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Mona Nomura
Preparing to end the longest relationship of my life. Finally ready to move on to the next one... the Nexus One, that is. #byebyeiPhone
are you selling your "old" iPhone now then? - John Wang
I'll probably keep it just for WiFi -- haven't decided yet. Btw, what happened to your FB? - Mona Nomura
3gs? or 3g? I'd take it :P - mjc
BOO! - Louis Gray
Mona Mona Mona. What am I ever going to do with you? #sigh - Louis Gray
Louis, acting like a ghost isn't going to help at all - you can't scare Mona - Jesse Stay
It took a year to mentally prepare myself. I am ready. And this time, I'm not looking back!! http://friendfeed.com/monasfe... - Mona Nomura
mjc: 3GS! - Mona Nomura
My FB? You mean my Facebook status about Ceridian getting hacked? - John Wang
I looked earlier and it said you canceled your account...though Facebook's been wonky lately. Especially on mobile. #boo - Mona Nomura
Oh wow. It's still there. I hope. I logged in earlier. Hmm. Well, let me know if it doesn't work, maybe I need to contact them. Thanks for the heads up! And so jealous of your future Nexus One! - John Wang
I just looked and it's there. So weird. I am really excited. REALLY excited. Need to tie up loose ends with AT&T then I will be FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! - Mona Nomura
Ah. I take it that means you're going on a T-Mobile plan and not getting it unlocked. Either way, I'm excited for you too. And if you keep the iPhone, with a little "hacking," you could always just plop in the SIM card if you really wanted to. - John Wang
Enjoy it - it's taken some getting used to, but I'm digging Android. Hope to move from the Hero to a Nexus soon myself. - Ben Wern
whahaha :) Can't wait to hear about the pros and cons :) - DC Crowley
Good luck Mona, sure you'll have fun with the new toy.. :) - Myrna
I enjoy reading about each new relationship as it happens, Mona. :-) - Daniel Dulitz
Boo! - Brad Nickel
are u sure u wont miss any App?im considering "maybe" a Nexus too (but waiting for my App to come on Android soon) - Frankie Gray from BuddyFeed
Considering I only use Google apps (Google Maps, Gmail, Google Voice, etc.), Tweetie, and Foursquare, I firmly believe the N1 is the phone for me. PDFs, presentations (Docs to Go) isn't that big of a concern to me, since I can view via Google Docs. My only worry is Google Reader -- can someone provide feedback? - Mona Nomura
There's no native app that I know of, but the iPhone version of Google Reader works great on my Droid. http://www.google.com/reader... - Tudor Bosman
The Google apps are great. Don't be surprised when you find out the Android version of a lot of iPhone apps are lacking. How is T-Mobile in your area? These days, I choose the carrier first over the phone. - Rodfather
Did you have internal info that GOOG was going to release multi-touch today? :-) - kartik vaithyanathan
Sell out you're choice though. - orionstarr from iPhone
Using NewsRob for my newsreader - syncs up to google reader. Not fantastic, but it does the job. - Ben Wern
Tell us how do you find Nexus to be better than, or not better than, iPhone. - TrafficBug
Jason
The ghosts must've escaped! Had to evac Haunted Mansion mid-ride... Funny to see on-stage used as a warehouse when all the lights are on.
Looks like you guys had fun. - Ben Wern
Ben Wern
I have 5 Google wave "nominations" for the first 5 people to respond to this.
Wow - sent this on twitter and got about 20 responses in the first minute or so. Zero on Friendfeed. - Ben Wern
Ben Wern
Thought we'd be heading to China near Thanksgiving. Going first week in October. Only off by 2 months.. Panic!
Remind me, it's been a while since we've spoke -- what's going on over there again? - Jon Butler
Adopting Austin (aka #2) - Ben Wern
Jon Butler
Has anyone had experience with Evernote? Trying to get organized ...
Yes; used evernote and onenote extensively. - Ben Wern
Right now, I am mostly using Onenote due to tie-ins to sharepoint, etc at work. Like Evernote a lot though. - Ben Wern
Lindsay
Help! I need some freeware that will let me use my NeatReceipts scanner and just scan straight to a file. The NeatReceipts software is TOO SLOW and I don't want to use it's database, just want to scan stuff to pdf or image so I can stick stuff in Evernote. Anyone know of something simple and fast I can use??
Which OS? - Brett Kelly from iPhone
Windows XP - this is on my new netbook. - Lindsay
DO ANYBODY NO? - Lindsay
Sorry. Only tried NeatReceipts for about a day -- sent it back and switched to a Fujitsu S510. - Ben Wern
Does the built in Windows Scanner software not recognize it? You could try to use that. I’m not familiar with the device, but I use the Visioneer Road Warrior. Jeff - Jeff Cox from email
Can't you just scan as pdf, then drop the digital copy to evernote? - JCunwired
I think I figured it out... using this software: http://icopy.sourceforge.net/ and then "printing" it to PDF with http://primopdf.com - Lindsay
Ben Wern
It's nice to see Google offering priority Google Voice invites to (US) military.
Saw that too -- that's fantastic. - Jon Butler
Not that it gets me anything (not military and already have Google Voice), but still.. - Ben Wern
Lindsay
"Take the sh out of IT" - LOL! I love this slogan on an ad I just saw for Splunk (http://www.splunk.com/downloa...)
A great tag and a great product. - Ben Wern
Keith Barrett
Just got my invite for GoogleVoice
It's been great for me (using is since Grandcentral) - looking forward to better call origination at some point from my mobile. - Ben Wern
Tamar Weinberg
score! after 2 yrs of listing the same little exercise toy product again & again on craigslist, it's GONE! someone finally didn't flake out!
Why not ebay? - Mo Kargas
I didn't want to ship it. It was kind of heavy. I wanted local pickup, though I normally do use eBay. - Tamar Weinberg
I've had some limited success on Bonanzle for local pickup as well. - Ben Wern
I would like to say that I've never heard of that service but am willing to try it :) Thanks Ben. - Tamar Weinberg
Keith Barrett
Dear Google, my eyes want to know when will the Android Gmail app support setting bigger fonts?
How are you liking the Android? I'm waiting (very, very impatiently) for Sprint to carry one... - Ben Wern
I like it fine. You know you can purchase it unlocked at Wal*Mart. - Keith Barrett
True, but won't work with Sprint where my current plan lock-in is. Very tempted, but hoping against hope Sprint will release it as a dual GSM/CMDA "worldphone" config. - Ben Wern
peter royal
For example, the research of Hart & Risley has shown that over half of the variance in a child’s vocabulary at age 3 can be attributed to the ways in which a parent talks to their child, and the way parents talk to their children varies dramatically depending on socioeconomic status. Specifically, they estimate that by age 4 the children of... - http://osi.tumblr.com/post...
Seems like they are inflating their own numbers by repeating themselves two or three times in the same paragraph. :) - Ben Wern from fftogo
Guy Kawasaki
My review of the Sprint MiFi card. http://adjix.com/ejp6 Pls mark "found useful" if you did.
Found useful & marked; aren't you going to burn through 5G pretty fast with all 4 macs, iphone, and the touch going at once? - Ben Wern
Keith Barrett
More sadness; Puck's also changed what use to be the best Mac & Cheese on the planet. I'l have to see what the Market Place one has
Damn. - Ben Wern
Kol Tregaskes
That ship looks a little too close to shore! - http://bi.gazeta.pl/im...
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If that isn't 'chopped than they beached that there ship. - Mathew A. Koeneker
Beached in 2007, according to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Ben Wern
Hmnn. So whom in Newcastle remembers..."Blame it on the Pasha Bulker"? - Mathew A. Koeneker
Jon Butler
I'm amazed that there are 15 people this call, and none of them understand how the process works.
That's nothing - you can easily have 50+ people on a call and have no one understand anything at all. That's amusement! - Ben Wern
Ben Wern
Easy thing that could make healthcare a little better? Don't make me sit here while you take 4 drug reps back.
Why is the patients time (with an appointment, mind you) worth less? - Ben Wern
Lindsay
Well, this sucks. Met Tad for dinner tonight while Avynn is being tutored and since we are in separate cars he told me to go on home... get here and remember that I gave Avynn my house key this morning since he lost his somewhere in the house. :(
so I am locked out of my own house...no point in driving back over there since they'd be on their way back before I got there. So sittting in my dark back yard and waiting. :S - Lindsay
Oh no! How long until Tad gets home? - Rochelle
no hide-a-key? - mjc
:( Did Tad go to pick up Avynn? - Derrick
@MJC no, unfortunately... gave Avynn the spare and haven't replaced it... @Derrick Tad is still over at the bookstore where Avynn meets with the tutor. - Lindsay
@Rochelle well hopefully I won't be stuck more than 45 min or so... the hard part is that Nature is calling! - Lindsay
At least it is only 98 degrees out here. *pant* - Lindsay
drop by your neighbors - mjc
I've been thinking about getting a biometric lock for this very reason... something like http://www.amazon.com/Kwikset... - Ben Wern
DOH! - BEX
@MJC we have no neighbors for all three of the closest houses to us and I don't know anyone else in the neighborhood... Not quite extroverted enough to come barging in on a stranger's evening otherwise. - Lindsay
@Ben, I have been talking to Tad about a biometric lock or a numberpad one for a while but he is convinced that our stupid screen door (which would interefere with getting a single lock) offers too much security to get rid of... I think I am going to press the issue now. - Lindsay
Wish I could at least turn on our back porch light. It is annoying being in the dark. Thank Eris for my cellphone to keep me company and offer some light. - Lindsay
Your chances might be better between the mother's day residual niceness and post stuck-in-the-heat sympathy.. - Ben Wern
Yay! Tad called to say they are on their way... I am so not an outdoor person... all these little noises are driving me nuts since I can't see anything. - Lindsay
Sorry to hear that happened to you. I'm glad it won't be long for you now. Liked for thanking Eris. :) - Tony Miller
Just in case anyone was wondering I did make it safely back inside!! - Lindsay
Lindsay, I don't have first hand experience with the biometric-based locks, so I can't speak to that. But I just installed (http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ) one of these http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999... which I highly recommend. I replaced another model/brand (http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999... ) which hasn't... more... - Micah
aww, poor lindsay. glad you are back inside now! :) - edythe
Keith Barrett
Calling Mon to purchase DSL at least as backup for the downtime my cable broadband has been experiencing. I've lost days of productivity
Keith, I get that every 1.5 years on Brighthouse. I call, they come out and assure me nothing is wrong and it's all in my head. I show them disconnects/speed drops, they replace the modem, re-run cable back to the pedestal, reground things, etc and it works again. They insist none of the things they did fixed it, but it works again. For a year or so. Where's my FIOS? - Ben Wern
Emilio
Inbox zero is so hard... down to 70 from 340...
No lie; and if you ever go on vacation or get sick --- you get to start again! - Ben Wern
Christine Lu
it looks like Jackie Chan will be spending less time hanging out in HK and Taiwan after this one. http://www.newstribune.com/article... #fb
Yeah, I had to read that twice. - Ben Wern
Felicia
Trying to figure out the most economical way to make calls from England. Skype App? Buy a data package through phone co?
free international calls http://www.talkster.com/ - Kevin Wells
Skype / VOIP would probably win on cheapest. If you have an unlocked phone, maxroam has worked well for me. - Ben Wern
Amber Mac
En route to the home of the world's most famous mouse!
The Logitech MX500 Laser Mouse? - Ghworg
That mouse's home is not in Orlando, its in the hearts of all the little boys and girls in the world.... or no wait your right. - Michael King
Enjoy; it's crowded out there! - Ben Wern
Emilio
I have started to use DimDim for scheduling video conferences... it works pretty good!
Agreed - I've only had a few issues with it fighting with firewalls -- otherwise, it's been very good. - Ben Wern
peter royal
watching my apt being packed!
Good luck with the move! - Ben Wern
Bwana ☠
Looks like I got to wait a bit longer for Google Voice http://img.skitch.com/2009031...
Me too, Bwana :( - Mona Nomura
Mine rolled about an hour ago. I wonder if hitting refresh every 10 seconds helped or hurt... - Ben Wern from fftogo
Ben Wern
Any thoughts on my next purchase for personal phone? Blackberry for work, Windows Mobile for personal right now. Perhaps an Android?
Did you buy a phone yet? I say wait! - Mona Nomura
Why not an Android or a Symbian-based phone? - Thierry R. Andriamirado
No, didn't do it yet - still a month or so from the end of my contract, and probably won't buy right away so definitely still in wait mode, but looking about. Digging the Android, and the Pre though.. Decisions, decisions. - Ben Wern
Thierry, it's all on the table as far as I'm concerned -- though I'm not entirely sold on the Symbian these days. - Ben Wern
Mona Nomura
"Google upgrades Grand Central, launches Google Voice" via ZDNet - EXCITED. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL...
FINALLY. Good lord, it feels like I've been waiting for this for years somehow.... - Ben Wern
Make that two, Ben!! - Mona Nomura
peter royal
this is fucking awesome. Kutiman - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chords (via downwithutube) - http://osi.tumblr.com/post...
this is fucking awesome. Kutiman - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chords (via downwithutube)
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I concur with your assessment. - Ben Wern
peter royal
really enjoying the nytimes article skimmer ... http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst...
Yeah, that is a pretty nice interface, isn't it? - Ben Wern
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