Last night a buddy texted an invite to dinner, but because I had been in the library earlier, I had silenced my iPhone, and didn’t notice for a while. Just how long a while was […]
Category: Telephones
Where did all the IrDA ports go?
Setting off to the East Bay for the family Easter gathering, I want to program the address into my GPS. But using the on-screen UI of this particular Garmin is painful—shouldn’t I be able to […]
When Technology Makes us Feel Incompetent
I started composing this article 15 minutes after dealing with a half-hour–long telephone meeting over the worst cellphone connection I’ve had in years. It made me feel incompetent, apologetic, and frustrated. Perhaps the most frustrating thing […]
What’s wrong with the San Mateo County OES SMS alert system
San Mateo County has this fairly useful SMS service called SMCalert, but today’s message is a great example of why government agencys need to become smarter in their use of this technology: 1 of 2 […]
Adjusting Site for iPhone Browser
I should have done this long ago, but just got the bee stuck in my bonnet. When I first decided to attempt to support desktop and handheld browsers without duplicating content or using browser sniffing, […]
AT&T Wireless 411—Text Messages Now Useless
I occasionally use the expensive 411 service from AT&TᾹmainly when I need a number quickly, and don’t have time to search for the number via WAP. It used to be that the text messages would […]
AT&T unWireless
I spent (wasted) part of my lunch hour today visiting the AT&T Wireless store in SF, hoping to find someone to tell me how to make my cool T68i work with e-mail. I can send […]