I’m going to resist the temptation to turn this post into a therapy session over the myriad problems I’ve had with AT&T over the past month. Specific situations will crop up organically in the descriptions below, but instead of a chronological chapter-and-verse story, I’m going to focus on the lessons I’ve learned about AT&T and its processes. Keep Reading
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 28th
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Nothing more infuriating than disingenuous machinations that the machinator thinks you don’t see right through. [#]
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Brilliant? Suicidal? Just flailing? Dallas Morning News gets into the brokerage biz: http://is.gd/1i7Qo [#]
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@dangillmor Won’t be "a" social network. Disparate melange of interconnected tools and one user won’t know or care which one(s) other uses. [#]
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Cool iPhone app feX adds images to your contacts by pulling from Facebook: http://is.gd/1idMx [#]
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RT @bsaren RT @mattmcgee:I love it when Dilbert covers online reviews. http://bit.ly/VyBmD Heheheheee… [#]
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First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. Suit over "million $ challenge.": http://is.gd/1ies2 [#]
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Old Saratoga Books rocks. Ordered OOP sailing book on Friday; arrived by Monday. < $11. http://www.oldsaratogabooks.com/ [#]
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@TerryHeaton Heh. I used to keep a BB-to-phone translation key at my desk. [#]
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@adamcoomes Are you involved in Tweetflip? I tried. Nice aesthetics. Otherwise disappointing. [#]
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Listened to 36 songs.
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RT @bretthoerner Google Voice is seriously amazing. [#]
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 27th
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RT @jeffjarvis: Time has a commemorative Jackson cover. What’s your bet that the Economist does? Which is growing? [#]
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RT @davidgerzof #AT&T PR Crisis on Twitter:MythBuster Adam Savage @donttrythis charged $11k for few hrs of web in Canada (My AT&T screed TK) [#]
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@jfritsche Be sure to bckup any Boxee content from drive. You lose it all in update. Still, 2.4 and iPhone remote =sweet [#]
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RT @mikebullock Hey DFW here is this weeks garage sale listings, enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/9fofxy [#]
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 26th
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Listened to 31 songs.
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@jfritsche Has anyone figured out how to attach an external HD to AppleTV? [#]
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@GuyKawasaki Alltop broken in iPhone Tweetdeck. Can’t scroll. Doesn’t happen with native sites. [#]
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Tx heat woulda made @benkweller unbearable if not for stellar perf. "Fight" encore w/ opener was high point. Best country song o 21st c. [#]
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@njslaughter nice. [#]
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recommended Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show – Episode 10 – Part 2 on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/RU3nS [#]
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likes Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show – Episode 10 – Part 2 on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/RU3nS [#]
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Listened to 22 songs.
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 25th
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@everyonewhocorrectedme I forgot about Ed. [#]
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@sjcobrien This kid’s sisters cousins boyfriend talked to a dude who said Ferris blew chunks at 31 flavors. I guess it’s pretty serious. [#]
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@gapingvoid Lemme know when you do Dallas (metaphorically). [#]
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@SarahKSilverman Too soon! (Now is the time to pour a little Jesus juice for our dead homie.) [#]
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Just me, or is CNN hedline/euphemism awkward: "Fans gather outside hospital where Jackson was taken." Was he abducted? [#]
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http://twitpic.com/8f12s – Now that’s a news day. (Sorry Jason Mraz — you were so close!) [#]
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Could a TMZ hater provide an example of them having the facts wrong on a major story? (Any skeeviness aside.) [#]
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Lest you find my string of MJ tweets insensitive, know that I, like @dallasprogress had a pseudo-Thriller jacket. Also had a Farrah poster. [#]
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You’d think with million$ in IAC backing, The Daily Beast could manage consistent body type styling from graf to graf in emails. [#]
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@TreyGarrison I’m relatively certain that in Japan there are already plates on the street with MJ and Farrah dancing together. [#]
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@jdunck @bretthoerner Best exam of celebrity and perils: Old movie "A Face in The Crowd." Also great skewering of TV media b4 it existed. [#]
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Just realized I just joined a twitter convo with two people sitting on other side of room. </turnsoffcomputer> [#]
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Chicago Times, get real: http://is.gd/1epah (love that comments are off) (via everybody) [#]
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Email breaking news alerts: "Hi, just to remind you: We’re clueless and slow!" http://is.gd/1epDS (Looking at you, CNN.) #fb [#]
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@allantowns Once worked for a publisher who cut word "give" out of his OED & directed salespeeps trying to give added value to clients to it [#]
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@allantowns Actually, yeah. Did work [#]
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RT @benkweller Bout to do an interview with "the last great DJ" @brettdillon on 95.3, the Range. I’m lookin’ forward to it brett! [#]
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RT @granadatheater #FF Follow Friday @benkweller. Plus meet him @granadatheater at 6pm in the parking lot. TWEETUP! [#]
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Listened to 15 songs.
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 24th
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Listened to 62 songs.
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RT @bretthoerner Wednesday @ Pearl @ Commerce is mandatory. Owner plays great Blues, $2 ritas, oh and the best company in town… DO IT. [#]
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@worklawyer Sanford emails already up at The State. [#]
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@mikebullock wind forecast for Friday is weak. [#]
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Published The greatest new laptop feature ever
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Listened to 8 songs.
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I am SO buying this new Macbook model the day it is released.
MacBook New Feature from COREANOMAC on Vimeo.
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 23rd
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Went from an iPhone 3G and a 2G (both 8GB) to a 32GB and a 16GB 3G S. Net profit: $299. [#]
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@sblaskovich WTF? Why wouldn’t AT&T upgrade you? [#]
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Listened to 55 songs.
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@Bill_Romanos FriendMePlease looks more likely to ruin my Twitter experience w/ follower #-obsessed and uninteresting tweeps. [#]
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@westseattleblog Someone’s trolling your follow list. I just got followed by Keller Williams West Seattle. [#]
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@wmhartnett @ryansholin Not newsPaper, but making money on sq mile geotargeted ads on iPhone App alongside garage sales, drink spec etc. [#]
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@sblaskovich "safesearch" is your friend. [#]
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RT @scottkarp: Duet obsessed: Winwood + Clapton, Cale + Clapton, Emmylou Harris + Knopfler, …Robert Plant + Alison Krauss (unbelievable) [#]
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Call me Maurice. [#]
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@gapingvoid "That’s right, you’re not from Texas. Texas wants you anyway." -Lyle Lovett [#]
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Good analysis on local news site econ from @markjosephson: http://is.gd/1c2Qw (Hosting/serving costs seem high; where are commissions?) [#]
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@thomaslennon Stumbled on ancient Cops ep: Watch any from Hillsborough Cty FL when prepping Reno? One deputy sounds *exactly* like Dangle. [#]
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Didn’t see this one coming from 1,000 miles away CNN: Sanford … says he has been unfaithful to his wife. [#]
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@therefore Sweet to have faster speeds, but not really 18mbs. It’s "up to." I average 14 on uverse. Depends on your distance from switchbox. [#]
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Listened to 44 songs.
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 22nd
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Repeat from the weekend: Customer service at scale, part I: Why I’m an Apple customer for life: http://is.gd/19imR (Part II later today) [#]
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@mikebullock They’re doing it in support of Iran protests. Even though they probably don’t even vote in US [#]
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I know I’m a goofball, but it makes me smile every time I see the Ben Folds ad on @pegasusnews . [#]
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Posted media.pegasusnews.com
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@scottkarp Omnifocus, Weather Channel, Sailmaster Tweetdeck [#]
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@scottkarp I used to use/love Tweetie. Prefer Tweetdeck, but only because I have multiple accts. If single acct, Tweetie FTW. [#]
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@ryansholin I think joke is whistling in the dark for innovative people in orgs that aren’t. [#]
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Listened to 46 songs.
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@scottkarp Beejive IM. [#]
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Played Ghostbusters
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for June 21st
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@markjosephson That *sounds* as wrong as my favorite sandwich place, Texadelphia. Hope ’tis as good! [#]
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RT @repeatnone: Girl Dies by Electrocution While Twitting in Bathtub, Apocalypse Draws Nearer http://tr.im/pg3A [#]
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Posted Lake Ray Hubbard 6/20/09
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RT @adamcoomes: Haha I love this pic. The Evolution of Online "Journalism" http://imgur.com/gQouk.jpg [#]
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