Monday, February 21, 2011

I'm Bucking the Trend

There was an interesting article in the NY Times about how no one blogs anymore.  Everyone is using Facebook and Twitter now to express themselves.  It's particularly interesting that Merriam-Webster declared blog to be the word of the year way back in 2004.  The article is probably right but I still like to blog occasionally.  It does no harm and helps improve my writting skills more than Facebook and definitely more than Twitter.  I'm not sure how many people still follow me but thats never really been the point. 

To quote Sue Rosenstock of LiveJournal, "Blogging can be a very lonely occupation; you write out into the abyss"
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

My First Cell Phone

I was just reading an article in Engadget about peoples first cell phones.  My first cell phone wasn't actually a cell phone, it was a PDA that was also a cell phone- a Kyocera QCP 6035.  You see I needed a PDA for work and I was feeling a bit akward being an adult in 2000 and not having a cell phone (my 10 year old nephew hand one for pete sake), so I thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone.  I can't remember the phone quality but I used the PDA part for all it was worth.  It's hard to believe that was 11 years ago. 

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Intel is either desperate or stupid... or both

I just read an interesting article saying that Intel is continuing with the Meego OS despite the fact that Nokia has dropped it.  Intel is building a system that doesn't work, for a demand that doesn't exist.  Now that is true thinking outside of the box!

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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Why I Hate Sony

A great article by John Dvorak in PC Magazine about Sony.  I had a similar experience with Sony at Comdex a few years ago.  I went to their booth and specifically asked one of the guys there if he worked in sales or engineering.  He said engineering, which was what I was looking for.  I then asked him why their car stereos didn't have a hard drive in it so I could listen to my MP3's (like what Kenwood offered at the time).  He then started telling me that they had a cd player that held multiple cd's, at which point I explained that I didn't mean mp3 songs on a cd, but mp3s on a flash drive like an iPod.  We that started arguing about the merits of a flash drive.  Afterwards, he then told me in a condescending manner, that I was wrong and Sony wasn't interested in my suggestion.  When Samsung and Apple started kicking their behinds, I was soooo happy.  Nothing so far has shown me that they've swallowed any humble pie and learned their lesson.

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