August 2010
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If you doubt that the #AmericanDream still lives,...
I love technology and the media evolution that we are watching unfold around us. But the below is something that I think will happen less and less over time. Perhaps the flattening of our global economy will mean that people won’t need to cross oceans to have this kind of result. Either way, I’m proud to have been a part of this man’s life.
This letter came with my Sunday New...
July 2010
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10 Things my #Android phone does that my #iPhone...
Over 2 months into switching from my iPhone 3GS to my HTC Incredible, by Verizon and I am loving it**. Here are 10 things that I can do now that I couldn’t do with my iPhone (and that I’m pretty sure you can’t do with the new iPhone4):
Make calls whenever I want.
Receive calls when they come in.
Stay connected on calls both made and received.
Read my voicemail with Google...
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Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 30 (plus or... →
It’s been a little over 4 weeks since leaving the iPhone (3GS) and AT&T and movin’ on up to the HTC Incredible on Verizon. We hit an inflection point at week 2 and the HTC Incredible has gone from “sufficient” to “sometimes awesome and mostly Incredible”.
Here’s the overview:
Phone: iPhone4 Antnnna? This phone makes and receives calls with 100%...
April 2010
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Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 7. →
The new HTC Incredible arrived today. This is hailed as the phone that can compete with the iPhone on all fronts. 30 seconds in and it becomes clear that it has a proprietary connection for power/syncing. Really? Micro USB wasn’t enough?
Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 6. (Thanks... →
Breakthrough as far as voicemail goes today. Visual Voice mail on the Android is sub par at best. And it costs $2.99 a month. Seriously.
Here’s the workaround: Get a Google Voice number (I have 2 invites left for the first 2 folks to DM me. Or you can request one here). The link in this post shows instructions to loop your missed calls to your GV number. You can set it up to email, SMS and...
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Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 5. →
Ok, 5 days in and the key issues seem to be:
1) In any amount of sunlight the phone is barely useable. It should be called the HTC Vampire.
3) Battery life is ABYSMAL. Change the name from HTC Vampire to HTC Abysmal. With minimal calls and data I have not made it 12 hours on a single charge. #Fail.
3) Speed is an issue. I assume this is processor based and will be fixed when I upgrade to the...
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Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 3. →
Day three. I need visual voice mail. The act of calling in to Verizon, entering a PIN and listening to my voice mails is outdated. Here’s the thing - it’s not that my phone isn’t doing everything it needs to do, it’s just that after living with an iPhone for over a year, the expectations are so much higher. Thinking about upgrading to the Droid Incredible to make it a fair...
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Goodbye #iPhone, Hello #Verizon: Day 2.
Imported Google contacts and my Gmail. Seamless. You can run multiple apps at the same time. the problem is, you can run multiple apps. And they run, and run, and run. And my battery, 100% at the start of the day and with one call, ran out at 3pm. The screen is useless in any significant sunlight.Trying to take a picture is like staring into a mirror.
Oh, and you can’t copy text from...
Goodbye iPhone, Hello Verizon: Day 1. →
After enduring more dropped calls than I could handle, I’ve decided to say goodbye to the brilliance of Steve Jobs and swap my iPhone and AT&T coverage for the Verizon network.
Day 1: Damn you Steve Jobs. 3 minutes in and I am questioning the entire thing. Can I call Verizon and tell them I was just kidding? I moved into an HTC Droid Eris. It’s small. The screen is small. The...
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Is the future of pricing 'A la carte'?
Are we headed towards a world of paying $0.99 for every thing? Has the application marketplace taken us ‘off the menu’ for good?
Restaurants have done it for decades. Well before the iPhone, the carriers (like AT&T) got us accustomed to this with their billing process. Phone insurance? $2.99 a month. Add data? $9.99. Ringtones? $2.09. And so on and so on until your $79.99...
March 2010
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Return of the Killington Stage Race →
After 10 years, national level bicycle racing returns to Vermont. The KSR is Back!
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psa from @stuhueso
Craft in a Twitter world →
It’s rare in this day and age to see a true craft take place. Seymour’s Fashion in downtown San Francisco still makes it happen. Custom shirts, suits and the like, all measured by hand, and written with pencil in a ledger with carbon paper. They have books going back decades. It’s like stepping back in time in the best possible way.
Check out Sefte on Remodalista
Today’s Remodelista features Summer House, a Mill Valley CA boutique that carries, among other lines, Sefte Bedding! Check it out…
Is customer service all that matters?
Nike just called me. Yes, Nike.
They called to confirm a recent online purchase and the experience was so positive that it made me think about what else Nike makes (everything) that I could use (a lot).
The entire experience from inbound call, voice mail, to the tone, personality and delivery from the person on the other coupled with the level of service they offered made me a customer for life...
