Since I told you I purchased a Samsung i500 cell phone I’ve had a couple weeks to try it out. Here’s what I’ve discovered: It’s a tri-band phone, meaning it works on Sprint’s network, but also the other carriers when Sprint is not available – at least Verizon for sure, but possibly others as well, […]
A New Gadget
I recently purchased a new cell phone to replace a 1.5-year-old Sanyo 6400 with a cracked screen and full phonebook. Since I decided to stay with Sprint my range of phones was limited, but browsing Cnet’s cell phone reviews I came across the Samsung i500, a semi-obscure smart phone that contains a PalmOS powered organizer […]
‘New Politics Institute’ Event
I just attended an event hosted by an organization called the New Politics Institute featuring Markos Moulitsas and Joe Trippi. Although both Moulitsas and Trippi focused a bit too much on the Ohio special election, talking about how it had “proved” the power of the new medium, overall it was a good event by an […]
The ‘Borf Effect’
When I was talking to this reporter about the arrest of the graffiti artist “Borfâ€? she asked if DCist had seen a “spikeâ€? of traffic. After getting off the phone I checked the numbers and saw that we did indeed see a high level of traffic on Thursday (when the Post ran their expose on […]
Google Earth
Google has launched a software program that “combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.â€? It’s called Google Earth. I’ve uploaded a variety of images to Flickr that give you an idea of what it can do – however non of the screen grabs […]
‘Wireless’ Cities
Via Echoditto’s link blog, Intel’s 3rd-annual wireless ranking of U.S. cities. I’m not sure how they measure this, probably wifi points per capita, which I think seems like a bad way to compare a region with lots of Starbucks (they all have access points) with a city whose downtown is totally covered by wireless. Nevertheless, […]
Craigslist for Everybody!
My friend Ed Vielmetti tipped me off that Craigslist has expanded to a whole slew of new cities, including Ann Arbor and a bunch of others like Fresno, Wichita and even the entire state of West Virginia. Thoughts? I am still waiting for Portland, Maine. Update: Maybe I missed it last night, but there’s now […]