http://jetfuel.vox.com/explore/friends-and-family/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:07:57 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/bad-customers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/bad-customers.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/bad-customers.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:07:57 -0700 In 1997, I worked at an ISP in the Bay Area doing technical support. My boss told me "the customer is not always right. That's why they're calling us, after all." Of course that old adage is referring to customers being treated well because the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/bad-customers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af50100a7f4efb6000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> business profit http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/you-cant-fault-them-for-trying.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/you-cant-fault-them-for-trying.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/you-cant-fault-them-for-trying.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:54:01 -0700 Apparently T-Mobile is going to make their own AppStore, but it'll be for the entire carrier instead of just one phone. And they probably think 1000x the phones means 1000x the profit. I see 1000x the complexity. Or at least 5x the complexity con... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/you-cant-fault-them-for-trying.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fa968fc0510003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/mcdonalds-and-microsoft-are-improving.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/mcdonalds-and-microsoft-are-improving.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/mcdonalds-and-microsoft-are-improving.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:04:13 -0700 A new series of McDonalds commercials shows two hipsters discussing McDonalds' new espresso. When the word "McDonalds" is uttered, the hipsters recoil, and then one admits that they like McDonalds. Then the other admits it too, and they riff abo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/mcdonalds-and-microsoft-are-improving.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fa968d7ef70002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> apple microsoft mcdonalds http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/chili-crab-is-delicious.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hachi) http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/chili-crab-is-delicious.html?_c=feed-rss http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/chili-crab-is-delicious.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:01:52 -0700 Chili Crab is delicious. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/chili-crab-is-delicious.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea07374e1bc000fad6997aa40005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/glee.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/glee.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/glee.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:07 -0700 I remember the Mac shareware boom in the 90's. You'd get a CD-ROM tucked inside a Mac magazine stuffed full of shareware goodies and the quality was actually pretty good. I'd usually find a few gems per disc. I remember the version tracker boom s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/glee.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fa968507bc0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-obama-surprise.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-obama-surprise.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-obama-surprise.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:21:15 -0700 Obama is a centrist. If this is a shock to you, you *really* haven't been paying attention. This is why i'm voting for him. If you want a liberal version of Bush, completely unwilling to compromise and keeping your lib cred intact, I hear Nader i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-obama-surprise.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fa9683700a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/brainstorming-design.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/brainstorming-design.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/brainstorming-design.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:05:38 -0700 My favorite thing art school was the peer review. I loved getting feedback on my art, and I loved talking to other artists about their approach. It made all of us better. I just got back from Apple's big developer conference, and realized how... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/brainstorming-design.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fa967f81390003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/got-me-a-new-laptop-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hachi) http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/got-me-a-new-laptop-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/got-me-a-new-laptop-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:02:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hachi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea07374e1bc000fa967e2c190002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea07374e1bc000fa967e2c190002-50si" alt="DSC01972" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So one of the things I did to build it up... I branded it. 20 minutes of fiddly work (mostly figuring out how to make a dos boot disk on a usb key) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hachi.vox.com/library/post/got-me-a-new-laptop-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea07374e1bc000fad69141530004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-trip-on-an-iphone.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-trip-on-an-iphone.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-trip-on-an-iphone.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 May 2008 19:47:10 -0700 We've been dreading this for months, maybe years. One of my main parenting fears has always been traveling. I can deal with all sorts of tough parenting problems in the home, but throw my screaming baby on a plane full of strangers and I'm at a l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/the-trip-on-an-iphone.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fad68b4f290004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/first-laptop-in-a-decade.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jon) http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/first-laptop-in-a-decade.html?_c=feed-rss http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/first-laptop-in-a-decade.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 May 2008 06:12:59 -0700 The last time I used a laptop was during the last internet bubble. It was a gorgeous Powerbook G3, it was black, and I took it with me everywhere. But then I got tired of the limitations of a laptop when compared to a desktop. Less expandable,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jonb.vox.com/library/post/first-laptop-in-a-decade.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11414da035af500fae8b93ef7000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> laptop consumerism