December 2009 - Posts

What does age mean in the tech world?
30 December 09 04:16 PM | BrandonLive
Mary Jo asks:  “At Microsoft, is age more than just a number?” In the responses to her post I saw a few comments along the lines of, “ageism happens, get over it.”  One commentor wrote: “Truthfully, younger Folk will just not like you, simply because of your age, and in the workplace that has insidious ways of [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Two weeks with a Droid
13 December 09 07:03 PM | BrandonLive
A couple weeks ago I made a rather impulsive decision to purchase a Motorola Droid with a new Verizon account.  The frustrations I’ve had with AT&T have been piling up for a while now… dropped called, slow-to-respond data services, zero service in crowded places, and horrible customer service problems (such as being lied to and [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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New Google home page. Is this for real?
03 December 09 02:30 PM | BrandonLive
A recap of what went through my mind yesterday as I read the Official Google Blog post about their new home page design and tried out the “updated” page: - Is this a joke? - This is terrible. - If this is real, why is this Google person so excited about an inanely stupid and minor change? - Marissa Mayer wrote [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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