Mobility


19
Oct 11

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes

 

I’m sure it was just a coincidence.

I’ve noticed that there is a special social sphere for BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) users. These social groups tend to congregate around one another in an self-organizing pattern. They are usually technophobic luddites who enjoy deluding themselves into thinking they are riding in the carpool lane of the mobile Internet.

The only problem is that they are standing actually the “Cash Only” checkout line. It’s probably all the same people you see at the movie theater lobby waiting in line with a dozen other people to buy tickets from a human cashier when (not ten feet away) there are four automated touchscreen ticket kiosks just waiting to spit out passes for two adults and one child to see Cars 2 in theater five. Thank you, enjoy the movie.

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes


21
Sep 11

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Four) | OccupyWallSt.org

You know, I’d be happy to jump in on this if anyone wants to buy me a plane ticket to NYC.

This is the fourth communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street.

On September 20th, 2011, we were awoken by police bullhorns around seven in the morning, they objected to us protecting ourselves from the rain. They told us that the tarps suspended above us had to be taken down. We held a General Assembly to determine how to respond. We decided that we would hold the tarps over ourselves and our possessions. The police ripped the plastic away from us. We then scrambled to protect our possessions, primarily the media equipment streaming our occupation to the world. The police were also mostly interested in our cameras, it seems like they don’t want you watching us.

via A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Four) | OccupyWallSt.org.


18
Aug 11

Apple Store in Santa Monica will be Second to Feature Curved Glass Roof

The Santa Monica Planning Commission approved Apple’s plans for a new retail store with a giant glass roof on Wednesday without any discussion.

via AppleInsider | Santa Monica Apple Store with glass roof given swift approval.


17
Aug 11

CicLAvia Announces Expanded Route for October Heading North and South off Original Spur

This was seriously the most fun I’ve had since the Disney employee’s street fair. Well, Carpocalypse/Eat Local was fun too. Get your bike ready. We’re shutting down the city again. And it’s going to be bigger this time.


13
Aug 11

BART: “… and we hope you like jamming too”

This sets a bad precedent, but it’s also a big FCC no-no. With a little effort, just about anybody can jam a cell phone signal. That’s probably why there’s laws prohibiting it.

Statement on temporary wireless service interruption in select BART stations on Aug. 11


28
Jun 11

Yarn Bomb ~ Burbank « LA TACO

Hell yes.

A shopping cart that has been covered in - what appears to be - a knitted yarn shopping cart cozy.

Etsy on Wheels

http://www.lataco.com/taco/yarn-bomb-burbank


17
Jun 11

Broken Brand

In the early nineties, Shep Fairey asked the question “what does it mean when the medium has no message?”

He did (and still does) that from the ground-up. Ever heard of Andre the Giant? It appears Nike is running a similar experiment from the top-down.

For the past week I’ve been trying to use nikerunning.nike.com. The site is the clearinghouse for all the data collected from Nike+ products.

This is one of the worst user experiences I’ve ever had on a web site. And I’ve been on a lot of job boards.

These pages are heavy enough to make me consider abandoning Nike+ altogether (I was already hesitant using a Nike product).

When is Nike going to realize that there’s more to a business than it’s brand? You actually have to cover your fundamentals first and make a good product. The brand is worthless if one ignores one’s core competencies.


18
May 11

It’s almost done …

Write-up in progress …

Something wonderful is coming …

On June 6, 7 … in downtown LA.

 

 

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