I have had a Gmail account since Gmail opened it’s second round of invites years ago. Users had five invites and because I was only two degrees separated from someone at Blogger, I got one. It was like gold and it was amazing. Within days I stopped using Outlook and started to rely on Gmail [...]
iPhone
We love our smartphones
I may not be addicted to my Blackberry so much as I just really love it. Friends who have accidentally left home without their iPhones tell me they feel stressed-out, cut off and somehow un-whole. That sounds a lot like separation anxiety to me. Not long ago, I headed an effort to identify the 10 [...]
Another horrible strategic move by Nokia
Since launching Windows Phone 7, it’s marketshare has dropped 38% which means that by the time that Nokia introduces Windows Phone 7 devices, the OS may be about as popular as the Symbian OS it dropped in support of Windows 7. The question is for how much longer handset makers and carriers will consider it [...]
The right tool to tell a story
The New York Times on using the iPhone to tell a story in a war zone. “Composing with the iPhone is more casual and less deliberate,” Mr. Winter said. “And the soldiers often take photos of each other with their phones, so they were more comfortable than if I had my regular camera.” Mr. Winter [...]
Rewired for the digital age (and that’s not necessarily a good thing)
From the New York Times Sam Crocker, Vishal’s closest friend, who has straight A’s but lower SAT scores than he would like, blames the Internet’s distractions for his inability to finish either of his two summer reading books. “I know I can read a book, but then I’m up and checking Facebook,” he says, adding: [...]
E vs. ink
My friend Karen posted some thoughts on Twitter about ebooks and readers. Been thinking about how e-books/Ipad exclude poorer readers. Continued…. Folks with literacy/soc. justice concerns should keep zines/broadsheet etc. in mind. If medium is message, cost of readers excludes many. It would easy to dismiss Karen’s thoughts because of her history with paper but [...]
Ping!
Wendy and I have become big fans of Ping! for the iPhone and iPod Touch. My Blackberry loving friends love their Blackberry Messenger which allows for free real time messenging between Blackberry devices. They love to taunt use Apple users with it. Sadly the iPhone and iPod Touch has nothing like it… until now when [...]
The Social Impact of Facebook and Twitter
The New York Times has a good article on the impact that Facebook and Twitter are having on culture today. Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact. They call it “ambient awareness.” It is, they say, very much like being physically near someone and picking up on his mood through [...]
