What’s the Problem, AT&T?

Published by patrick on 09 Oct 2009 00:11 -0700. 0 Comments. Tags:

A recent Gizmodo entry reports suggestions from the AT&T Wireless CEO to put data caps on smartphone data usage:

PCWorld caught Ralph de la Vega making a few, um, intimations at CTIA yesterday. First, a setup, in which he describes an actual problem:...

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Google Voice fails at Voicemail Transcriptions

Published by patrick on 30 Jul 2009 16:32 -0700. 0 Comments. Tags:

Today I received an email saying that I could now sign up for Google Voice. So I signed up for it and got a number, and I decided to test out it’s Voicemail Transcriptions. I recorded something and it turned out sort of okay, except that it couldn’t transcribe my French. Maybe it can’t understand French, or I have a bad accent. I don’t know.

And then I had a friend record something. And Google Voice kind of failed....

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MS Office 2010 Technical Preview - Screenshots!

Published by patrick on 20 May 2009 12:39 -0700. 3 Comments. Tags:

On Monday, Microsoft Office 2010 was was leaked to the torrents, so I decided to see what the hype was about and grabbed myself a copy.

I am unable to find any difference in actual use, but there are definitely visual changes....

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Hey Facebook: seriously, guys?

Published by patrick on 10 May 2009 21:55 -0700. 1 Comment. Tags:

For those of you that use Facebook, you know about this “Fan of <something>” that’s been going around. I’ve seen a variety of them, some that are sort of legitimate (like “Fan of <artist>”), and some that are silly.

Now I’ve seen one that is just plain dumb. Come on guys, seriously?

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I Love Minimalist Layouts

Published by patrick on 03 May 2009 22:23 -0700. 4 Comments. Tags:

Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n’y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n’y a plus rien à retrancher.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Terre des hommes, 1939...

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