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Raven Zachary: FAIL

Raven Zachary, holding his iPhone upside-down, in the banner at his web site... where he markets his iPhone expertise.

FAIL.

[Image: Screen capture from Raven Zacharys web site]

Raven Zachary, holding iPhone upside-down

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  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    Funny. It would be a FAIL if I didn't know up from down, for sure. I was speaking in front of 400 people on stage and I pulled out my iPhone from my pocket to talk about the connected nature of the device. It happened to be upside down in my pocket and I didn't even look at the front while holding it. I'm glad to see that someone finally noticed it other than me. I've used this photo for years and laughed at it from time to time.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    Yeah and what about those glasses? They don't even go over Raven's ears.

    Corrective eye wear FAIL!

    BTW Where did you get from Raven?

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  3. AnonymousMarch 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    I think this falls into the category of ... if you can't find anything better to criticize, then they must be doing pretty well. ;)

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  4. Gary W. LongsineMarch 27, 2009 at 8:44 AM

    @ravenme... I agree. I just thought your web site was so beautiful and well organized and, well, nearly perfect, that the upside-down phone leapt off the page. I've decided that it's reminiscent of the perfect flaw concept of japanese pottery.

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