Monthly Archives: June 2009

Physical Media is Dead (Again)

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Michael Koby

And while this is most definitely the case, that geeks are streaming/downloading movies more than buying them, the rest of the non-geek population is not. We as geeks live in our own little world and regularly forget that the rest of the world doesn’t think like us. They also do not (for the most part) act like us either. Continue reading →

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Trying to Use FriendFeed More

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Michael Koby

And that’s where FriendFeed’s shining gem lies. As people get on the service and begin marking “Like” on different articles and share various findings from the web you can find a lot of interesting articles on a lot of topics. Everything from information on the latest Iran election riots to iPhone news. Continue reading →

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Why I Uninstalled TweetDeck From My iPhone

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Michael Koby

Last night after trying to use it for an entire day, I uninstalled TweetDeck from my iPhone. The app, in case you haven’t used it yet, is gorgeous. It is incredibly simple to use while retaining much of the power that can be found in the desktop version of TweetDeck, most specifically tabs. But it had it’s share of problems. Continue reading →

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It’s the Apps Store(s), Stupid

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Michael Koby

Over the past few weeks I have had the pleasure of playing with various smart phones. I own an iPhone myself, my wife owns a BlackBerry Pearl 8110 (GPS version), and her cousin owns a Google G1 (Android device). As I mess around with the various devices and tried their application stores, I realized something. That something was this: The application stores are the real stars of the show. Continue reading →

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iPhones, News, & USA Today

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Michael Koby

So, it looks like that USA Today is having second thoughts on making their iPhone app free. Read the article here The article even mentions that USA Today might go to charging for the app along with a digital subscription … Continue reading →

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Everybody Hates AT&T

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Michael Koby

It is no secret that those in the online geek community have a large disdain for AT&T Wireless service. This has only grown with AT&T’s exclusive rights to the iPhone, probably the best thing to come to geeks since the very idea of a smartphone.

Being someone who is all three; a geek, iPhone owner, and AT&T Wireless subscriber, I have to ask: Why is there so much hate for AT&T. And I’m not really focusing on the whole iPhone 3GS pricing. I get the arguments there (both for and against). But I’m more focused on peoples hatred for AT&T Wireless’ service. Continue reading →

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