[Chatter] "Where everybody knows your name ..."

[sicario666]

Hey now, nothing wrong with Bud Light. The platinum is awesome.

I primarily drink Coors Light. I make myself feel better by drinking diet beer :beer:

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[cole2kb]

There is one place around here that sells all of your guys' fancy beers and such. Maybe I'll check it out one day.

 

[2defmouze]

Mission accomplished. And god I hate mornings.

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

Morning folks... that was a hell morning I must say. I had to deal with Verizon/Apple this morning to order an iPhone 5 for Mom who has no idea how to navigate Verizon's site. Literally if you have to do anything with there site today, reconsider lol.

 

[2defmouze]

Morning folks... that was a hell morning I must say. I had to deal with Verizon/Apple this morning to order an iPhone 5 for Mom who has no idea how to navigate Verizon's site. Literally if you have to do anything with there site today, reconsider lol.

Lol I can imagine..

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

Lol I can imagine..

Yea.. saw on my twitter feed this morning that my friend had to add 3 new data plans because of the phone and it took over 2 hours...

 

[AppleBonker]

Morning folks... that was a hell morning I must say. I had to deal with Verizon/Apple this morning to order an iPhone 5 for Mom who has no idea how to navigate Verizon's site. Literally if you have to do anything with there site today, reconsider lol.

Were you up at 3 AM to get it ordered? Or are you now expecting a later delivery (looks like some sites are saying 2 weeks after launch)?

And with trying to maintain my unlimited data, I'm a bit to concerned to be buying phones from VZW online. I see too many ways for them to "accidentally" screw up and remove my unlimited plan.

Lol, 2def. I hope that weirded her out something fierce (but not enough for her to bail, that would be less than cool).

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

Were you up at 3 AM to get it ordered? Or are you now expecting a later delivery (looks like some sites are saying 2 weeks after launch)?

And with trying to maintain my unlimited data, I'm a bit to concerned to be buying phones from VZW online. I see too many ways for them to "accidentally" screw up and remove my unlimited plan.

Lol, 2def. I hope that weirded her out something fierce (but not enough for her to bail, that would be less than cool).

Apparently it still says delivery by 9/21 which is release day for it. I am pretty sure that Apple store is already sold out of first day releases. I got it through Verizon and it claims the unlimited data was kept on the line. If it didn't there will be hell to pay to that joker who messed that up. I refused to get up at 3am... 6:30 was good enough lol. Around the time I am up anyway to start some work.

 

[AppleBonker]

Unlimited still on the account? So you bought it off contract for like $650-750? Ouch lol

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

Unlimited still on the account? So you bought it off contract for like $650-750? Ouch lol

I didn't no, Mom had to have it...

 

[dmmarck]

lol I tried posting this article on G+ but I don't think it did...

The iPhone 5 forecast: a predictable 73 degrees and sunny | The Verge

Some key quotes:

You can count the major UI changes that Apple has made to iOS on one hand: Folders, dock-based multitasking, universal search, the notification drop down, and Siri. In its five year history, iOS has seen smartphone competitors take radically different tacks on the core UI — webOS's multitasking cards, Android's widgets and stacked multitasking thumbnails, Windows Phone's active tiles, and even the upcoming BlackBerry 10's "flow" UI. Through it all, the iPhone’s UI basics have never changed; they invariably consist of a dock of 4 icons, a grid of icons above that, and lots of added features on the periphery.

Because Apple is sticking with its basic UI design, users are missing out in genuinely helpful and innovative ideas that can improve a smartphone experience. Swiping notifications away, widgets and tiles with live information, more intuitive and informative multitasking experiences — are all of these things really so disruptive to the iPhone's simplicity that they would put off new users?

Apple has supplanted Microsoft as both the biggest and the most influential company in consumer electronics and technology. Like Microsoft in the 90s and early 2000s, it is taking a very conservative approach to updating its core UI in the name of accessibility and consistency. Apple is keeping the iPhone in a very familiar and safe zone, but does it really need to? It’s risky, taking something that’s massively successful and trying something new and different with it. Most companies don’t do it, but Apple has a reputation built making those kinds of bets. Perhaps it doesn’t deserve that reputation anymore.

We could really dig into some of the aggravating parts of iOS 6 — and there are plenty of them — to try to draw a direct parallel to Vista, but that would be disingenuous. To be very clear, the iPhone 5 won't be Apple’s Vista moment. Unlike Vista, it will work and be successful. Some of that old Microsoftian "don’t mess with success" myopia seems to have affected Apple, though. Success and innovation are not the same thing, and once a company stops driving for continuous innovation, it can be a difficult trait to rekindle should business ever slow. Just ask Microsoft, which has spent years rebooting Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

But we’ve seen where the road of not innovating OS design goes, and Apple may find that the road is shorter than it thinks.

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

lol I tried posting this article on G+ but I don't think it did...

The iPhone 5 forecast: a predictable 73 degrees and sunny | The Verge

Some key quotes:

Yea I read that last night and its a great article.

Edit: Just watched the IGN review of Borderlands 2 and I kinda want it and don't at the same time. Dunno, just doesn't look like the shooter I would like to play.

 

[AppleBonker]

Re: [Chatter] "Where everybody knows your name ..."

I didn't no, Mom had to have it...

Lol, I knew it wasn't for you. That should've read "by proxy". I could never convince my mom to pay that much for a phone. She'd just buy it subsidized and lose unlimited data. Honestly, I'm not looking forward to my next phone purchase because I'm sure it'll cost me at least $600 that I wont have but will spend anyway.

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lol I tried posting this article on G+ but I don't think it did...

The iPhone 5 forecast: a predictable 73 degrees and sunny | The Verge

Some key quotes:

You know, I think there was an article on Gizmodo (I know, I mostly read it for the humor) or something that actually argued the stale (or as they called it, "comfortable/familiar") OS was an advantage of the phone. I had a hard time understanding that position...

 

[NotJustAPhone]

I didn't no, Mom had to have it...

Best reason to get an iPhone 5.



Sent from my SGSIII

 

[dmmarck]

So there's a corporate counsel gig open at Mountain View. I have one crazy cover letter in me.

Here's the start of that:

Dear Sir or Madam:

My name is Dylan Marck and I am a licensed attorney interested in your open corporate counsel position. In addition to the qualifications listed in my resume, I am also a hardcore Android fanatic.

My discovery of the Android Operating System ("Android") became, unknowingly at the time, a life changing event. For my entire life I had always been interested in gadgets but never had the opportunity to own or play with them--until the HTC DROID Incredible came out. The "DINC" had so many features and details I had never before experienced: mobile internet, touchscreen, YouTube, apps? What is this, magic?! And while the DINC was a loving companion for life's adventures, notably helping me organize and manage the members of Ave Maria's Law Review, planning out my bar preparation, and delivering the news of my sweet victory in late October 2011, I knew I needed to expand my Google/Android fandom or else I'd never get a taste of the true, high-proof goodness.

Enter the Nexus.

 

[sicario666]

So there's a corporate counsel gig open at Mountain View. I have one crazy cover letter in me.

Here's the start of that:

Damn...you dressed that up extremely well. So this gig. Would that relocate you out to mountain view? If so...your my new drinking buddy :beer:

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[7stringer]

Mornin', folks. I caught that Verge article yesterday, as well. Very good stuff.

Random note, I got to see the new Razr M in person yesterday. Overall, nothing too impressive (obviously on the software front), but that hardware is killer - very sturdy, and wow, it's a small phone. Screen size was nice at 4.3 (though with on-screen buttons now, so that hurts a little) but it really does make the original Razr look big/bulky. There's still too much wasted space at the bottom of the phone, but the tops/sides were on point with the "edge to edge" design.

 

[sicario666]

Diablo3 guys. I've been looking into wtf the fallen tooth item is for. Throw a dog a friggin bone here. I get mixed answers all over the place.

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[7stringer]

So there's a corporate counsel gig open at Mountain View. I have one crazy cover letter in me.

Here's the start of that:

Just saw this was posted after I posted, so hopefully my messages merge.

I wish I had screen-shotted (words?) my cover letter when I applied for a Marketing Manager Position on the Nexus UK/ROW team. I wrote it on the fly and it was awesome. It was pretty informal but very edgy, clean, precise, and pragmatic. Actually, I probably have it on my computer somewhere at home. I'll dig it up and post if I can find it. haha

 

[NotJustAPhone]

Ouch. I remember THE day my thunderbutt was pure stock. How long til you're back in 2012 ?

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2011 was better to me so I may stick with the Thunderbolt.

Sent from my SGSIII