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Archive for July, 2008
Its about mobile data, not the device
Published July 20th, 2008 in Mobile, Personal Tech and Uncategorized.Friday I wrote a post about why I returned the 3g iphone (it was reposted here, thanks SAI and innonate). The objective was really to outline the pitfalls of the iphone for other business oriented people considering buying it about to be pushed over the edge, but the end result was really just gathering [...]
Peer pressure: saving for the Kiva Fellows program
Published July 20th, 2008 in Uncategorized and personal.With a little inspiration from Predictably Irrational (a very basic book about behavioral economics) I decided I want to trick myself into following through on saving for a long term goal.
I want to participate in the Kiva Fellows Program.
What is this?
Kiva is a website by which anyone with a credit card can help provide microfinancing [...]
Why I paid for them (Apple/At&t) to take back my iphone 3G
Published July 18th, 2008 in Uncategorized.Lets cut to the chase, and get the details out of the way:
the good:
i love the new form factor
really surprised by how much I liked the keyboard(s)
the bad:
no copy/paste
no push email (fwding to a mobile.me account doesn’t count)
no email search
no google calendar sync
poor battery life
no google talk or blackberry messenger
slow software
If you couldn’t tell, I’ve [...]
Great TED talk by John Doerr, on how we’re not doing enough to save/protect our planet. He’s a Rice grad!
