Girly Phone
Friday, December 4th, 2009A new Motorola ad paints the iPhone as feminine in hopes of luring men over to the Droid. The desperation intensity index is high. A "the iPhone is for fags" commercial can't be far off.
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A new Motorola ad paints the iPhone as feminine in hopes of luring men over to the Droid. The desperation intensity index is high. A "the iPhone is for fags" commercial can't be far off.
A Reason to Blog
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Daniel Jalkut makes the case that, for developers, blogging can be a connection to customers and community alike. Now I just need to start charging for software.
What Comcast Means to Hulu
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Fake Steve sums up the Comcast/NBC deal quite nicely: That means NBC gets thrown to the lions, and two dying business models — a broadcast TV network and a big dumb cable operator — have found a way to sink faster, by tying themselves together.
They Should Call It a “Tablezine”
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009As much as I hate linking to TechCrunch, I couldn't find a better source for this story about Time Magazine's tablet magazine concept. The demo was shown on an HP table computer with a touchscreen, but it could easily be ported to an iPhone or an Apple iTablet, whenever that becomes ...
Every Phone Company Sucks
Thursday, November 12th, 2009David Pogue on Verizon: That is, if you get a BlackBerry, Android or similar phone from Verizon, and you decide to switch phones before your two-year contract is up, you’ll be socked with a $350 penalty (it used to be $175) What, you thought AT&T was the only phone company out to ...
Link Disclosure
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Kottke posted a fun story explaining his Amazon linking policy. In the spirit of such disclosure, I'll call out my own, similar policy. Any time you see an Amazon link on Better Elevation, rest assured that my affiliate code is in there. I don't do quite the traffic that Kottke does, ...
Things the Wait Staff Should Never Do
Friday, October 30th, 2009I want to print this list and take it with me when I go out to eat. (Via Kottke)
Nintendo Profits Down
Thursday, October 29th, 2009From Kotaku: During that same period, net sales were down 34.5 percent compared with the same period last year. Net income as down 53.4 percent from the same period last year as well — from 144.828 billion yen to 69.492 billion yen in the period ending September 2009 This is what happens ...
Verizon Waiting on Apple
Monday, October 26th, 2009According to Macworld, Verizon wants the iPhone (shocking!), but the ball is in Apple's court. As I wrote last week, the fact that Verizon and Apple are still in negotiations isn't a surprise, but it is a little weird for Verizon to make a power play with the Droid and then ...
The Microsoft Store
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009The upside is that in a year or two, there will be a ton of little-work-required retail locations for Apple to snatch up. (Via Gruber)
• What the Droid Says About Verizon and the iPhone
Monday, October 19th, 2009Verizon has launched an interesting iDon't campaign to promote their upcoming Droid phone. The commercial is pretty simple, listing a bunch of the iPhone's alleged weak points, each preceded by the epically clever "iDon't". In the end, we're told that Droid, a new Android-based phone from Verizon, will fill all ...
Nickels and Dimes
Saturday, October 17th, 2009And don't charge extra for wifi -- it just seems greedy. -Barney Stinson Sure, he was talking about hotels, but his words still come to mind while reading about the declining revenues of airlines who tack on extra fees for every little thing. Heartwarming stuff, until you learn that one of those greedy ...
Coathangr on the iPhone
Friday, August 21st, 2009The Coathangr iPhone app is live on the App Store. If you're so excited that you need a direct iTunes link, Jay made it easy with a redirect from hangr.me/iphone.
• Amazon Porn
Sunday, August 9th, 2009I like to browse the Subscribe and Save area on Amazon. It's great because you get a discount, plus stuff just shows up when you need it (automatic, scheduled delivery of toilet paper? We live in the future, man). When I noticed the "Sexual Wellness" link, I naturally clicked it. I ...
Starbucks API
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009From Snarkmarket: What if Starbucks was offering up a Starbucks API—a set of hooks into a vast, efficient coffee shop support system with incredible economies of scale? You, the local coffee shop owner, simply plug in, and wham, your costs drop by thirty percent because you're leveraging Starbucks' insanely optimized supply ...