Dec 19 2009
I can’t tell you how many times over the past 9 months I have tried to update to the latest Apple firmware for our Time Machine, only to find the result is an unstable – unusable – wireless network. I always have to downgrade back to 7.3.2.
Please, Apple, GET IT RIGHT. This reminds me too much of trying to set up networks in the early days of Windows XP. It has to JUST WORK.
Dec 16 2009
Phones need a “Report as Spam” button for text messages and phone calls.
I have been receiving junk texts for a while now, usually a few times a week, occasionally more frequently.
Today I received a text message which informed me that my bank account had been locked and that I should call some number to unlock it.
This kind of criminal phishing is disgusting. Law enforcement need to stop this but this morning I couldn’t even figure out how to report it. There is a form for registering a complaint at www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov but it does not seem to work well for for text message fraud.
Here is my suggestion: phones need a “Report as Spam” button for text messages and phone calls. Such a simple mechanism has helped to contain the vast diseased ocean of junk email. I’m sure it can help with text messages and phone calls too.
Dec 11 2009
I just finished listening to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow in the form of an excellent podcast reading by Mark Douglas Nelson.
The book is set in a near future where Whuffie – a measure of reputation or kudos – has replaced money as a means of payment, and recounts the battle for hearts and minds (and therefore necessarily Whuffie) in the reconstruction of treasured rides at Walt Disney World in Florida.
A little research for this blog post revealed that the narrator, Mark Douglas Nelson has his own site and podcast (available from his site, not iTunes).
I strongly recommend this book and will be investigating other readings by Mark Douglas Nelson.
