You Will Know Tech Evangelists by the Trail of Dead

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — Matthew 10:34.

Sacha Chua asks: What does a portfolio for a tech evangelist look like?

I’d say a tech evangelist is in the business of promoting potentially disruptive technologies — indeed, the business of spreading disruption. Thus, a tech evangelist’s portfolio should record the disruption he spreads. Some would call it destruction; so be it. When you show people a better way, those who insist on the old way inevitably get fucked.

A tech evangelist clears a path to the future, cutting down all neo-luddites who dare stand in his way. Like a certain indie rock band, you will know them by the trail of dead.

Jack Thompson Thinks He’s a Secret Character

Someone who can’t take the heat is now barking up the wrong tree with his foot in his mouth.

Some guys used Mortal Kombat: Armageddon’s Kreate a Fighter feature to put antigaming nut Jack Thompson in the game. Jack apparently hasn’t heard of user-created content, believing himself instead to be a secret character.

It has today come to my attention that the newly recently (sic) Mortal Kombat: Armageddon contains an unauthorized commercial exploitation of my name, photograph, image, and likeness within the game. You are commanded to cease and desist immediately from the distribution of this game because of this unauthorized, illegal content.

Nevermind that satire is protected by law; the character is user-created content. And to think this guy’s supposed to be a lawyer! This clueless nut has way too high an opinion of his fighting prowess.

(Via GameAxis.com.)