不知所云的IBM广告

恕我驽钝。IBM前一阶段铺天盖地的“红盖头(我取的名字)”广告就让我揣摩了好久才大概可能明白了是什么意思。这周末看杂志,又看到了一个铺天盖地的“线缆球”广告。该广告主体就是一个由各种电脑线缆扎成的巨大球体,背景没有任何线索(见过的背景版本有:加油站、办公楼外广场、海滩和一只狗)。广告上还有一个链接"ibm.com/cn/cables",不过经尝试是无效页面。我小心揣测,是不是说应该推广无线连接?可是这个广告并没有显示出有线连接有什么不好,,,一个大“线缆球”挺酷的。实在是不知所云。

Hillary Clinton, Silicon Valley

Just read a post, Clinton appeals to high-tech leaders, which lays out some inspiring news and interesting points.

  • "increasing the current cap on H-1B work visas; relaxing green card restrictions of engineers" – this is good news for foriegn-born high-tech workers, especially many of my friends currently studying abroad and planning to stay after graduation, but will also bring much protest from American middle class
  • "53 percent of all engineers in Silicon Valley are foreign born and three of 10 new jobs are created by foreign-born CEOs" – what will the percentiles turn out to be with more open border?
  • "Think of a series to bring real sex appeal to science and math"
  • "Fewer than 20 percent of American undergraduates earn degrees in science and engineering, compared with 50 percent in China" - actually I’ve been wondering whether there is real demand for so many doctors/lawyers/brokers.  Also, this reminds me of a joking statement I read somewhere, "Idle lawyers tend to become politicians, so there is a certain social value in keeping lawyers busy".