You know how you share one set of grandparents with your first cousins? I’m sad to say that my grandparents have all passed on, but I’m still very lucky to still have one nonagenarian in my life — my first cousins’ other grandmother. Her name is Jill and ever since I was a little kid [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mobile'
Photo of the day: A 90-year-old’s cell phone
May 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Photography
Tags:Mobile·Pain·Photography
Why I Don’t Have an iPhone (but might someday)
June 10th, 2008 · 43 Comments · Gadgetry
As you probably know, Apple released iPhone 2.0 yesterday. Watch Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote Address if you haven’t already seen it. I watched it live on MacRumors, and when it was over I Twittered this: That comment solicited quite a reaction from my Twitterverse. Two examples: As a designer and gadget geek, I’m constantly asked [...]
My Cell Phones: 2000 – Today
June 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Gadgetry
Alex Rainert just posted this great piece on his blog Everyday UX showing the evolution of his mobile phones from 1998 to now. I was inspired to post my own, though I have to admit I’m not sure if I have the exact models right. Thanks to GSM Arena for having photos of every mobile [...]
Update on Amazon’s TextBuyIt
April 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Pleasure
As you may have read on Wednesday, I bought a book through Amazon’s new service TextBuyIt. I was really impressed by the user flow and was able to buy the book I was looking for in about two minutes. Even more incredible is that the book showed up at my house yesterday morning, just two [...]
Tags:Books·Innovation·Mobile·Pleasure·Tools
Text message your order to Amazon
April 2nd, 2008 · 9 Comments · User Experience
Amazon launched a new service yesterday called TextBuyIt in which you can look up and compare product info via SMS and purchase with your pre-existing account. I tried it out this morning by texting “Purple cow” to short code 262966 (“Amazon” on the keypad). A moment later I got a response that read: Reply w/1 [...]
