Did I mention the new blog?
I just realized it’s been a month since I started my new blog and I have yet to mention it here. On my old blog. Damn.
I’ll still be updating this blog, just not as often. My daily updates, highlighting my professional writing, will be at my new blog, found here:
It actually gets pretty good on some days…
Last Minute New Year’s Eve Party
Every New Year’s celebration includes resolutions and renewals. Whether you pledge to quit smoking or start exercising, or you just like putting up a new calendar, it is a time for fresh starts. It’s also a great time to clean out the old in preparation for the new: a New Year’s Cleansing Party…
Craig McCaw resigns from Clearwire
On December 31, Clearwire announced the immediate resignation of chairman Craig McCaw. No explanation was given and McCaw nominated Ben Wolff to replace him. Clearwire provides high speed internet service, specifically WiMAX 4G service, and has Sprint-Nextel as a 54% majority stakeholder. The company is due for major financial reorganization at the beginning of 2011…
New Year’s Eve applications for your Android
Whether you’re going to First Night in uptown Charlotte, or staying home with friends and family, there’s a free app for your Android phone to help you celebrate:
AT&T says ‘Don’t text and drive’ in time for New Year’s Eve
With New Year’s Eve quickly approaching, AT&T has released a documentary about the dangers of texting while driving. It may sound trivial when compared to DUI accidents, but it is a growing issue. Downtown Charlotte offers the First Night celebration, an alcohol-free, family friendly party for New Year’s. However, driving home from the event can still be quite dangerous due to the risk of an accident caused by a distracted driver. One of the primary distractions today is the ubiquitous cell phone…
WordPress for Windows Phone 7 now available
The Charlotte metropolitan area includes over 1.7 million people. It’s no surprise that there are thousands of active bloggers in the area since the first real ‘news’ blog was a series of posts on Hurricane Bonnie by the Charlotte Observer’s Jonathan Dube in 1998. One downside to Charlotte’s size and density is that many bloggers must carry around a heavy laptop or an odd-size netbook (too big to pocket, too small to type comfortably). Fortunately, smartphones have proven themselves in the field for writers on the go…
AnDevCon San Francisco announces keynote speaker Christy Wyatt
The keynote speaker has been announced for the first AnDevCon in San Francisco, CA. The conference for Android developers and sellers will host Christy Wyatt, Motorola VP of Software and Services Product Management. Ms. Wyatt is responsible for platform strategy and execution at Motorola and has been a Linux Foundation board member since 2007. According to AnDevCon, more than 1 billion apps have been downloaded from the Android Market…
AnDevCon San Francisco announces keynote speaker Christy Wyatt
Navy Pilots Take a Dip in Lake Tahoe
When I was in the Navy, guys did some pretty stupid shit with multi-million dollar equipment. It’s nice to see things haven’t changed:
Ever use Gawker, Gizmodo, or LifeHacker?
If so, you may have been compromised. Gawker was recently hacked and user account information was stolen to the tune of 1.3 million email addresses and passwords. Want to know if your account was on the list? Check here:
If it says “yes”, you’d better start changing every account that uses the same password as your Gawker Media account. Chances are, that’s most of them…
How about unlimited music downloads to your phone?
Cricket Wireless announced unlimited music downloads by using the Muve plan on a Samsung Suede phone:
by clicking here now!
