i am rich bitch (web app)
for those of you who follow tech stuff and have an iphone probably know about the “i am rich” app. for those of you that dont here is a little bit of backstory. Last month the iphone opened its app store and started selling additonal apps to be downloaded to the phone. most apps sell for between .99 cents and 10 dollars with the maximum price going all the way up to $999.99. Then someone comes along and creates an app called “I am rich”. the app cost the maximum $999.99 and its sole purpose is to let people know you can afford it. you push the button on your screen and it just displays “graphic art”. a poorley rendered image of a red jewl is displayed on your screen. Thats it no more no less. the discreption on the site states that that is all it does and there are no hidden features and what you see is what you get. its a pure status symbol. well a few pople actually bouth the app (i think 8 total) and some say the bought it by accident. enough people complained and apple pulled the app from the store. the interesting thing about this is it places an artificial value on something that should for no other reason be free. by saying someing is art dose it create an intrinsic value to it? dose a name on a brand add value to an otherwise ordinary object? in someway this reminds me of work of mathew barney who makes abstrcat sometimes creepy films wich can been seen easily but sells the origonal disks for hundreds of thousands of dollars. there are tons of other examples of “fine art” artificially over priced just do to artist recognition. most people would call this a scam but if some one is willing to pay money for something does it not have the value that the free market is willing to spend?
well i decided to make a cheep chinatown rolex knock off version of the i am rich app. this is the almost as good slightly less quality web app version complete with home screen icon. just go here (on an iphone) to see the beautiful glowing red jewel and click the plus button and select the add to home screen button to get quick and easy access image. impress your friends with your almost as good as the reel thing version of the $999.99 iphone application.
