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Brilliant Super Bowl Commercial from Motorola

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Motorola’s genius marketing department hit Apple with a Super Bowl commercial. I think a lot of people wouldn’t understand what Motorola is inferring about Apple, so I’ll explain it. For reference, here’s some great commercials from Apple: Apple’s 1984 commercial… And Apple’s 1985 Super Bowl commercial… And Apple’s tribute to the crazy ones, the misfits, … Read more

Android, Affordable

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My dream cell phone plan comes true.  The mobile provider targeted towards trendy-youth of all places has the best plan designed for mostly data usage.  $25/monthly for 300 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data.  A few days ago Virgin Mobile launched a new Android phone, the LG Optimus V (Optimus One).  LG’s strategy with this phone … Read more

Going Paperless

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Ben’s old Filing System, papers piled in boxes For my entire life my filing system has been to throw papers in a “Need to file” box.  My thinking is that someday I will organize and file everything away.  That day has not come.  So I add more boxes.  Finding a specific paper isn’t efficient.  I … Read more

AT&T Down

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Well, for the second time AT&T’s Cellular network has gone down where I live… as a result Kris couldn’t look at her shopping list so we don’t have hamburger buns to go with our hamburgers. I wonder if I can get a credit every time this happens… what if there was an emergency? Well, actually, … Read more

Taxonomy at Home

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After reading the chapter on taxonomy governance in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices by Ben Curry and Bill English, I started thinking about my own personal taxonomy. Taxonomy is a division into groups or categories.  A good example is a Library’s Dewey Decimal Classification. Tagging has become a popular means of classification in blogging and … Read more