Teenage brits will save us all
It appears that when you climb to the top of the mountain of media enlightenment, you’re likely to find a teenage boy from England. Whether you find nirvana or fools gold depends on which young man you find.
Last week, the world was aTwitter about young Scott Campbell giving up his iPod for an original-model Sony Walkman. He wrote an article that was, well, articulate, funny and nostalgic all at once. Keep Reading
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Customer service at scale, part II: Why my experiences with AT&T make me fear for GM
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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Stream o' consciousness for June 29th
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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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Stream o' consciousness for June 28th
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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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Stream o' consciousness for June 27th
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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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Stream o' consciousness for June 26th
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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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Stream o' consciousness for June 25th
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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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The greatest new laptop feature ever
I am SO buying this new Macbook model the day it is released.
MacBook New Feature from COREANOMAC on Vimeo.
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Stream o' consciousness for June 24th
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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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