Readers of this blog will know that I was recently sent a free cell phone from Sprint to use for 6 months as part of an “ambassadors” program which seems to be both a mechanism to collect feedback about their service, and also promote their new “Power Vision” technology. Basically, the Power Vision network is […]
E-Democracy and Online Civic Infrastructure
It seems to me that on the web the people who make the biggest splash aren’t always successful. Think about all the spectacular .com failures who had all the money, fame, and dreams in the world. The reality of the Web 2.0 mini-boom we’re experiencing is that the big success stories – Flickr, TheFaceBook, del.icio.us […]
Anyone on Eventful?
Yet another web 2.0 social website, this one for events like upcoming.org but a bit different. I just joined.
Calling all Power Vision Ambassadors
I’ve created a Google Group for participants of Sprint’s Power Vision Ambassador program. To join just click the link and tell me the name of your blog, or point me to where you blogged about joining. What do you think Sprint is trying to do with the program? How did they find your blog? I’m […]
Google Page Creator
I’ve been fiddling around with a new tool by Google called their Page Creator that allows you to easily create web pages, upload files and photos, and publish it to the web through a fancy interface that lives in your browser. For free. It makes regular websites as easy as blogs. Count me impressed. It’s […]
The Cell Phone Fairy Cometh
Those who know me well know I have had something of a complex relationship with Sprint. They’re the cell phone company everyone loves to hate, and in my nearly four years with them I have had my share of customer service problems and billing irregularities. I also paid far more than my fair share of […]
More Internetty Goodness
I finally hooked together my del.icio.us account with this blog so each day it will post any links I post to that service for the day. We’ll see how it goes. Scott tried this and stopped because it was taking over his blog. Since I’m a less habitual user of del.icio.us I’m not worried about […]