Or maybe it was, in programming parlance, a wildcard. A character meaning "anything you desire from Clippy... just use your own imagination." Well, OK, that's not the technical definition of a wildcard character, but it's what it would mean in this context. That was the internal name for Clippy as Office was in development. Sam Hobson, a young program manager, pushed forward with the project even as Bob flopped; like Karen Fries and Barry Linnett, Hobson trusted the research of Nass and Reeves on creating social interfaces. Unlike the leaders of Bob, the Office team didn’t face the unenviable task of building an alternate realm for computer novices.

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Have I mentioned how awesome my publisher is? I helped create Forest City Pulp, and together with the other dudes who run it, we’re prodding at what it means to be a publisher in 2015. We live in an amazing time for books, when anybody can create whatever crazy shit they want to, and it can find its equally crazy audience. Publishers should be jumping on this new frontier of radical experimentation rather than trying to cling to old models. Conquered By Clippy couldn’t have existed a decade ago. TL;DR:Don't think you can pay for a vacation this upcoming holiday season? Dollar Flight Club cansave you hundreds on domestic and international flights, and a lifetime subscription starts at only… READ THE REST Microsoft gave him a private office and the freedom to draft 20 or 30 characters for Bob. Naturally, one was a rabbit. “Hopper” made the final cut as an alternative to Rover. MH: Clippy was all about helping Microsoft users with simple tasks. Is that his role in the bedroom? Is he a problem solver? But the artifact isn't what it seems, and soon an overly helpful giant living paperclip is getting her all bent out of shape.Interesting fact: if you analyze that cover art, you'll see that Clippy is composed of various hues, all grey. And you know how many? Sure you do: 50. About a decade ago, shortly after the death of his wife from an illness, Atteberry went to Burning Man. Festivalgoers dole out “playa names,” or alternate identities, in the annual haze of the desert. They didn’t have to think too hard about Atteberry’s. He spent the trip answering to “Clippy.” MH: Explain your readers to us. How many people are buying your books because they’re funny and stupid, and how many are buying them as fodder for actual masturbation? MH: This is serious. Come on, man, don't make this a joke. Could Clippy do the Iron Chef? Or the Butter Churner?

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LD: I don't want to give anything away, but I just released Invaded by the iWatch. The iWatch is a fictional device that I made up, but fans of Siri will certainly find a lot to like about this new story, available now from Forest City Pulp. Christie writes a white paper about her findings while Clippy, with other digital assistants, reads on from the underground facility they were buried in. Don’t worry about him though, because he is having a great time ‘assisting’ other digital assistants with pleasure-related issues. He leaves the vessel to help the people of the world, as is his true calling. Favourite part was in book 3 when you find out the iwatch is inhabited by the spirit of Steve Jobs; leading to this absolute gem of a line.Delaney may eventually get around to that, but in the meantime if you finish Conquered by Clippy and need more, perhaps consider Delaney's other offering…

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If you think that civilization is coming to an end, here’s confirmation. There’s now a book of Word porn, strictly speaking Clippy Porn. Support authors: If you like this and can afford it, consider buying the original, or supporting the authors directly. For the great people of romancelandia I can only give it one star ⭐ and a very lukewarm recommendation. It was not very good. At all.

These cameos can be easy to miss. Many sources for this story weren’t even aware of them. Some thought Clippy’s reemergence was a simple case of capitalizing on ’90s nostalgia. It was Clippy the cultural icon, after all, that had survived, not Clippy the task wizard who constantly interrupted. LD: That’s ridiculous. As a straight male who enjoys thinking about female humans, I would never be turned on by a male paperclip. What does turn me on is a strong woman banging a paperclip. I like Clippy—maybe I even love him—as a complex character in a deep and satisfying story. But when I write the sex scenes, my mind’s eye does not focus on his glowing metal poker of a schlong. As a writer, I do have to picture it in great detail, but I take no erotic pleasure in it.