Artiste

'Doesn't bother me. All my money is in carbon-cleanup technologies.'

'Here comes Mr. 'Smarter-then-you'.'

And so, Rudy unwittingly became an investor in The Infant Restaurant Critic. At first, he was furious having lost his weekly paycheck. But then it dawned on him: He was back in the dot-com game – for the first time in 20 years. He was practically a venture capitalist! I'm a social media investor. It's a multi-platform play with, obviously, huge mobile capability, global reach, soaring audience share. Revenue model? What? Huh? Beat it.

"We can do it on the net now... so it's off to the knackery for you."

Buzzfeed does The Bible: 10 commandments that will blow your mind.

"Online Data 5000 powered by teenage girls"

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

"I'm not particular, I'll take any job that will replace a human."

'Here comes the new kid.'

"Before we decide that SEO is dead, can someone tell me what SEO is?"

Facebook in the Boxing Ring

Pretty Soon: Robot pets won't provide the valuable life lessons flesh pets did.

'The really scary part is that he is the new head of human resources.'

"The phone takes some effort to unfold completely, but the 24" screen makes it all worthwhile.

"Look, previous, your video got 954 likes this morning!"

"Just remember one thing. You wouldn't have your artificial intelligence without my actual intelligence."

'The bouncing dot.com. bomb.'