Jason Perlow, Senior Technical Editor of Windows CE Power and Contributing Editor for PalmPower (and a fellow DVD fanatic) clocks in with his “best of” nominations:
Most important technology… Espresso Machine (the entire computer industry runs on it)
Most interesting product… ReplayTV
Best movie ever… 2001: A Space Odyssey / Blade Runner (tie)
Most interesting use of a new material… Velcro Sneakers
Most influential figure… Alan Turing, father of Computer Science
Best bad-guy… Darth Vader
Nastiest leader… Adolf Hitler/Joseph Stalin (tie)
Person of the Century / of the Millennium… J. Presper Eckert, John W. Mauchly and John Vincent Atanasoff (three-way tie), inventors of the world’s first digital computer
Most eagerly awaited event… Unveiling of the Color Palm Device
Most interesting new edible substance… Pop Rox
Most exciting event… Woodstock ’68
Biggest news/most newsworthy… Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Cheesiest concept… Microwave Pizza
Silliest technology… Microsoft Bob [our second nomination]