The last 4 days in Baltimore at the eTail East conference have been amazing. It was a last minute decision for my boss, Paul, and I to attend eTail but it was a great conference. Paul and I were lucky enough to be invited to eTail West in February at the JW Marriot in Palm Springs, and it was hands down one of the best conferences we have ever been to. Attending eTail East was basically a no brainer (though a last minute decision). While East was quite a bit smaller than West (have heard as much as 1/2 the size) I think the smaller attendance added to the ...
Did Facebook just copy Twitter?
Not sure if I just missed this feature from awhile ago, but I just noticed that when you hover over a friend's name on Facebook, you get a pop up similar to what Twitter implemented awhile ago. Personally I like the way Facebook has implemented this a little more than Twitter, but only because it shows you a little more information about how you are related to the person (ie 16 people in common). I wish that the Twitter pop up gave more information without having to click 'more' or the cog button. I always open a Twitter profile in another tab because to me I care more ...
My First iPad!
Yesterday I went and waited in line to buy the new iPad that operates on both wifi and 3G. They went on sale at 5:00pm at the local stores, and since I didn't have the foresight to pre-order mine online I had to wait in line. It was a bit chilly, took about 45 minutes, but it was worth it! So far I love my new toy and all of the incredible apps that are built for the iPad, but in order to get the most out of it, I want to be able to take it around with me. Right now I can't just ...
Check.in – Good Idea, Needs Some Work
Check.in is an HTML5 site that allows you to check in on Brightkite, Gowalla and Foursquare at the same time, which seems like an awesome idea, except it is missing some of the features that make those other applications great.
My Wii Now Streams Netflix!
Thanks to Netflix and Wii for making it an extremely simple process to update my Wii to allow for Netflix streaming. After popping in the DVD from Netflix, making sure the Wii was on wifi and waiting for an update, all that was left was to enter a code from the tv into my Netflix profile. After that my Wii was ready to go!
Netflix Streaming to the Wii
Netflix is finally allowing users to stream movies and tv shows to the Wii!! I just got the following email telling me that once I receive the disc, my Wii will be able to stream my instant queue! I can't wait until Friday!
New Feature I Found in Tweetie 2
Today I stumbled upon a cool feature in Tweetie 2 that I have never noticed before. This is a small feature, but just one of the many reasons I stick to Tweetie 2 as my go-to Twitter client on the iPhone.
Adding alerts for specific contacts on a Blackberry
I recently traded in my 6 month old Palm Pre for the new Blackberry Tour. The Pre just did not stand up to my standards of a smart phone and became too slow for me to use for anything (I came to loathe that phone so quickly). Before the Pre I had the older World Blackberry 8830, so I knew that I could count on it to do what I needed (email, texts, aim, gchat, twitter and phone calls) without slowing the whole phone down. It took me a few weeks to get all of the alerts back to what they were on my old Blackberry because ...
Never thought these words would come out of my mouth…
I found a good reason to use Bing.com! Ok that may have been a little more excited than it should be, but I am impressed I have found a legitimate reason to use Bing over Google. When searching for an online company, like retailer Amazon.com, on Google you get a lot of links to Amazon.com, Books, Web Services, EC2, Wikipedia of the Amazon River etc: BUT look at the same search with Bing: This may not be a huge deal to you, but they have Amazon.com's phone number listed under all of the other links! Have you ever searched for Amazon's phone number? Unless they have changed the location ...
Twitter SMS Messages
Over the past 24 hours or so Twitter has had a malfunction that causes other people to show up in my sms timeline from Twitter that I have not set up to come to my phone.
