Hey buddy it’s Stu, I’m just trying out Google Voice, wanted to see how good it is. Um, I guess I should mumble as well as some stuff and see you know what it does with that. But overall things are going well, talk to you soon, Goodbye! Hahahahahahahahaa.
What’s interesting (and brilliant) is a little option I noticed in the lower right-hand corner of the message on the Google Voice website:
This way they can collect information about voicemails that cause their text conversion system to fail. In my mind this is one of the main competencies of Google: consistent collection of user feedback.
Now if only I could port my current number over to Google Voice…
Usually engineers win out in a battle with the design folks. Apparently this time it’s the other way around for the new version of the iPod Shuffle:
The decision to put the controls on the headphones means that unless Apple opens up the controls to third parties, you can’t even play music on the iPod without using Apple’s own earbuds. What happens if, as is also not unheard of, Apple’s stock earbuds break? Your iPod is completely useless until you get another pair of approved headphones. (full article)
Like many people, the regular Apple headphones don’t stay in my ears if I’m doing anything other than sitting down, so I have a different pair for when I work out. This makes the new generation of Shuffles worthless to me (and many others). Needless to say I will be buying the previous generation.
I bet that Apple: a) opens up the design specs so other companies can make compliant headphones, and/or b) has buttons on the actual unit in the next generation of Shuffles.
Listen to this short 3 minute report from NPR. Apparently the Louisiana State Ethics Board has clarified that state employees cannot accept any gifts whatsoever. On the outset this makes sense, but this also applies to librarians. From now on, if a Librarian accepts a Christmas cookie or something of the like, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
My favorite part: “We had a patron who came in to give the staff some cookies, and after he was told that the cookies couldn’t be accepted, he left the plate and literally ran out the door because he wanted the staff to have the cookies.”
I found one of these videos from a blog post by Keith Ferrazzi, and thought I’d put both of them up. The videos were posted by a Enspire, a company which appears to be selling financial education for the common man. Seems admirable…I hope people care enough to learn.
My name is Andrew Lundsten, I recently graduated from Christopher Newport University where I studied Economics, Accounting, and German. I'm passionate about people, public service, and entrepreneurship, among other things. I work for a public accounting firm in the DC area.
