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apple captures the zeitgeist once again

“I think this is going to be a really exciting feature for our customers,” Jobs said. “And I’d love to show it to you now.”
Taking a sip from a bottled water, Jobs sat down at a keyboard and monitor and brought up .Mac.
“We’ve got some standard, pre-built lolcats text you can see here in this pull-down menu. Let’s say I want to add ‘I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?’ to this picture. First, I select the picture… then I select ‘I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?’ from the list of pre-defined lolcats texts… and then it’s just one click.
Clicking a button, Jobs created an image of a clearly uncomfortable-looking iPod product marketing manager Stan Ng dressed up in a crude cat suit with “I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?” emblazoned on it in sans serif text.
“Boom. It’s that easy.”
Apple Announces Lolcats Strategy

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