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Might be the perfect tweet for all time
Saturday, February 06, 2010 by Dave Winer.
wilshipley: "Is there an iPhone app for adding your own subtitles to that famous Hitler scene on YouTube™, yet?" 
1. It's about a product from Apple.
2. It suggests an Apple slogan that's almost become a meme.
3. You know damned well there's no app for that.
4. But there totally should be.
5. We love Apple even though they turn us into couch potatoes and minions of Steve.
6. Consider it a feature request for Android.
7. It's about at the appropriate level of importance for the average tweet.
8. It's an application of Godwin's Law. 
9. The Hitler videos are funny even thought Hitler himself was a monster.
10. You never know what Hitler is going to say next!
11. Think of all the new applications for Hitler.
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Dave Winer, 54, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California.
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