Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright
Tomorrow, Apple launches this year's World Wide Developers Conference with a much-anticipated keynote by Steve Jobs (Apple does an excellent job of making every keynote much-anticipated). During the keynote and conference, Apple will unveil the next version of OS X, named Tiger. Though I'm as thoroughly stoked as the typical macintosh groupie, my real concern lies with the hundreds of editors who will have to provide pithy, cliche-ridden titles featuring the word Tiger only moments after the keynote ends. So, I thought I'd offer a little help.
Top 10 Tiger List
1. Apple's Tiger Roars
2. Will this Tiger Bite?
3. Apple Set to Release New Tiger into the Wild
4. Apple's Tiger Looks Good, Lacks Bite
5. Is Tiger Just Panther with a Shiny New Coat?
6. Apple Lets Tiger Out of the Bag
7. For a Tiger, Apple's New OS Purrs Like a Kitten
8. Jobs Announces Apple's Latest Cat
9. Can Apple Tame This Tiger?
10. Tiger Escapes from the WWDC Zoo
and, of course, a bonus
11. This Tiger Burns Brightly
All of these are hereby released into the public domain! On Monday, I'll post some of the actual headlines.
Here are a few more off the top of my head. I'm quite prepared to be told they are lame, but isn't this the whole point? :-)
12. Tiger Bares its Teeth
13. Developers Ask Where Tiger Tracks Lead
14. Apple's Tiger is Ferocious
15. Apple's New Tiger is Tony
16. Apple's New Tiger Still a Cub
17. OS X Tiger is Pride of Apple
18. Tiger Pre-release Leads to Cat Fight
Posted by: Jeff Mincey | June 27, 2004 at 02:05 PM
Winnie the Pooh and Tiger Too!
Posted by: M | June 27, 2004 at 02:20 PM
19. With Tiger Apple Claws its Way Back to Top
20. Cat Scratch Fever
21. Cat Got Your Tongue? Tiger's New Speech Interface
22. Cat Call: Apple Releases Tiger to Developers
23. Apple's Tiger Quick as a Cat
24. Apple's Tiger Has New Prey: The Enterprise
25. Cat and Cattle: How Tiger and Longhorn Compare
Posted by: Jeff Mincey | June 27, 2004 at 02:43 PM
cNet has already used "Tigers on the loose":
http://news.com.com/2102-1084_3-5248345.html?tag=st.util.print
Sun's new Java is codenamed Tiger too. How lame
Posted by: PatMac | June 27, 2004 at 03:29 PM
Tiger - "It's gggreeeaaaatttt!!!"
Posted by: Brian Bomersbach | June 27, 2004 at 03:31 PM
How about Tiger Mauls Longhorn? :)
Posted by: kt | June 27, 2004 at 05:59 PM
I find it ironic that http://www.myapplemenu.com/ titled the sidetrack column today (before this page was posted) as "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright"! Good times good times, I can't wait to see how many of these are used tomorrow ;)
Posted by: Colin | June 27, 2004 at 06:33 PM
Do you think William Blake will show up as the keynote guest speaker?
Posted by: DR | June 27, 2004 at 10:07 PM
26. Meow Meow LOVE Meow Meow OS X Tiger!
Posted by: john s | June 28, 2004 at 08:25 AM