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tripfoster

tripfoster has written 70 posts for Life2(Beta)

AT&T Fail and why the iPhone needs to go CDMA

I am an unabashed fan of the iPhone and all of it’s locked down and controlled UX goodness. Sir Steve is right: command and control is necessary to design a mobile user experience that just works.
Only bummer is Jobsco can’t control the crappy network service AT&T is attempting to provide (which is soiling the reputation [...]

Like him or not, this is a good view.

Calacanis is divisive. You either love him or hate him. This video rant is humorous — it makes you wonder what deal the Grey Lady has cut with Jobsco.

More humor.

Been feeling like a little humor is going further than normal, given how stressed we all are these days. This one is an outtake from Step Brothers. You”ll laugh out loud.

More Droid news…

I just read an interesting post regarding the Droid release on Fone Frenzy.
The thing that stood out for me was that Motorola, not Verizon paid for the anti-iPhone campaign. So why do we care? Simply stated, Verizon doesn’t risk incurring Cupertino’s wrath and ruin the prospect of having a CDMA iPhone running Verizon.
An excerpt form [...]

So is Droid Legit?

Before we get all fired up, consider the following:

Will the phone have a solid way to backup photos and videos to the desktop? No point in creating all the content if we aren’t able to integrate it into our desktop editing and archiving apps. Sure there will be youtube and picassa integration, but what [...]

One of Seth McFarlane’s all time greats

This is a classic one that outlines how obsession with process can ruin productivity…

Our company was just voted #9 on the 2009 Inc 500 list

Hard work does pay off…
We were just ranked #9! Link is here or read our blog post.

Responses to Jason’s Questions

I have posted a couple responses to questions that Jason Calacanis posted to his now famous, Jason’s List. I figured I’d include them here to provoke some dialog.

1. Do you think Apple would be more, or less, successful if they adopted a more open strategy (i.e. allowing other MP3 players in iTunes)?
I agree 100% that [...]

This is why apple needs a rwal keyboad o tje iphone

the ultimate test ( without looking at the screen):
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy yellow moon
so fans so good. Now for something less generic:
my crimes patrick lives in pali Alto California
conclusion:
I really wish jobs and co would build am iPhone with a real keyboard

Infinite image…Very cool.

This is a VERY cool new project by Nat Geo
I cant wait till someone figures this out for project planning and contextual information linking!

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