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What's the most obsessive-compulsive thing you do in a normal day?
Submitted by Nikki.
Check my fly. I always do it before going into public. Amazingly, I still have days (2x a year) where it's not zipped.
A couple of reactions and observations about the iphone...
- It's the most Digged article yet. So it's the hottest product announcement ever. Nice job Apple. I think it's a more significant product release than the iPod.
- It's gorgeous. Stunning. Like iPod, a technological work of art. I'd get one just to put on my mantle.
- Technology is potentially revolutionary. Has anyone used gestures with touch screen? The possibilities seem endless. Wifi support. Widgets. Built-in accelerometer. Are you kidding?
- Industry shaking - Internet. With this product, Apple is reaching for a dominant position on the wireless web. Sites will have to react accordingly. Example - My companies site will need to support Safari. Widgets have a new battleground. Microsoft and the cell phone makers need to rework their product plans ASAP.
- Achilles heel - no product is perfect. Some issue will creep up in the coming weeks. I'm sure battery will be an issue. Entering a phone number seems difficult.
- Price and availablility - pretty expensive. There might be social implications in our schools due to this. Kids will be flashing these babies in the classroom.
What's something you bought, knowing it was a total waste of money?
I just spent a lot of money on Money. Microsoft Money 2007. I've been using 2004 for some now and was perfectly happy till, 2006... I think. That year, my brokerage merged with another. Ever since then, I haven't been able to sync my accounts. Hoping that things would be improved with 2k7, I made the plunge. Nope. Probably the brokerage's problem as the directions on their site does not even work.
At some point in the future, banks, billers, brokerages, software makers and the IRS will find a way to work together. 100% Auto-Pay will be a reality. And one of life's great burdens will be swept away.
As a first blog here, I'd like to talk about why I have defected to Vox. For the past year and a half, I've been blogging at X.... Lately, I became fed up with X's site reliability. The feature set has been stagnant for years and was weak to begin with. During this period, I've also been marvelling at Vox and its feature set. It seemed everything that I've wanted is here. What exactly do I like about Vox..., let me count the ways.
- Committment to Blogging. I think this is the only social network that is absolutely committed to blogging. I just found the neighborhood blogging feature. Great. It was on the wish list at X but never got done. X is even doing away with the whole concept of neighborhood.
- Committment to open standards. Flickr integration. Amazon. Photobucket. RSS. Atom. Vox doesn't try to own the world. They know their place.
- Good Design - every page is clean. Ads are tucked away neatly. CSS customization is limited to approved templates. This guarantees that every site is readable.
- Tech central - I can have Leo Laporte as my neighbor? Sign me up. I'd love to climb the web2.0 social hierarchy. This seems like the best place to do it.
- Community features - the one mantra I always tried to push at X was community. I was able to get one community product on the list of tasks. After a year of delays, that basic functionality is still unavailable. On Vox, I see 'Quote of the Day', simple, fun, community. This is what a social network should be about.
So as of now, I'm a Vox user. I just hope they add a few new features, especially... Digg support. You can't be web2.0 without this.
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