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My iPhone Wallpaper (late)
Roberto Bonini, TheHenry, Rick Cogley and 19 other people liked this
I can't wait to tell AT&T to EF off.
- Mona Nomura
I already did. :D
- Yolanda
Seriously? Did you get a Droid too, Yo?
- Mona Nomura
No. I couldn't justify spending $550 on it. :(
- Yolanda
Is it AT&T or the iPhone that's making you switch to Droid?
- John Wang
from iPhone
Both - I was blown away by the snappy responsiveness of Droid and I really miss the push notifications displayed on top. Also, the little things make it fun i.e. the security connect the dots unlocking. The handset itself feels really good in my hand and I think the accelerometer on Droid is more accurate (?) responsive (?) than the iPhone. The keyboard doesn't feel as junky as people...
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- Mona Nomura
I messed around with my friend's Droid. Believe me, I do want one. I loved how much faster it seemed and the display was sharper. I just couldn't get one at the discounted rate and the regular price is just GAH!
- Yolanda
I played with a Droid on sunday and it rocked. I've always been super zealous about the iPhone but 2 years of dropped call and AT&T service has soured me big time. And then, having messed around on a Droid, realized what a quick responsive OS really feels like -- and the download / upload time was easily 10x better than iPhone.
- Marko Bon
I used the DROID exclusively for two weeks when reviewing it. It's a good phone, but it doesn't beat the iPhone in my book. I did say in my review that it's the first true iPhone competitor though, and IMO it's the second-best phone on the market.
- Andru Edwards
Marko - agree on all counts. Dru, I think it's a BB competitor - true business users can finally have a phone that is fun, too. The mail system on iPhones STINK. Android exchange implementation blows Apple's away.
- Mona Nomura
Care to share the original, Mona? Me likey.
- Mark Douglass
my brother-in-law, iPhone guy from day one, just took the side-by-side test in preparation to switch to the Droid, says that lack of multi-touch is a "bigger issue than expected" for him, can't zoom in on web pages. Also says that in comparison the browser is "laggy for swipe-scrolling." But says he loved the keyboard despite the bad press he read about it. ( @docbrody )
- Marko Bon
Dining alone at a Louisiana bar (in NYC) on my second round of all-you-can-eat Fried Chicken and getting DM love. WIN.
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- Mona Nomura
Who's Your Daddy? - http://mona.posterous.com/whos-yo...
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- Mona Nomura
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- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
sent this to my friend aniekan. yes his name is aniekan. literally. and he's awesome.
- Marko Bon
Anieken = best. name. ever.
- Mona Nomura
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I saw this on a baby onesie and almost bought it for my son.
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
This is my first day on the internet!!
Alexis Hope, Kol Tregaskes, Thomas Bøhm and 18 other people liked this
hello i'm from nigeria, can and want your account information to give you my remains.
- Joshua Hatfield
DISCONNECTING FROM AOL. RECONNECTING IN 45 SECONDS ...
- Steven Perez
where is this napster everyone was talking about for years?
- (jeff)isageek
WTF GOPHER IS DOWN
- Akiva Moskovitz
I've spent all morning in the smoking room of LambdaMOO!
- Marko Bon
HO-!
- Mona Nomura
Right.... here´s how... http://preview.tinyurl.com/first-g...
- Thomas Bøhm
Welcome . . . Now go back to Compuserve where you belong!
- Peter Ghosh
:D Wheeee!
- Josh Haley
Good times:)
- Thomas Bøhm
I can't believe I've never interviewed Paul Graham of Y Combinator at @HackerNewsYC. That is something I will rectify ASAP. Bad Scoble, bad!
Mike Fruchter, andy brudtkuhl, Christopher Golda and 9 other people liked this
He is my favourite essayist :) can`t wait for the interview.
- Ersan Bilik
My favorite site for news!
- TonyatMATC
I wonder how Y Combinator's various ventures are doing. Note to self to dive into some background there...
- Marko Bon
That's too bad. That would've been cool!
- Amir
Got an interview with Paul and Guy Kawasaki coming up! It's a good one with Mike Morritz(msp?) from sequoia capital
- Rocky Barbanica
man you missed one of the best internet investors in the world! look fwd to the interview
- Ouriel Ohayon
Plus he's the author of On Lisp. This could be your best interview yet!
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
I miss his lack of essays, must be tied up with stuf other than broadcast communication. Does he have a regular blog I've been missing?
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
Look forward to this one
- jared tame
Half Of Your Twitter Efforts Are Wasted - The Trouble Is We Don't Know Which Half - http://www.twistimage.com/blog...
* 79.79% failed to provide a homepage URL * 75.86% of users have not entered a bio in their profile * 68.68% have not specified a location * 55.50% are not following anyone * 54.88% have never tweeted * 52.71% have no followers
- Marko Bon
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Looking forward to the day when Yahoo updates UI of Flickr. Won't hold my breath though. The lack of tick-boxes next to Groups in the Send-to-Group dropdown is a **serious** hassle. Is this perhaps to dissuade people from spamming groups? I hope there's a good reason.
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That's why I rely heavily on the Organizer. Easier to drag-and-drop, though even that is wonky over half the time.
- Captain Bubbles
Yeah the Organizer is surprisingly robust (and un-updated in years, which makes me think it's working well), but I never tried sending-to-group from there. Just did -- and again it doesn't let me send one photo to multiple groups within one action.
- Marko Bon
Ah yes, you have to rechoose the photo to send to multiple groups in the Organizer which was your main point anyway. I always just open my groups page, then drag that photo to the group icon over and over again if it's going to multiple ones.
- Captain Bubbles
FriendFeed is my place to Bookmark. And nothing more. And that makes me real sad.
Aaman (Clone of FF) and Cee Bee liked this
why does it make you "sad?" what would you like friendfeed to be for you?
- Cee Bee
FF lacks management tools and a clear policy on entry keeping/archival to be a bookmark tool for me
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
i've contributed so much to ff that it's become somewhat of a bookmarking location for me though you're right, there are no tools to properly archive or find items other than the search function, which has greatly improved, but there's still lots of things i haven't been able to find that i know i've posted
- Cee Bee
@Cee Bee -- what made me sad, what I miss, is the conversation. although I wasn't a big contributor, I miss those days when it was rocking, and I'd come to watch and occasionally add to the fray.
- Marko Bon
The Raw Feed: iPhone App shows camera view during e-mail - http://www.therawfeed.com/2009...
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deeeeope
- Marko Bon
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YouTube - BooneOakley.com - Home Page - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Pretty nifty little site-within-a-Youtube-Video
- Marko Bon
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YouTube - Alice - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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"The music video for the song 'Alice', an electronic piece of which 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film 'Alice In Wonderland'. http://www.last.fm/music/Po..."
- Marko Bon
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تصویری از روم ِ پارک و استخر ِ قاطی :)))
Navid Ht, M F, Saghee and 16 other people liked this
ابا اینا نمکدونن :))
- Saop
:دی
- Aliha
علیها برو حراست :)))
- سولماز
اگه فیلتر نشدی, حالا ببین :D
- Saop
سولماز کل ِ روم باید برن حراست :))
- Aliha
نه اول تو باید بری این صحنه های مستهجن چیه پخش می کنی تو نت =))
- سولماز
سبو، هایدش کنین شما :دی
- Aliha
ساناز :))
- Aliha
سولماز :)))
- Aliha
I like the little guys but what are they? just art or salt shakers?
- Steve C
@steve, yes, salt n' peppa shakers ;)
- Marko Bon
این اجنبیا چه خوششون اومده از این عکسه ها :))) علیها بگو عکس استخر و پارکه مختطله =))))
- سولماز
سولماز فکر کنم استقبال کنن :))))
- Aliha
بی حیان بسکه =)))
- سولماز
:)))
- Aliha
Amazing work of the photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty - http://www.gudzowaty.com
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Launched today by my buddy over at Syrup
- Marko Bon
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turns out it's still kinda beta ;) I've asked him to add some keyboard arrows so you can previous/next through the images. had to nitpick! most importantly, the photography is damn fine in my opinion.
- Marko Bon
Auto Tuning on Vimeo - http://www.vimeo.com/3718294
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Absolutely stellar
- Marko Bon
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A good friend just educated me: "martinis are like boobs - one is not enough and three is too many."
Seth Gottlieb, Mitch Wagner, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and 7 other people liked this
Hahahhaha!
- Mona Nomura
actually technically he said "martini's are like nipples," etc., I was trying to PG-it a bit. Turns out he's a self professed "nipples guy," whole table was laughin their heads off. And so began the evening...
- Marko Bon
Create your own Google profile (control how you appear in Google) - http://www.google.com/profile...
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"What do people see when they find you online? You can control how you appear in Google by creating a personal profile..." Though Slate's Farhad Manjoo takes it a little too far "Did the search giant just sneakily launch a Facebook killer?" http://www.slate.com/id...
- Marko Bon
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Duck Duck Go: Silly Name, Interesting Search Engine
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Do you tend to be loyal to brands that you've used in the past? Do you also avoid those brands that have given you bad experiences? Have you ever had a good experience that ran counter to this (you tried something new, or gave a brand a second chance)? Ever had a bad experience because you were too loyal?
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Not that loyal to brands, but definitely have my preferences. I do go out of my way to avoid brands that suck, have burned me in the past or support policies I do not.
- Captain Bubbles
I am loyal to trusty brands, and steer clear of the ones I've had bad experiences with. I would give a new brand a shot if the feedback from others was positive.
- Shevonne
I've given brands a second chance, and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. Two strikes is about all they get, though.
- Steve Lowe
I'm pretty loyal to Ford, despite their problems and shady past with African Americans and that whole dalliance with antisemitism. We've been a Ford family for as long as I can remember, and every one of my siblings drives some sort of Ford vehicle.Although, knowing what I know now about Henry Ford and the company's antisemitic past, it'll give me something to think about the next time I go to buy a car.
- cecily
With the information age, I believe brand loyalty (like the loyalty our parents and grandparents had) is a thing of the past. with a few exceptions (Apple) of course.
- Steve
Oh, and I'm a total Apple fan girl. I can't forsee a time that I'll spend my hard earned, puny dollars on any other type of computer.
- cecily
I wasn't quite sure how to say it but @steve was where I was headed. Including the Apple bit. They screw me sometimes but I'm a sucker for em, what can I do. Otherwise I only dig on brands in a campy or ironic way. Like Chic-fil-A, Ralph Lauren, Sharpies.
- Marko Bon
very loyal to "important" to me brands and avoid brands I've had negative experiences with, rarely change my mind on those by giving second chance
- mike "glemak" dunn
I am not loyal to any brand, no second chances for bad experiences. I am currently really watching which brands connect me with their employees most. I figure empowered employees are mostly objective and very informed about the brand they represent. Faceless organizations are notorious for bad experiences.
- Tweet Feeds
I'm not necessarily loyal to those brands I have used in the past, but they are typically included in my research for new purchases (see Denon post in HT room as an example). I definitely avoid those that have given a bad experience. Roku and Archos are recent examples that I will not look at again. I always try something new, so this question is positively answered. As for the last, if...
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- jcunwired
apple
- Chris Greene
I'm a creature of habit... I find a pair of shoes I like I buy them repeatedly until my wife reminds me when I got my first pair they were in style and maybe not so much anymore. I like Skagen watches... on my 5th to 6th one... these loyalties take stress out of making decisions that don't matter so much to me.
- SAM
@Marko Bon can you mail me some Chik-Fil-A? Perhaps a 10-piece chicken nuggets with Polynesian sauce and some waffle fries. I haven't had Chik-Fil-A in years but I'm feeling some instant brand loyalty/nostalgia.
- SAM
Certain brands yes, especially laundry detergent, razor blades and deodorant. Other items more so on what Consumer Reports is suggesting.
- Janet
After having problems with HP, I swithced to Acer. After hearing Bose speakers I buy nothing but Bose. I am comfortable with Windows and my job uses it so I have no desire to switch to Apple just because other people like it. I like windows mobile phones and have no desire to switch to another OS. Other than those I have no other prefrences. It really depends on the specs of the item I...
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- David Cook
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I very brand loyal. If you treat me right then I buy your product. The only voice we have in a capitalist nation is with where we spend our money.
- Brian Bufalo
If i've had a bad experience, I'll never use them again.
- Nicholas James
Choose: The career that pays well and is stable but boring or the career that doesn't pay as well, isn't very stable but excites you.
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Money doesn't buy happiness.
- LogEx
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- Akiva Moskovitz
The former. You can do the later on your own time.
- Dawn
Sometimes life chooses for you. You can always give 2 jobs a try though!
- Jason Wehmhoener
No, but neither does getting laid off every few years. :)
- Alex Scoble
I'll take the former. I have other ways of entertaining myself that make me excited.
- Akiva Moskovitz
The former so you have the luxury of using that well paying job to find a well paying job where you can do what you love and what excites you.
- Kevin Kuphal
always follow your passion, kick ass at it and the money will follow.
- Tac Anderson
former, with Akiva. Art is making stable not = boring.
- Marko Bon
Too many people think they need things that they only want.
- LogEx
latter for me. That's in fact what I'm doing right now. :)
- vijay
Excitement over boring any day.
- Carlton Hackett
I have done both, and would do either again - but I'd take the stable one and try to make it exciting. There are always things to learn, achieve and enjoy even in a "boring" job - and since people and change and making teams that work well and enjoy work is one of the things that excite me, I would succeed. But even more, in a boring industry there still is chance for innovation and disruption too!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Choosing a "career" of any kind seems an anachronism these days.
- Brian Sullivan
The latter - you become what you do.
- Robin Barooah
Definitely the latter.
- jcunwired
been doing the former for over 10 years. about to do the latter.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
I'd love to say the latter but I also know I don't do well under financial stress and I'd burn out quickly so it'd have to be the first option for me. I'd find exciting elsewhere.
- ♥patricia♥
Neither - choose a path that lets you do stuff that interests you. It's an ideal, but a good one to strive for :)
- Andy Bold
No job is really, truly stable. I'd choose the second one, too.
- Trish R
unstable and exciting, goes well with the motif of the rest of my life.
- Christian (Simply X)
fortunas audaces iuvat: fortune favors the bold. i say go with the exciting one, but i can understand that if you have a family that should be considered a bit differently.
- grant fox
I'll take the first one first. Once I have enough money I'll go for the second one. That is if it all was up to me and things would certainly go my way.
- Dee S.
I've had both. I used to work in the computer games industry, both on the publisher side and developer side, the job was great, the people and environment were excellent but the pay was poor and was made redundant twice in 3 years. Now I've been in a stable(r) sector, the people and environment are great but the job is perhaps lacking the excitement of the games industry but pay is a...
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- Kol Tregaskes
Stable high paying job. Jobs are just a way of putting food on the table. The lack of money stress = doing better at things the fulfill you. You should never try to feed yourself with your passion, cause when it fails to do so, you despise it. Feed yourself with what you're good at, then use the money you make from that to do the things you're passionate about.
- Matthew DeVries
Working with Passion is Life, finding Stability is when it is time to evolve again.
- Jamie Ginsberg
Ideally I would like to be able to choose to do the latter but with the housing costs around here it's a luxury.
- M F
It depends on the day-to-day aspect of the high-pay-but-boring career. If it stays strictly at the office on regular hours, then I'd choose that one, since it would provide freedom to schedule the things I enjoy that don't make money or give me time to find ways for them to make money. If the job doesn't stay at the office or is rarely regular, but still boring, then I'd want the...
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- xero
Latter.
- Mona Nomura
3. Both
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
You only have to work for 8 hours a day. Sleep for 5. That's 11 hours to do whatever the frack you want with your time. That 11 hours is where you get your passion on, meanwhile, the 401K is building, you hit retirement age, and then you can still be passionate for 11 hours a day, and golf for 8.
- Matthew DeVries
The either/ or presumption is where the losing often starts.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I will be going from a high-paying boring career to a low-paying exciting career in about a year from now. And I'm so totally looking forward to it, you can't even imagine. (@Matthew: I want your job. I can't remember the last time I or anyone like me worked only 8 hours a day)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Yes, Rob, if you can find a career that is stable and exciting and pays well, that would be the ultimate win, win, but such situations are rare, I think.
- Alex Scoble
Alex--So I've been told. :-)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Situations often need to be created or they won't occur.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Excitement is a must.
- Håkan Dahlström
both and neither. so many careers now offer you the option of a stable(-ish) 9-5 or an unstable, flexible, work-when-and-where-you-want schedule. which to choose is up to you
- tiffany
Tiffany, stable means you don't get laid off every 2.5 years or less.
- Alex Scoble
i guess it comes down to your ambitions. if you just want a job that pays well and promises a life in middle-management, then plan A. if you are career-minded and want more than just a paycheck, then do plan B. i'm not saying this to knock anybody, I understand that there are many people that could care less about their work and like to focus on other things. but if you're not one of those people, then you're selling yourself short by not taking risks.
- grant fox
I was into music, went to school on music scholarship, and all my music teachers told me to get a regular career; then you can have fun playing. They all wished they were engineers playing for fun instead of trying to perform as a career. Sure you love to play, but not playing the rent lowers the excitment factor considerably.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
If #2 can provide for basic needs: shelter, food, high speed internet connections then I'd opt for that. It's hard to be excited while starving or surfing on DSL. ;)
- CAJ, somewhere else
made my choice long ago.
- Jim Hearts FF
Limiting your choices to what you perceive as 'available' or 'offered' are common errors. You have already stacked the deck against yourself.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
2 out of 3 is always better than 1 out of 3. And 1 out of 3 is better than none out of 3.
- Mike Reynolds
Why would you choose? Seems like a false choice. Also, +5 to Brian Sullivan and Rob Michael's comments..
- Anthony Citrano
Refuse to choose!
- Steve Olson
Steve, if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice...
- Christian (Simply X)
So Steve's all about being unemployed?
- Pat Hawks
my point, alex is that over the course of your career you can have periods of stability and instability. i'm lucky that i have a stable job that pays well *and* excites me. but because of what i do, i can also have a less steady paycheck by being a freelance contractor, or by using my tech and writing skills to run my own travel web community while traveling the globe. many careers -- "fields" might be a better word -- offer that kind of flexibility.
- tiffany
here's an interesting addendum to the question - "and is your original choice affected by changes in economic climate?"
- Steven Hodson
Alex, this is my all time favorite quote about career: "The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." Pearl S. Buck
- Majento
right now I'm going with the former. stability is tantamount when you have dependent children.
- chrisofspades
Depends on the definition of "boring" in this scenario. I find the vast majority of work boring, so I'd probably go with the higher pay. But if we're talking soul crushingly repetitive, surrounded by people with whom you have no connection then I'd take the exciting one for sure.
- Soup
Low-paying but interesting/exciting
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
My lil' brother just turned down a full ride to Stanford PhD program because he thought the UC's was more interesting. Never been prouder. And yes our whole family is poor :)
- Steve C
If I was excited to go to work, then it would be part of my life and therefore it would take the need away for such things as tv, internet, friends, sleep, etc.. which would cut costs extremely.
- CW™
I've always wanted to be a tornado chaser, but I wonder how much they get paid? Pretty unstable job if you ask me.
- Michael Forian
I rock back and forth on this one, but ultimately, it comes down to what the situation is. Ideally, I'd take the less pay, more excitement, but certain things need to be right for that to work. I think I'm analyzing the question too much :)
- Justin Korn
If they're the only choices, the former. I have a family to feed, I can make my own fun on my own time
- Glenn Slaven
I chose the latter and found a way to make it pay more
- David Eedle
I have always done it wrong, - excitement for less pay, more rewarding in the longer run. Did it for money stable/read dull, and had more issues than when I am doing fun stuff for little/no money.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
Having just answered the 'how old are you' question, I wonder how much age factors into peoples' answers?
- jcunwired
Coming from a background of serious financial insecurity (family-wise), I definitely want a stable, well-paying job. Can always save up and go crazy later.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
from fftogo
Definitely a tough decision. I can go either way. I'd probably go for the first. Stability is good. I'd rather not worry about money, have the time to do other things I love, and not live my life at work. I've worked at startups. The perks were nice and it was exciting.. but spending too many hours working also sucked. Balance is good.
- Rodfather
The last one. If I do the first one, what is the point of being here?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I have the first one because I am building up to the second one.
- David Cook
I have the latter now, and wouldn't go back.
- Mark Traphagen
If it has to be between only those two, of course the latter.
- Kamilah Gill
Job stability is an illusion. Go with what excites you and you're likely to excel to a level of better income.
- Dennis O'Neil
I'm finishing up a phd in English - you figure it out.
- Katy S
In the end, it's all the same. Go for what excites you. That's the direction life's telling you to head. Mind as well enjoy what you do - either way it will be hard.
- Patricia
I'll always take the latter. Too much of our lives are spent at work and the time spent not working can be very ill affected if choosing the former.
- Mark Krynsky
I'd want to do something I enjoy, and have time/money to do whatever I want.
- Grant Bierman
What about the career that pays well and you love?
- Nicholas James
Option B :)
- Leslie Poston
Pre-kids: option B. Now: option A.
- DGentry
Well, assassination pays well, and the scenery always changes, but the long hours waiting for the target can get boring.
- Steven Perez
ROFLMAO, Steven.
- Alex Scoble
I've had both. When I was younger, the exciting job where I got to live abroad, travel, and take chances was great. Now that I have a child starting college, I need the stability as well as the paycheck. Of course, there's nothing that says a stable job can't be exciting; it is what you make it, to a large extent.
- Glen Mistletoe
LOL!! ++Steven
- Kim
I chose my own path, the career that pays well, I have no boss and is stable and exciting
- Lisa Schwartz
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agreed
- George Dearing
Especially when this one of those areas where an elegant and effective solution has been available in the jailbreak arena for ages - BossPrefs / SB Settings. All Apple needs to do is allow that level of system access, and 3rd party apps will get it done :)
- Patrick Jordan
Patrick -- is there a list somewhere of "fixes" of this sort for Jailbroken phones? It'd be nice to see all the elegant solutions that beat-out iPhone's OS.
- Marko Bon
sbs settings is great for that
- dinkdonk
Marko - I can't think of a list for this - but the big known ones that can be done on JB vs. not on stock are things like: toggling of services on/off (as per your topic here), video recording, theming and customization of home screens / icons, tethering.
- Patrick Jordan
Having cellular radio/ wifi "Profiles" like I had on my 3yo Samsung i730(on the Today/ Home screen) would be nice.... Catch up Apple!!
- Ron Thompson
Profiles would be good as well ...
- Patrick Jordan
I second SB Settings from Cydia. It's pretty fast and you can even switch directly from the lock screen.
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
Puma City visits Fan Pier - The Boston Globe - http://www.boston.com/lifesty...
Puma makes a nice lookin pop-up-shop with 24 shipping containers. TX to TLake.
- Marko Bon
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The Medium - Let Them Eat Tweets - Why Twitter Is a Trap - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
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I'm sure this has been posted, but I'm bookmarking to FF for my own edification ;) Key quote: “Connectivity is poverty” was how a friend of mine summarized Sterling’s bold theme. Only the poor — defined broadly as those without better options — are obsessed with their connections. Anyone with a strong soul or a fat wallet turns his ringer off for good and cultivates private gardens that keep the hectic Web far away. The man of leisure, Sterling suggested, savors solitude, or intimacy with friends, presumably surrounded by books and film and paintings and wine and vinyl — original things that stay where they are and cannot be copied and corrupted and shot around the globe with a few clicks of a keyboard.
- Marko Bon
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The Saga of Bloodninja - http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew...
Cyber-Sex-Trolling at it's ... finest?
- Marko Bon
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The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and JESS3 - http://theconversationprism.com/
A pretty little flower / mapping of social media
- Marko Bon
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Hunch Blog - http://www.hunch.com/people...
"one of the best predictors of whether people agree they should switch to a Mac: whether they like to dance" hahahaha!
- Marko Bon
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Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Could Bankrupt Developers - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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"Apparently, if iPhone users decide that they want a refund for an app (users can get a refund within 90 days, according to Apple policy), Apple requires that developers give back the money they received from the sale. But here’s the kicker—Apple will refund the full amount to the user and says that it has the right to keep its commission. So the developer not only has to return the money for the sale, but also has to reimburse Apple for its commission. Apple charges a 30% commission on all paid apps sold through the App Store. So basically, developers get 70% of a given sale but if the end-user wants a refund, the developer has to pay Apple 100% of the sale."
- Walt Ruppar
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I missing element is the return charge for the buyer to pay. The buyer Changed his or her mind so there should be a "return charge" for that. Now if the app didn't live up to it's claims or didn't work that another story. In that case what you spoke to makes good business since. It'll keep out the app that Apple allowed thou & should not have. Remember all apps have to be OKed by Apple Make since?
- D Lets
I don't like the sound of that deal very much
- Bill Rawlinson
I don't really understand @DLets, but do agree that a "Return Charge" makes sense, and should soften the blow for developers. And agree with Bill that this doesn't sound particularly awesome overall. I wasn't aware that there was a real groundswell of complaints about paying for shitty apps.
- Marko Bon
+1 Marko
- Bill Sodeman
This issue was raised by TechCrunch on March 25. You can Google a lot of discussion about it, if you like.
- Stan Scott
Facebook Pages We'd Like to See: Bill Gates - http://www.pcworld.com/zoom...
Only posting for the last comment on the wall, which I outloud laughed at: "Thanks G. You're adorbs"
- Marko Bon
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iRugby: On the Go - Rugby.com - http://www.rugby.com/newsroo...
As I posted yesterday -- I do believe this is the slickest iPhone optimized retail ecommerce site out there. If you know of others, I'd love to hear about them -- always looking to improve our product. In the meantime, I have to say we're real happy with how this baby looks and feels and works....
- Marko Bon
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We just launched the iPhone Optimized site for Rugby.com - IMO the best retail ecommerce site on the device. Chock full of clever AJAX!
Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF) and Mona Nomura liked this
Congrats, Bon-head!
- Mona Nomura
Thanks Mo-nana. I really do think this little jam is killer. Yeah, would love to have a prettier checkout-funnel for Mobile, but all in due time.
- Marko Bon
YouTube - Senior Adult Choir Hip Hop (Short Version) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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- Marko Bon
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