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LinkedIn Recommendations - where is the Netiquette?

Kelly Hair — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:31:50 +0000

<rant> I’ve noticed an annoying trend over the past year regarding the social networking site LinkedIn.com. I keep receiving emails from people I used to work with that are requesting recommendations. I understand the value of recommendations, but what I fail to understand, is why people seem to ask for a recommendation without providing one first? [...]

Diigo Social Bookmarking

Kelly Hair — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:38 +0000

I have used the Diigo Social Bookmarking service since August of 2006. For some reason, I have not promoted the service. Why? I have no idea because it is an excellent service and you should check it out. In a nutshell, Diigo, allows you to bookmark web pages through a free service. If you are familiar [...]

OpenID - Still relatively unknown despite easy Open Source CMS integration

Kelly Hair — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:02:43 +0000

I ran across this article on ZDNet by Joe Brockmeier on OpenID in my newsreader yesterday. Joe discusses references a survey about OpenID available at FactoryCity. A sniplet: The results of the survey, where 302 users responded (one response was rejected) showed that just shy of 20% of the respondents were aware of OpenID — but [...]

Vi-Fi? Why?

Kelly Hair — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:59:58 +0000

An article from PC World discusses the newish protocol called Vi-Fi or Vehicle WiFi. From what the article says, it looks like WiFi is being re-engineered, er um band-aided, to handle seamless hand off from one base station to another. So I’m scratching my head on a couple of things: Where’s the Vi-Fi infrastructure coming from? Is [...]

Middle East: The next exporter of food?

Kelly Hair — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:37:17 +0000

Red Herring has an interesting article about plans for a solar powered desalination greenhouse that appears well suited for areas with lots of sunshine and lots of seawater. With most experts agreeing that the supplies of oil drying up, this could be the Middle East’s next big play in a post oil economy. How does this [...]

Starbucks being sued for giving away free WiFi

Kelly Hair — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:50:06 +0000

Funny.. I posted a very quick howto on free WiFi in Starbucks and stumbled across this today on CNN: T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Wi-Fi Deal. Apparently, Starbucks soon to be ex-wife, T-Mobile, doesn’t like the new girlfriend, AT&T. If I were T-Mobile I’d just let it go. When you signup for the 2 hour complimentary WiFi, [...]

Two hours of free WiFi access (and some other free perks) at Starbucks

Kelly Hair — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:26:14 +0000

This is may or may not be news to you but Starbucks has joined the loyalty market. Guess the economy has hit them where it counts. Anyhow, might as well take advantage of the following perks by purchasing (and occasionally refilling) their stored value/loyalty card. To gain full advantage of the perks, [...]

The new Apple iPhone - Why I like (and dislike) Apple

Kelly Hair — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:01:57 +0000

Steve Jobs’ keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) ended the most recent round of rumors and speculation on the new iPhone. According to reports from one of the lead followers of the buildup - Mac Rumors - had these confirmed specs: 3G (FINALLY though it’s on AT&T’s new*ish HSUPA network..) GPS - true GPS with [...]

Three laptops - three EVDO cards

Kelly Hair — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:41:58 +0000

I’m sitting in (one of) my local Starbucks and noticed two other laptop users in the coffee house. Both of them are using EVDO cards and not the t-Mobile or AT&T wireless connectivity. Sure, it’s a small sampling but it related to some of the recent posts on here so I thought I’d drop it [...]

Energizer Energi to Go Power Outlet - Update: Found another review

Kelly Hair — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:48:11 +0000

As many of you are aware, the famed CompUSAs went out of business nationwide a couple of months ago. I had the opportunity to raid the stores twice - when they went out of business in New Jersey a year earlier, and again, in Manhattan recently. Anyhow, it gave me an opportunity [...]

Updated Speedtest for Sprint Merlin EX720 on MacBook Pro

Kelly Hair — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:04:17 +0000

I’m not sure if Sprint turned up the juice or put in a new transmitter but the EVDO connection is quicker than usual. I grabbed a couple of screenshots from two different sources - Speedtest.net and Speakeasy’s site. Both reported similar download speeds rivaling home broadband connections (well - not our FiOS connection [...]

Pilot Cavalier Hi-Tec (Good for Moleskines)

Kelly Hair — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:43:06 +0000

This posting is a bit of an oddity. It has NOTHING to do with technology. However, I thought I would post a quick endorsement for my favorite pens in the world: Pilot Cavalier Hi-Tec-Cs. I like them because they are very smooth for a very fine pointed pen. I [...]

A confirmation of what happened to Voce

Kelly Hair — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:30:40 +0000

I received this in email this evening. I’m not sure of the validity but as far as I know it sounds valid considering other details posted on the www.voceclassaction.com website: ======= Dear Voce client, We are former executives and employees of Voce Wireless who are deeply concerned about the current state of the company and the [...]

Voce out of business

Kelly Hair — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:13:44 +0000

As noted in the comments in the previous article, jbryan1969 , suggested looking at http://www.voceclassaction.com for more information on the demise of the MVNO. From an article on that blog, it’s clear they are indeed dead.. I switched over to AT&T yesterday and am surprisingly happy. They successfully ported my number over in six hours. Since switching, [...]

Voce - a not so qlvr service

Kelly Hair — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:39:40 +0000

I have been a Voce customer for about 6 months now. It was a dream come true for me - I could choose between AT&T’s or t-Mobile’s network. From experience, I generally stuck the phone on AT&T’s due to its far better reception around the NYC burbs (NJ side). Well.. today, my SIM is [...]