Monthly Archives: May 2009

Credit card companies whine to press

Yesterday’s New York Times covers changes to credit cards. They spoke with David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report, which tracks the credit card business. Robertston lays it on thick: People who routinely pay off their credit card balances have … Continue reading

Caltrain bike car update

Back on February 5, Caltrain agreed to expand the capacity of all their bike cars. Older, Gallery cars would go from 32 spots to 40. Newer, Bombardier cars would go from 16 to 24 spots. Turnaround was quick, with the … Continue reading

Weird jobspam of the day

Why am I getting recruited to be a physical therapist? Return-Path: From: tgreene@rcirs.com Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:32:21 -0400 Subject: Nationwide Physical Therapist Search Reply-To: tgreene@rcirs.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: tgreene@rcirs.com Hello! My name is … Continue reading

the app store submission process

Steven Frank explains the app store submission process: Develop app Submit app App rejected Blogs raise a stink App approved

Useless AT&T survey

My friend Rob sends along this fun survey from AT&T. Given the image, any commentary by me would be totally unnecessary.

Translink, you’re breaking my heart

I finally (finally!) got my Translink card. So excited! It now joins my BART EZ Rider card, my MBTA CharlieCard and my WMATA SmarTrip card. (Aside: TTC and (NY)MTA, get on this.) Inside the envelope are several letters and brochures. … Continue reading

Sabre doesn’t get it

NBC in Dallas ran a piece called “Airlines Rethinking Customer Care. In the piece, they talk about airlines using customer data to personalize the customer experience. Yawn. Places like OpenTable and Wyndham have been doing this for years. Great restaurants … Continue reading

Support BC-STV

British Columbia could become the first jurisdiction in north america to have real electoral reform with STV — Single Transferable Vote. Help them out.