March 2011
28 posts
Donde esta la biblioteca? Me llamo T-Bone, la...
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Ask me anything
Smart move, Brian.
thedeadline:
Since I have new followers, and since my employer, The New York Times, is starting to charge for NYTimes.com at 2pm Eastern time today, this seems like a good day to answer questions.
I will answer, or at least publicly deflect, each question.
<a href=”http://www.formspring.me/brianstelter”...
Worst Travel Day Ever?
It all started this morning when I left the Sheraton in Santa Monica for a quick bite before my 1:40 flight. I grabbed a cab from the hotel and asked to go to Rose Ave. & Main St. in Venice, since I’d Yelped myself one sweet spot.
The cab driver took me the wrong way and, in the interest of time, I asked to be dropped off immediately. He gave me an exasperated look through his rear view...
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“6.
-“Okay, come to Stubb’s.”
-“The one in the barn?”
-“No, that’s Emo’s....”
– Eleven very short stories about SXSW (via naveen)
This pretty much sums up Foursquare’s greatest value to me.
On Social Networking iPhone Apps
A safe assumption to make when shopping in the App Store is that paid apps are better than the free ones (note: not their free counterparts). Better quality, smoother design, more intuitive UI, more advanced notification systems…
But with Social Networking apps, I find paid apps to be quite suspect. WHY can’t you monetize it without making me pay?!?
Someone’s got it wrong, it...
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Asurion MobileProtect, You're OK in my Book
Have to say - once I got past that one terrible rep and the fact that they didn’t automatically get my new IMEI number from Apple when I had to replace my iPhone 4 last week, Asurion was quite good with replacing my (gulp) 4th iPhone 4.
My fifth one is on its way to me right NOW and will be in my hands before I head to LA on Wednesday.
Sigh… still no iPhone 4 insurance from AT&T?...
Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You →
I’ve actually started to phase out of this sentiment, as my friends have learned that I much prefer texts, tweets & emails, only a few ever, EVER call me. Now I crave? value? reminisce? about the good ol’ spoken word exchanged in actual dialogue.
But yes - agree about voicemail. VM only causes me stress since I’m forced to spend time recording an awesome pre-recorded message...
T-Mobile Wastes Little Time Addressing The iPhone... →
It’s quite unbelievable to me that the Sidekick outlives the Zune.
parislemon:
From their Q&A:
Is T-Mobile USA getting the iPhone?
T-Mobile USA remains an independent company. The acquisition is expected to be completed in approximately 12 months. We do not offer the iPhone. We offer cutting edge devices like the Samsung Galaxy S 4G and coming soon our new Sidekick 4G.
One point:...
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