Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
The Olympics are half over, and I just realized that I don’t hate the coverage. Check out my Credit Karma tax service review here. Most years, I complain and complain about the coverage of the Olympics and various sporting events. However, this year, it seems to have struck the right note. I’m not sure if … Read more
So, I just got my windshield replaced. It wasn’t as expensive as I remember, or maybe I just have more money now, I’m not sure. Either way, the process has changed a bit, at least here in Denver. For starters, the guy came to my house instead of me taking it in, even though I … Read more
For all the talk of so-called disruption in other industries, there may be no bigger movement than the mattress in a box industry that sprang up practically overnight. The idea is simple. Instead of spending thousands of dollars for a mattress that has been marked up by numerous middlemen, you can instead buy your mattress … Read more
I’m turning over a new leaf. I’ll write about that later, but as part of said leaf-turning, I bought a Fitbit Flex 2. I’ll cover why later, but for now, let’s start with a nice review of how well a Fitbit Flex 2 works for a middle-aged, 40-something, man. I used to have a different … Read more
Soylent is a shake mix developed by some tech guys and initially funded via a Kickstarter program. After some difficulties and delays, the company finally seems up and running in a such a way that the formula both works, and can now be ordered without weeks of delay. I went ahead and tried out Soylent … Read more
There are a lot of people out there who hate Valentine’s Day. Most of them hate it, not because they actually hate V-Day, but rather because they hate how it reminds them that they don’t have someone special in their life to share it with. Other people hate Valentines Day because it’s too commercial, or … Read more
Like many others, I had an issue with the in-call volume on my Sprint LG Optimus being too loud after updating to the latest version of Android. Sprint pushed the new Gingerbread Android OS to LG Optimus S phones in late September. The good news is that Sprint is supporting its low-end cell phones with … Read more
A buddy of mine, and professional cartoonist, Aaron Taylor has launched a very funny BYU webcomic dedicated to the BYU Cougars. While aimed squarely at BYU and BYU athletics, there is plenty of funny stuff about college athletics in general, including the nature of college sports fans, the drama of conference reorganization and some of … Read more
My phone was switched off this morning and drained of battery. I have a mid-level / low-end, depending upon who you talk to, Android cell phone from Sprint. It is an LG Optimus S ; although, from what I understand, the S is pretty much the same thing as the Optimus M except for tweaks … Read more
Here is a partial list of the things I need to read to stay on top of all the things from my Twitter feed that I have found interesting or that I think I need to know for business or personal reasons. I use the "Star" function in TweetDeck to bookmark tweets that I want … Read more
For all of the flack that Windows Mobile 6.5 and its predecessors have taken, there is one area where the old cell phone version of Windows had something that Android mobile phones are missing. I had an HTC Touch for a few years. I’m not a cell phone power user and I spent most of … Read more
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