Nothing is Black & White ...

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BARACK

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:25:11 -0700

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Kids Fish Tank

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:34:29 -0700

This guy has escaped 3 times from the tank into the filteration system. The kids have helped "find" and rescue Nemo this evening. Since the filter area is the 2" X 3" a fish net cannot get in there ... so I have to use my hand. Nemo does not like human hands and its always a fight to rescue him !!!! Next time you see me twittering or on FB stating that I'm looking for Nemo ,,, you'll know who I'm talking about!

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Strange Bedfellows! Social Networks & Tattoo's

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:30:59 -0700

OneShotTattoo

Have you heard of www.TattooJohnny.com ? I Freely admit I had not heard of this site nor had I visited it. Call me old fashioned but I still look to "brick & mortar" for my Tattoo's (picture is from OneShot Japan). What is interesting is that comScore (SCOR) put out a press release today citing the correlation between heavy online social network users with top retail sites. Its no surprise that Music was Top of the pile followed closely by Luxury Goods - Accessories - Apparel.

I've heard of www.alloy.com and www.pacsun.com or even www.HotTopic.com (I'm not that old). However TattooJohnny took top honors amongst sites that the heavy Social Networking segment visited based on their recent study by SCOR. I checked them out on Alexa they have been around since 2005 with a nice ramp on Daily Reach numbers. Is it coincidence that a few Tattoo apps have emerged on FaceBook? I suggest the would-be Facebook application designers take heed of the correlation between your user base and where they go to buy clothes, accessorize etc (inclusive of Jewelry and Body Art) , then figure out how to monetize the Application by bringing the two together.

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Apple face

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:10:30 -0700

u lookin' at me?

So this apple developed its face over a few days. In case you were wondering ... it's ORGANIC.

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More about san francisco

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:34:40 -0700

SF Home - Evening time

This is why I live is SF :) Autum evening, looking out from my house!

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A boat full of LG's heading to Sprint

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:12:28 -0700

LG 260

Interesting design. 2 Keyboards just in case you have trouble using one of them ....

ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC
Sprint PCS Vision with advanced services including web access and a POP3 email client. [ Rumor has it that my old company will have an embedded email client on this one! GOOD for them! ]
Built-in MP3 player with 4 GB capacity MicroSD card slot
Compatible with Sprint Music Manager software for easy sideloading*
1.3 MP camera/camcorder with 2x digital zoom
Sprint PCS Picture MailSM
Easy access to Facebook and other popular social networks [I can't wait to see what this is]
Downloadable ringers, screen savers, applications and games

PRODUCTIVITY
QWERTY slide keyboard
SMS Voice and text messaging
One touch messaging access
Bluetooth® wireless technology
Sprint Navigation with visual and audible turn-by-turn driving directions
Instant messaging
T9 text input
Phone as Modem
Internal phone book with capacity for up to 499 entries
Wireless Backup
Built-in productivity tools include scheduler, world clock, alarm clock, calculator, EZ Tip Calculator, voice memo and notepad

SPECIFICATIONS
Price: $279.99 MSRP; $79 with 2year contract and $50 rebate
2 colors - black with blue interior and white with silver interior
Dimensions: 4.3" x 2.0" x 0.7"; 4.13 ounces
Main Display: 1.25" X 1.56" TFT (176 x 220 pixels)
Standard Li-Polymer battery: up to 4.5 hours continuous talk time

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Social Networking ... on a mobile phone!

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:34:33 -0700

Yea... really!

So I have been in the mobile industry for way too long! I have seen many companies come and go (including my own). I remember when I spoke to mobile carriers with a straight face "Mobile Email via WAP is your killer application ..." boy did that experience SUCK!

Then came smart phones ... remember this one Treo180 >

So I changed my pitch (but not too much)

"Mobile Email via PDA's is your killer application ..." you get the picture.

FAST Forward >> Today you have Facebook, Bebo, MySpace etc and they are all very well established internet based entities. Have you tried their mobile functioinality ... Yikes! it reminds me of the good old wap days. I suppose if you have figured out what works on the Net (by design or by accident, this does not translate into a winning proposition for the user on mobile). Mobile is hard, there are many moving parts and the devices still suck and guess what they have really small screens ...

So I hear you say, just use Mig33 or Velvet Puffin, or UiActive or blah, blah, blah ... well I don't want another social network or have to create and maintain yet another profile. I want to hear from entreprenures that have a technology to roll up all the Soc Networks I currently belong to and allow me to access them using my mobile phones without a crappy experience! Is some out there?!

What do you guys think?

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Starwars fans!

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:38:17 -0700

Boba Fett, this is an original Kiayodo vinyl kit from Japan (acquired via eBay). Professionally built up and painted by the AWESOME Joe Dunaway @ Modelzone.

I think I have close to 100 resin and vinyl kits in my inventory ... so many kits and so little time to build! I'm gonna try real hard to build Green Goblin in time for Haloween!

Ping me if you are looking for that hard to find or want to do a swap.

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Excess ....

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:47:35 -0700

Ampd

I love this. Full article on Techcrunch. The quote I love

"he came across some of those excesses in the form of marketing schwag—like condoms stamped with the unfortunate tagline, “Try not to die.” Little did the Amp’d marketing genius who came up with that line know that the expiration dates on the condoms would outlast the company."

One tech startup dies and another rises from the ashes!

Question is what were the investors thinking?

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Koinup ... another Social Network

nobody@vox.com(nolandfone) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:20:44 -0700

Koinup

Om wrote about this new Gaming Venture.

No more social networks PLEASE. I have enough and too many profiles to manage…. The thought of a central “clearing house” for objects that I want to share be it an avitar, video, music or other is not unique. The execution is key and then have a link back to the communities that you are active on, FB, dare I say MySpace or the new virtual world networks.
For gaming what is the purpose of a social networks? [ Boys if your looking for girls, then goto MySpace ]. This is for Voyeurs and Narcissists. I want to watch someone play a game or a cool creation (Avitar, video etc) or I want to show off, the Narcissist. That is what is missing!

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