Waze: Social Media Meets Turn-By-Turn Navigation

Waze

GPS navigation has become a standard tool behind the wheel. At first you had to buy specific devices to give you turn-by-turn directions, and these devices came loaded with maps that were usually out of date as soon as you bought it. As they grew in popularity, you could find built-in GPS devices as an option in new cars. With GPS becoming a standard feature in mobile phones, there are now plenty of apps out there that provide the same turn-by-turn functions. Most people view this service as a tool, to get you where you want to go without ever needing to ask for directions. Waze is an app that builds on the standard GPS navigation service by keeping users plugged in to the world of social media, and does so quite well.

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Web Design Lessons Learned from Changing My Air Filter

steps leading to crawlspace

Last week I finally got around to changing the air filter in my central A/C unit. It was way overdue for a new filter. Changing the filter is a task that I absolutely hate. It’s something that I have to prepare for both physically and mentally. Physically because I have to dress for the journey, wearing pants and an old shirt with long sleeves to protect myself from the unknown. Mentally because if I don’t put myself in Indiana Jones mode, I may not return from the Temple of Doom that is the crawlspace under my house.

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AT&T: What A Joke

ATT

For the past few months, I’ve noticed that coverage with AT&T where I live has progressively gotten worse. It’s so bad now that I can’t really count on AT&T at all anymore for important calls. There are 3 different phones I use (including my wife’s) on AT&T, and the service has been consistent on each. I figured I’d put matters in my own hands with the MicroCell, but that product is a joke itself, but that’s a different matter altogether.

Since their solution to dead spots (via the MicroCell) is worthless, I’ve exhausted all options other than to get in touch with them directly to address the underlying issue: bad coverage. Below is my experience, including direct quotes from this evening’s chat session with their technical support. By the way, I had to resort to an online chat session because their coverage is so poor I didn’t want to wait on hold, get in touch with someone only to have the call dropped.

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Google Buzz – Revisited

When Google Buzz first came out, everyone was talking about it. Was it going to be a Twitter killer? Was it going to be the biggest weapon in Google’s arsenal to take on Facebook? Privacy concerns…what?!?

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From MS Excel to HTML

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Back in high school, there was a class that I signed up for in the business education department. Yes, my high school had a business education department.

I don’t remember the name of the class, but the entire semester was about learning Microsoft Excel (97). It probably sounded like an easy grade at the time, and I had already taken keyboarding class.

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