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]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3387718403_1dc144fe48.jpg "A screen capture from Raven Zachary web site")
Raven Zachary, holding iPhone upside-down
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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.
ReplyDeleteYeah and what about those glasses? They don't even go over Raven's ears.
ReplyDeleteCorrective eye wear FAIL!
BTW Where did you get from Raven?
I think this falls into the category of ... if you can't find anything better to criticize, then they must be doing pretty well. ;)
ReplyDelete@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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