3-Minute Roast, Vol. 2, No. 41

A Poke in the Eye of the Online/Multimedia Nacissus Complex

[scientifically tested to take no longer than 3 minutes to read, and ponder the fate of humanity]

A SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE 3MR EVANGELIST
or
[MeekCow] Farewell

Hello my community:

For two and a half years I've had the privilege to serve as the Jamba
Evangelist for 3-Minute Roast. Jamba technology has changed the world for the better, making it easy for 3MR programmers to "write once, send anywhere, sue Microsoft." The early Jamba team showed me what kind of
incredible creative energy, talent, psychosis, intelligence, persistence, humor, bad breath, and insight it takes to bring a great new technology into the world. I'm grateful for that time. This is why I include a measure of sadness as well as excitement and utter disdain among the feelings as I close this chapter of my career.

I am leaving 3MR but of course I am not leaving Jamba. I am launching a
Silicon Valley Jamba startup tentatively called MeMyselfAndI, a wholly owned subsidiary of MeekCow.net. We are innovators in our use of the
latest Jamba technologies, and of course we have the killer app: Using Jamba to deliver the power of Fortune 500 Enterprise Management to "the rest of us" -- people with outsized egos who can talk about nothing for eons.

I feel confident leaving the official duties of Jamba Evangelism especially at a time when AOL and its capable leader Steve Case has announced its commitment to Jamba browsers and hardware, saying that the laughter of 3MR should be spammed to every AOL member when not engaging in hot chat. I am not claiming that the Jamba story is complete, merely that these trends represent the end of an important stage in Jamba's evolution. I can go from spouting my meaningless rhetoric at industry conference panels and rarely read Web pages to simply meditating on my image in a nearby mirror.

The richest, most meaningful events in one's life are those which are
reflected in our relationships with others. I've had the good fortune to
share some of myself with each of you and in turn appreciate what you have offered me (even though I don't know who the hell any of you are). Without the mirror of my communities, I would be much the poorer in the knowledge I have of myself, and would have to spend even more time pondering myself in front of a mirror.

The context of a community is further deepened by a sense of history and continuity. I hope that you will stay in contact with me through this and other life transitions. For instance, if I decide to break the bones of a witness testifying for Microsoft, and must spend 25 years in a state penitentiary, I hope you will still read my email hypotheses. And if I use my Palm Pilot to steal BMWs, open strangers' garage doors, and reprogram my VCR, I hope you'll still respect me in the morning. (Further information is provided below.)

Sincerely,
MeekCow Mitsubishi
Former Jamba Evangelist
President, US operations
VP of Strategy
MeekCow.net

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MeekCow Mitsubishi - Former Jamba Evangelist

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