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Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
Wednesday at 9:14 am - Link
"Expensive: yes. Parking: horrible. Moving-going experience: pretty good. For $10.50 admission, you'd expect a pretty good movie experience and I think this theater delivers. There is a certain…" - Ben Vaughan
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Bwana McCall posted a link
July 1 at 7:31 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"The telco says a no-commitment version of the phone will be available for $599 and $699, though it looks like that will come after the initial launch" [I'm surprised they even are allowing a no commitment version of the iPhone. I'm happy that they are and the price range sounds around the same as unlocked Nokias I bought from overseas (without a commitment)] - Bwana McCall via Bookmarklet
As an existing AT&T customer, I'm happy to be getting any break at all. They could very easily told us "non-eligable" people to pay up if we wanted the new iPhone. - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
How are they defining "early upgrader" and why is the pricing 399/499 for them? - Mike Doeff
wow. nearly $100 bucks a month.. the whole bs of paying $15 for text messages is just that..data is data - Got80s
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 26 at 8:16 am - Link
"Half-chicken, no sides: $5. This is the best lunch to be had in the loop. There's nothing hidden. No fillers or frills. No gimmicks or fancy anything. Just plain, good chicken. This is my…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 26 at 7:10 am - Link
"Meh... That's what I have to say about their pizza. Despite being "gourmet" with all kinds of interesting sounding pizzas (pesto sauces, sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese, shitake mushrooms, etc,…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 26 at 7:10 am - Link
"I do enjoy me some Leona's. Their competition in Hyde Park for the pizza market is Pizza Capri, Giordano's, Edwardo's, Chloie's, HomeMade, and Domino's. For my taste in pizza, they make the best pie…" - Ben Vaughan
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Ben Vaughan commented on a story on Digg
June 25 at 11:56 am - Link
"Dugg for Real Genius" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 23 at 9:42 am - Link
"For a general maintenance, tire and repair shop, this place is all that and a bag of chips. The guy running the shop is a stand-up, honest fellow. He knows what he's talking about and doesn't do any…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 23 at 8:26 am - Link
"I just visited the MSI this past weekend and was surprised at how much the cleaned the place up since I was last there (about a month ago). They are in the midst of celebrating their 75th Anniversary…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 23 at 8:26 am - Link
"Honest and good. I accidentally left a set of keys in a coat pocket and they were able to return them to me without a big hassle. Very thorough and on time. The price was average for dry cleaning." - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 23 at 8:22 am - Link
"Groceries in the city are expensive. So why not get some extra value for the money you spend? Peapod isn't dramatically more expensive than the "local" big-box grocer. The delivery charges are…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 20 at 11:07 am - Link
"I confess that I actually like Starbucks coffee. This isn't to say that there aren't better coffee shops around, because there certainly are, but Starbucks coffee is generally good and I can always…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 19 at 2:11 pm - Link
"Good coffee. Food is OK. I've always gotten good service. Atmosphere could be improved. They need to deaden up the space a bit, perhaps some carpet or anything to soak up the sound. They could do…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 19 at 10:15 am - Link
"Wesley's Shoe Corral caters to people looking for distinguished foot accompaniments. Don't go to Wesley's looking for your every-day trainers, but expect to find very good shoes that are a bit more…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 19 at 8:17 am - Link
"Settled in a little shopping courtyard, the Bonjour Cafe Bakery makes a wonderful contribution to the ambiance of the inner-city open space. The goods are wonderful, but a bit expensive. The range…" - Ben Vaughan
Yelp
Ben Vaughan published a review on Yelp
June 19 at 8:03 am - Link
"I enjoy The Snail. The atmosphere is fine, it doesn't draw attention to itself, but is also "comfortably full". The service is a bit slow, but it's also not pushy or demanding. The food is good,…" - Ben Vaughan
Blog
l0ckergn0me posted an entry on Chris Pirillo
June 15 at 7:32 pm - Link
Is ANYBODY out there still using Palm devices?! - l0ckergn0me
Unfortunately, yes. 700P with Sprint. I want to upgrade. - elroy via twhirl
I think the last Palm I had was a Clie. - l0ckergn0me
I had the Handspring Visor with VisorPhone, then went to Treo 180g, and finally, to BlackBerry. Still no iPhone. - Louis Gray
The Centro is actually a pretty decent smartphone - nice form factor, great price. - Leo Laporte
Last Palm device I had was the Treo 600 - Bwana McCall
755p right here. I'll still take it over Windows Mobile anyday, but the iPhone is calling to me - Roger Benningfield
Yes, I'm a lifelong (US Robotics Pilot to PalmPilot to Palm (last one was a T|X) to now the Treo 700P) Pam user. Really dig my Treo. Thinking about a BlackBerry when my Verizon 'new every two' is up, but I have too many programs to part with. - David Price
Palm TX user - loren Feldman
Best Palm device I ever had was the Clie NR70 (http://www.mobiletechreview.co...) ... Got it at the end of my freshmen year in high school... way ahead of it's time... Unfortunately... Sony decided that their awesome devices were too cool or something... so they discontinued the Clie line... - Ross Miller
I have a red Centro (from Sprint) and I like it a lot. - Shannon Jiménez
Loved the Clie - definitely a great Palm-based device, and I think I had them all. - Leo Laporte via twhirl
I would take the iPhone any day over Palm. Regardless of document editing. - Chris Rodgers via fftogo
its not even a contest. Palm was innovative 6 years ago. That interface is stagnant now. - Joe Mac Stevens
I still have a 700p with Verizon and a Lifedrive. Dreaming of an iPhone to dump one of them. - Raymond Phillips
Palm was great. Emphasis on was. It's still better than WinMo when considering general usability. But, Apple came along and changed the landscape and I think both Palm and Microsoft were caught off guard. It will be interesting to see how they respond once better understand what Apple has done (if they ever understand, that is). - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
I have a Treo 600 that I can't wait to get rid of. Problem is, it seems that where I'm going Verizon reigns supreme and everything else is a mistake. If it wasn't that way, I'd already have an iPhone. - Robert Konigsberg
I never got my loyalty card after 3 palm devices so I've switched to a windows mobile device which was worse. Now on a Symbian. - Carolyn
Like David, been using Palm since the original Pilot, now on a Treo 700p with Sprint. Have many 3rd party programs that I depend on. I use and like it a lot but the regular crashes annoy me. May move to either a Blackberry or iPhone when my 2yr is up. - Larry Huffman
I just shelved a Palm Tungsten because I got my Blackjack II. However, I have to admit, the calendar and contact functions in the Tungsten were quite robust. I miss them. And I've used both Palm and Windows Mobile (remember CE?) for many years. The Tungsten stares out at me from time to time when I open the desk drawer. It may convince me to give it a revisit and simply answer my phone and check email on the Blackjack. iPhone? Meh. If I want an iTouch, I'll get one of those. - Rich Palmer
FriendFeed
Veronica posted a message
June 13 at 10:25 am - Link
have a look at some of the earlier posts, you're not the only one - Naor
Weird. Mine updated an hour ago. - Jonathon
that often happened to me, good there is a manual refresh for a service. - Mladen Srdić via twhirl
Actually, looks like it's been more like 25 hours! - Veronica
My twitter seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes it takes 5 minutes, but other times it will take 2 or 3 hours. - Michelle Martinez
I manually refreshed the blog and Twitter this morning, after not seeing updates for about an hour. - Louis Gray
Twitter is slow but that don't really distract me any more since I have just moved mainly to FriendFeed. - Daniel Schildt
Oh look, some of them showed up! - Veronica
Yeah FF's been odd today, Twitter's hit or miss and it updated my blog hours after I posted... it's usually right on top of it. - felix
I noticed it was slow yesterday grabbing my Google Reader and Digg stuff. - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
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l0ckergn0me posted a link
iPhone capable of doing live video streaming today - no jailbreak required!
June 13 at 12:13 pm - Link
this made me sad damn!! eh, i still like my iphone - Chris Harris
it's real weird they didnt add it to the new model... i guess they're keeping it for 3rdparty apps and next years wwdc, im sure Job's will make me feel like i just discovered video and it was all their idea :P (and ill love it) - Ruben Llibre
I was all excited... Do we really need to have these "mine's bigger than yours" arguments? - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
amazing technology breakthrough!! - Dieter Schwarz
How much for the rubber band? I don't see it listed on the Apple iPhone Accessories page for some reason. ;) - Kevin C. Tofel
Literally laughed out loud at work. Was super excited then when it flipped over, just burst out laughing. - Johan Lieu
Qik did announce they would support the iPhone. So did FlixWagon. - wrecks
....and....Drunknbass, probably a few others. Still funny for a few weeks though. - Tom
FriendFeed
Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message
June 10 at 7:44 pm - Link
no, people won't feel obligated. but they will feel like they're "missing" something. which is why I think ff needs a client that will let people scan what's read & what's not. - Trent Olson
Yes, you're correct. There's no obligation to go back, back, back through every page. I do go back a few pages, but it's not like RSS. Also... if you're reading every Tweet, you're certifiably nuts. - Louis Gray
though i guess GReader lets you do that, but my GReader is gathering dust like crazy lately...honestly, a mix of ff & Snackr is doing me just fine - Trent Olson
hmm. thanks for the reminder re: Snackr. I haven't been very keen on GR as of late, either. - rambn via twhirl
The new best of links (up on the top right) make it easy to keep up with the relevant (read popular) stuff. I can miss the rest... - Scott Cropper
I certainly don't feel obligated. I read what I do when I do. @Louis: I don't even go back pages. I have 100 entries per page and just read the front page. Anything beyond there is some great magical wilderness that I'm never going to explore without a torch and a long rope. - Cyvros/fyc
It'd be useful to mark items as read or seen, but how to handle it when they keep popping back to the top as people like and comment? - Tom Landini
@Tom: agreed. I'd like an option to save for later (like GReader's star or something). Then, if you've starred it for later, it won't pop up to the top at all, 'cause you'll go back to it - Trent Olson
I think just having the option to sort by date or last comment/like would suffice. - Scott Cropper
@Trent I haven't tried it, but here's a Firefox plug in designed to let you mark FF items for later http://ffapps.com/readlater/ - Tom Landini
Thanks, Tom, I've seen it too...I tend to use ff in a prism window, so greasemonkey scripts don't work yet... - Trent Olson
well, I only joined twitter post some pownce issues, I responded to every post, only to those I could answer, or though worth answering. - clarke
I never read everything just the things that catch my eye or interest me. Otherwise all I would do is read - BCK via twhirl
I enjoy not having to read everything on FF and still feel like I'm keeping up, while on GReader I do feel "obligated" to read every item because it counts and keeps track of what I have and haven't read. - Alan Cheslow
I'm guessing that the tools will appear to selectively filter what's coming through and subscribe to the conversations you're interested in. I'm trying to get my head around the whole thing at the minute and I plan on developing a few such tools. - Anthony Burns
With FF, twitter etc I have become very good at scanning and quickly picking out stuff I want to read. - Michael McGimpsey via twhirl
It would at least be helpful if there was a way to know when you've passed all the new stuff and are on old stuff again. With comments moving stuff to the top again, it's hard to know sometimes what's new. - Greg Beck
collapsed comment set are those which you've already seen? disadvantages to this also. having a system that does not give you feedback around what you haven't seen or done should help users avoid the guilt of "incomplete" tasks. this is one of my favorite features of friendfeed - it promotes wading in and out of the stream - rob zand
I want to read every item that has five or more Likes but I can't do that. - Robert Scoble
I think I really use FF as more of a chat room... with topic of conversation always popping up. - Stefan Hayden
I pretty much end up reading what's above the fold and then skim the rest of the page - Dave Cohen
I want the ability to read all of certain people and then by popularity (number of likes) as Scoble suggested. I think that flexibility in deciding what is important individually would be super. - Joel Gray
Amen! - marcel weiss via twhirl
There is a big difference between FriendFeed and Google Reader: Google Reader shows the unread items, and often it has stuff I just can't miss. FriendFeed is complementary - it's no must-have, and it doesn't enable me to read everything (as it doesn't show me what I haven't read). - sebmos
Too much feeding will make you fat. :) - Jason Menayan
I would like the ability to track conversations by my reading behavior. My information need changes with daytime, weekday and location. I am thinkg a learning iPhone-App; like a littleamart assistant. - Andre via twhirl
I'm still trying to not feel obligated to read everything on FriendFeed. At the moment, I keep reading page after page until I see something I've read before or feel like I'm getting déjà vu... - Tony Ruscoe
1) rank unread items by likes; 2) rank unread items that are most relevant to me by likes; 3) rank unread items by comments; 4) rank unread items that are most relevant to me by comments - Sean McBride
I only read whatever is on the first page. Ok.. I read every single item on the first page, so as to keep up with all of you guys! - Winston Teo
Reader makes me guilty with its mass of unread items. It fairly forces me to scan items and hit Mark All As Read a few times. FF is more relaxing Reading. And yeah, ranking needs to visually separate old and new items. - Roberto Bonini
It will be interesting to see how we "solve" the ephemeral nature of this info overload. Whoever can reliably do this would be my hero. - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
I would like to see on friendfeed a feature to rate the items you get aggregated from your friends and that the system would learn from that and customize the content more and more as you continue to rate the items. I guess the logic to get that right might be rather complex though. Facebook has something like that on their News Feed, but I think it is more based on the source/type of content, not on the content itself. - Davide D'Incau
Couldn't agree more. - Chris Thomson
I want to see EVERY SINGLE ITEM that comes in from most of my feeds (comics, friends blogs, etc). It's things like Twitter, flickr, and news feeds that I don't need to read everything from. - xero
FriendFeed
Lifehack: Leon Ho posted a link
Apple - MobileMe
June 10 at 11:06 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
What do you guys think of MobileMe? Do you think it will be a popular productivity suite when released? - Leon Ho
I'm not sure what it would give me that I don't already get, for free, from Google Apps for my domain. It might be a bit slicker in the interface but that's not worth the extra cost....via feedalizr - Fraser Smith
I agree with Fraser on this one, Not really seeing the benefits. Although toss in Itunes storage and download with this and I would try it!. - Earl E Morningwood
I think its selling point is the push service to iPhone though. So it really depends if you think push service worth the price than syncing it thru USB? - Leon Ho
I don't have an iPhone and, as all my e-mail is web based (GAfyD), I don't think I'd benefit anyway. - Fraser Smith
i hope the push really works and is not as lame as the yahoo quasi-push. it's about time apple did something for .mac folks as this service has been the neglected step child for way too long. - sean808080 via twhirl
The demo of push service looks pretty promising, but never know until we test the actual product. - Leon Ho
If it's true push amongst every device in my home and abroad, then that alone is worth the price for me. - Joel Falconer
I'd like to know if more than one iPhone can "sync" to the same account. - Ben Vaughan via twhirl
With no iPhone, what's in it for us desktop users? - Paul W. Swansen
With regards to fixing .Mac it is a step in the right direct, but not far enough to get lots of people to buy in. I look at it as a very expensive way to wirelessy sync my contacts. - Chris McLean
well, mobileme got me thinking about taking the one-year-subscription - it closes the gap between my mac and "regular pcs" - Christoph Bauer via twhirl
I think this is a ground breaking service... 3 years ago. LIttle benefit unless you have an iPhone and even then i don't know. - Chris McLean
If you are happy using google apps there is no point. However if you are a small business and offline access is critical e.g. planes and trains then this is a simple alterative to exchange for an individual user. If apple add sharing of calendars/contacts plus private/public event invites then it could beat exchange for small businesses that use macs and iphones. - Adrian via twhirl
I am very much hoping this is going to be Exchange Lite for our small project team...fingers crossed. - John Samuelson
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Ben Vaughan shared an item on Google Reader
May 14 at 10:53 am - Link
I don't care for most of the styles they highlight in the article, but I think it's great that The Murse is getting some media time. - Ben Vaughan
Digg
Ben Vaughan commented on a story on Digg
February 17, 2006 at 2:36 pm - Link
"Man... digg is turning into the whiners paradise... post this, don't post that, too much of the other thing... sheesh" - Ben Vaughan
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