I’ve been talking up the Pepper Pad and Nokia 770 a lot, and I’ve mentioned a moment of lust for the LifeDrive (despite my complaints against PDAs), but today I bought a Treo 650 (even though I had doubts).
My decision surprised me, but the following factors all weighed in its favor:

My cell phone contract expired. [...]

Posted December 10, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: cameraphone, cell phone, cellphone, palm, palmone, pda, phone, small camera, smart phone, smartphone, treo, treo 650, treo650. 7 Comments.

The Telecrapper 2000 is an improvised, homemade system that identifies telemarketing calls and leads the marketer through an artificial conversation that wastes the company’s time and money. The idea is to drive down productivity, and like so many other productivity sapping things, it can be quite funny. Check this Flash-animated recording: My Hip Hurts (mirror)
Rather [...]

Posted September 16, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: anti-productivity, deviantart, flash animated, funny, idea, marketer, marketing, phone, phone call, tc2k, telecrapper 2000, telemarketer, telemarketing calls. Be the first one.

Engadget’s interview with Jeffrey Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage gives an interesting peak into the world of the baby bells, through the eyes of an upstart. Citron dishes about the competition, stomping AT&T, working deals with the bells to make 911 services work, and a possible Palm version of their softphone.
Most interestingly is his [...]

Posted May 23, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: baby bells, engadget, ma bell, phone, upstart, voip, vonage. Be the first one.