Bing and Fast Food
December 16, 2009
Short honk: I am recycling a post from Gizmodo. I found this post a poetic flight of fancy. The news item was “Has Anybody Used Bing to Find the Nearest Arby’s? Whoa, Man. Whoa.” Here’s the text:
The search engine Bing is kinda like Arby’s. You know it exits, but you never eat there.
How inappropriate. I feed the goslings at Arby’s at least twice a month. I do use Arby’s coupons. I do not get cash back, and I know the goslings appreciate the limited menu, curly fries, and bottomless soft drinks. How can this culinary experience relate in a metaphorical sense to an expensive search technology, tony UX, and an endlessly scrolling results list for images? No comparison. The goslings like Arby’s.
Stephen E. Arnold, December 16,. 2009
I have to reveal to the Bureau of Labor Statistics that I am working really hard to knock down this cruel poetic jab directed at Microsoft, Bing.com, and the image of the Web search system. I will have some extra curly fries, but I have to pay for them. You don’t have to pay for this short honk and I was not paid to write it.
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