In English, when reading numbers out loud, one often “chunks” the numbers into smaller groups. For example, when reading the phone number “555-1212,” one would say “five five five, one two one two,” not “five hundred fifty-five, one thousand two hundred and twelve.” Similarly, one would call Interstate 280 “interstate two eighty,” not “interstate two …
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You fucked with the wrong marine, part II
Apparently some people just don’t read the news. Remember, kids: don’t mess with a marine: A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today. … The man …
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JetBlue gets it
I love that my airline has a sense of humour: It’s great that JetBlue lets its people speak in a human voice.
why design matters
“No graphic in human history has saved so many lives in africa and asia.” — Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
Mac Productivity 101
Here are the tools I mentioned in my Mac Productivity 101 session at the San Fran MusicTech Summit: Know your instrument Inquisitor: Google inside Safari Quicksilver and LaunchBar: application launchers Collaboration SubEthaEdit: collaborative text editor Screen Sharing: built in to Mac OS X Leopard Address Book: built in to Mac OS X Teleport: share one …
Verizon: 93% wrong
Eyeless Writer called Verizon 56 times to ask two different data pricing questions. 93 percent of reps answered at least one question incorrectly.
Friendster is a click whore, too
If you tell it to, Friendster helpfully reminds you when your friends’ birthdays are coming up. This is handy for calling them, writing them, or leaving them happy birthday comments on their wall Friendster profile. Look at the email itself: What’s missing? The birthday itself. Instead of building trust with its members by providing them …
Why not to attend Harvard Business School
LinkedIn tells me Fact: Harvard Business School graduates have 58 connections each (average) I have 270, and it didn’t cost me $83,000.
TiVo needs a migration assistant
When you upgrade your TiVo, you lose everything. Season passes, wish lists, saved thumb ratings, channel configurations — everything. Yes, you can transfer recordings — but only one at a time. It’s a very slow, very manual process. What TiVo needs is a migration assistant. When you get a new Mac, the Mac OS X …
What TiVo can learn from the phone company
I recently purchased a TiVo HD. The TiVo was pre-activated, so I didn’t have to activate it on tivo.com. Before I pass on my old TiVo (a series 2), I want to transfer the programs from it to my new TiVo HD. In order for transfers to work: both DVRs must have active service agreements …
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