Oct 26, 2011
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INT. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD BOARDROOM - DAY Men and women in business attire sit around a conference table. Some have laptops, others have stacks of paper. They are here to discuss which stories to run tomorrow. BUSINESSMAN OK, next on the agenda. We've got this story about Android app download numbers surpassing iOS's and we need a graphic to put in the header. Whaddaya got, team? KID WHO CAME TO WORK WITH HIS DAD, THE BOSS We should put skateboards on it! Not wanting to get on the boss's bad side, the team slowly nod their heads in agreement. ALL Yeah, good idea. Great thinking, kiddo! That's a great idea! I don’t understand the picture at all. The android is about to do a trick, maybe? It’s definitely on a skateboard, but I’m not seeing the connection between extreme sports and mobile operating systems. Is the skateboard angling up at the end meant to represent the growth of Android app downloads? Wait. I’ve got it. What if the whole thing is a musing on the evolution of Android — at first, rocky on the metaphorical skateboard that is the tech industry, but eventually finding its feet and getting ready to pop some sick ollies! I take it all back, SMH graphic design department.

INT. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD BOARDROOM - DAY

Men and women in business attire sit around a conference table. Some have laptops, others have stacks of paper. They are here to discuss which stories to run tomorrow.

                            BUSINESSMAN

                OK, next on the agenda. We've got  
                this story about Android app download  
                numbers surpassing iOS's and we  
                need a graphic to put in the header.  
                Whaddaya got, team?

                       KID WHO CAME TO WORK   
                       WITH HIS DAD, THE BOSS

                We should put skateboards on it!

Not wanting to get on the boss's bad side, the team slowly nod their heads in agreement.

                               ALL

                 Yeah, good idea. Great thinking,  
                 kiddo! That's a great idea!

I don’t understand the picture at all. The android is about to do a trick, maybe? It’s definitely on a skateboard, but I’m not seeing the connection between extreme sports and mobile operating systems. Is the skateboard angling up at the end meant to represent the growth of Android app downloads?

Wait. I’ve got it. What if the whole thing is a musing on the evolution of Android — at first, rocky on the metaphorical skateboard that is the tech industry, but eventually finding its feet and getting ready to pop some sick ollies! I take it all back, SMH graphic design department.

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