Recently, some wonderful person downloaded over $400 worth of iTunes products (mostly video games) using my iTunes account within a half-hour time slot. Upon receiving a rapid succession of “Thank you for your iTunes purchase” emails, I knew either our account had been hijacked, or my wife suddenly developed a huge craving for violent, online, role-playing games.
FACEBOOK (quote snippet from here) …says Andrew Bosworth, a coding legend who runs a “boot camp” for new engineers. “This place is fast paced and free form. If you’re not coming up with new ideas, then you’re just along for the ride.” The working environment is designed for, and modified by, people who toil long [...]
Trying to get my kids to Texas to spend some quality time with their grandparents1, and since we’re close to a “free” ticket via the American Airlines miles reward program through our Citi® / AAdvantage® MC, I thought I’d actually do the math and see if all these years of earning & redeeming miles has [...]
I only have a limited amount of time in my life to play on social networks. Which means I want to maximize that time. Which means I can’t be updating my status on multiple sites (Twitter, Facebook, Ning all want status updates). It seems that the “winner” in the status update world should be the [...]
As a web developer turned wanna-be entrepreneur, I’m constantly scanning for new web (and now, mobile) applications that could add value to thousands of people’s lives (the first rhetorical question visionaries should ask). What I’ve discovered is that I’m more likely to endorse an idea that has potential value over an idea that has value [...]
American Idol is not a tool for discovering a best-selling music artist. It happens ocassionally (Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson), but of the nine seasons that AI has aired, those are the only two winners I can actually think of who might last a while. Here’s the thing: AI producers could probably care less if a show’s winner [...]
