November 26, 2003
Albino Gorillo Moblog Tribute
Reading the news yesterday, photoblog savvy fans must have had a thought for Danish moblogging service Albino Gorilla (the first to utilize both the picture and sound capability in MMS' for blog entries), upon the news of the death of Snowflake, believed to be the only albino gorilla in captivity, who died on Monday from skin cancer after living for 36 years in the Barcelona zoo.
According to Mads Bjerre of Albino Gorilla, questioned on the relationship between Snowflake and his company': "We were trying to find a name that was unique - especially not tech-related - for our service. I remembered I had heard about this white gorilla in Barcelona Zoo. Snowflake was precisely that: unique and ... cuddly, actually. He seems very human-like in pictures because of his white skin and white fur. And we thought "Albino Gorilla" was a catchy name.
We're trying hard to make our service very non-techy and non-nerdy so that everyone will find it accessible and easy to use. Moblogging for the masses, so to speak. I think the name fits very well with that."
They've set up a tribute moblog for Snowflake at albinogorilla.dk/snowflake, just to honor him. Nice.
Also a first I think, a tribute moblog.
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