The Tumbl Project

60 Seconds of Sibling Play (via Vimeo)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:12:32 -0700

60 Seconds of Sibling Play (via Vimeo)

Surfing the Tubes (via Clintus McGintus)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:02:06 -0700

Surfing the Tubes (via Clintus McGintus)

Slow motion Popcorn

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:42 -0700

Slow motion Popcorn

"life is short, try everything."

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:26:47 -0700

“life is short, try everything.”

- Drew Barrymore

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-5)

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:02:22 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-5):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

nickdouglas: reygunn: zoee: “This Aggression Will Not Stand,...

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:03:19 -0700

nickdouglas:

reygunn:

zoee:

“This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man” by Tyler Stout. Sold out, unfortunately.

AT&T's massive iPhone blunder

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:02:29 -0700

mikehudack:

marco:

Some numbers:

Verizon Wireless has about 87 million subscribers. (ref)

Before the iPhone’s release, Verizon had about 61 million subscribers (ref). Much of their growth to 87 million was from the recent acquisition of Alltell, which brought about 15 million. (ref)

AT&T has about 77 million subscribers. (ref)

Before the iPhone’s release, AT&T had about 62 million subscribers. (ref)

About 21 million iPhones have been sold worldwide. (ref)

Most new subscribers to AT&T since the iPhone’s release have been iPhone buyers (ref, ref). Presumably, a very large portion of them had previously owned another mobile phone, so they came over from another carrier. And, given Verizon’s size, it’s likely that a very large portion of them came from Verizon. By the numbers and their relative growth rates, it seems reasonable to assume that Verizon has possibly lost 5 million subscribers to AT&T just for the iPhone.

Getting the iPhone exclusive could be the best thing that AT&T has ever done for their wireless business.

And what have they done with that great fortune so far?

Well, one thing they haven’t done is adequately expand their capacity. Cellular networks have been able to add major features (such as web browsing, conference calling, photo- and video-MMS, media streaming, and tethering) quickly in the past because an incredibly tiny percentage of people would ever figure out how to use them. The networks were hardly touched for anything except voice calls and SMS. Most people didn’t buy smartphones, and those who did rarely used anything beyond a regular phone’s data capabilities except email. They hardly even browsed the web because mobile browsers were so awful.

The iPhone has dramatically changed that. iPhone owners actually use the data network far more than owners of other devices because the functionality is finally accessible and pleasant to use, and many iPhone buyers have never owned another smartphone — they came straight from dumb flip-phones.

So while the iPhone has been a boon to AT&T — not only did they get a huge influx of customers, but iPhone users spend twice as much as AT&T’s average on their monthly bills — the additional network burden is significant. As soon as these trends became apparent to AT&T (easily within 2 months of the original iPhone’s 2007 release), they should have scrambled to expand their data-network capacity.

Instead, they sat on their asses and enjoyed the extra profits. AT&T has always been a “cherry-picking” network, building out coverage and upgrading speeds only when absolutely forced by competitors, and then only doing the bare minimum and only serving the most profitable areas.

Their mistake was in the assumption that AT&T was getting a bunch of new, loyal customers. In reality, iPhone owners are loyal only to the iPhone. The carrier is just a required utility given a few pixels in the corner to show their name. That’s it. We’re as loyal to AT&T as we are to our electric company.

The same passion that drove all of these customers to abandon the excellent Verizon network for this awesome device is also pushing them to demand more functionality and more bandwidth. iPhone users pay twice as much as flip-phone users, but AT&T can’t just pocket the difference — we have high data needs that we expect to be served for that additional money.

And now, the network is so strained and AT&T is so slow-moving that they’re holding Apple back, cramping the iPhone’s growth, and leaving them vulnerable to competing devices on better networks.

AT&T was given a great fortune with the iPhone exclusive, but they’ve completely failed to do anything to hold onto it. As soon as there’s a better option, they’ll lose a big portion of iPhone users who feel absolutely no loyalty to them because they’ve done absolutely nothing to deserve any.

Magic Camera Box

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:32:03 -0700

Magic Camera Box

Phoenix Brightkite Meetup (via Vimeo) A camera walk at last...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:47:01 -0700

Phoenix Brightkite Meetup (via Vimeo)

A camera walk at last night’s event.

iTunes + Google Reader + Kids Sleeping = Awesome (via Clintus...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:40 -0700

iTunes + Google Reader + Kids Sleeping = Awesome (via Clintus McGintus)

Toy Car Spin Outs (via Vimeo) Bryce has acquired some pretty...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:07:25 -0700

Toy Car Spin Outs (via Vimeo)

Bryce has acquired some pretty sweet toys in the last 6 months or so. This is one of my favorites. More of this to come

Sasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party (via...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:29 -0700

Sasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party (via dkellerm)

Let’s Talk About Trust (via Vimeo) How much do you trust...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:52:00 -0700

Let’s Talk About Trust (via Vimeo)

How much do you trust the people in your life? What do they have to do to earn your trust or to move up a level in trust?

Links mentioned: phoenix.metblogs.com and idoitdigital.com

Moments on Vimeo

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:29:30 -0700

Moments on Vimeo: Moments are those things that happen everyday all around us; things that we don’t even think twice about. Some of my favorite videos are just simple moments people capture. This is a channel for those moments.