I saw this comic, and I really think it hits the nail on the head. My friend Henrik Joreteg is smart with financial type stuff and has been giving me some insight to the economic mess the world has gotten itself into… crazy stuff. Henrik has decided to start blogging about the state of the economy, and once he gives me the green light I will post some links to hims new site.
For now, enjoy the comic and LOL. (click for a larger version)
There was a new feature introduced with the iPhone 2.1 firmware update that is driving me crazy and making me curse apple an my iPhone daily. I am talking about the SMS multi reminder.
The SMS multi reminder is designed to notify you with an alert if you have an unread SMS (text) message. Sounds good in theory, but trust me, it horrible in practice.
When you receive a new SMS message to your iPhone, the first few lines are displayed in what I can best describe as a pop up box. Often if the message is short, “hey I’m running late”, you see the entire message. This is where the trouble lies. If you get an SMS message and you don’t unlock the phone, open the SMS app, then open the specific SMS thread, the iPhone thinks you haven’t gotten the message, so it will remind you 5 minutes later, and 10 minutes later that you have an unread message, for a total of 3 alerts in 10 minutes for a message you might have already seen.
Example of why this is annoying:
I’m sitting here working on my blog, “PING!”, ah I have a new SMS message on my iPhone, the screen is lit up and the preview box is showing. “From TWITTER: xFLORIDAx – I look like a shaved ape”. Ok, no response needed, I set my phone down. 5 minutes later “PING!” ah! I must have a new SMS message… strange my screen isnt lit up, turn on the screen. no new SMS messages, weird. 5 minutes after that, “PING!”…. so in 10 minutes, I have been alerted 3 times for a message I have already read. ANNOYING! I don’t want to unlock my phone for every little message that is sent to me.
I understand how this could be useful for someone who gets 1-5 text message a day… I average over 200 a day. Most messages come from twitter and don’t require a response. I would disable the multi reminder if I could, but apple doesn’t allow you to change the setting for it. It’s just on, like it or not. The only way to prevent the SMS multi reminder is to disable text notifications all together, and I’m not going to do that. I like getting one and only one notification when I get a new message.
If im in a meeting, should my pocket buzz 6 times in 20 minutes to let me know I have 2 text messages? GTFO! I should only be notified two times.
I really hope that Apple allows people to turn the SMS multi reminder on and off in the next update. I can’t imagine it’s to hard to do.
My friend Kalen Gibbons pointed this out. Insanity if you ask me.
My birthday is September 25th, I just turned 29 years old. I don’t feel 29 years old.
My good friend Eric Raj has connections over at the E! television network. For a birthday present, he arranged for us to go see our favorite E! show being taped, The Soup.
To celebrate my 29th, I took a half day off of work and hung out with my wife. The E! channel is in Los Angeles, so we headed down there early to beat traffic. We hung out on Melrose for a while, didn’t buy anything. After shopping we ate vegan hot dogs and drank cokes at the world famous pinks.
We got to the E! studios about an hour early, so we hung out and walked around. I was blown away that the channel G4 and E! are in the same building. I love G4 even though it has been going down hill for years. I would love to be a host on x-play or attack of the show, or heck, even have my own show! I looked high and low for Olivia Mund, but came up empty.
Finally one of the Soup staff members came into the waiting area and told us that the crew was having difficulties, and it would be another hour. We waited patiently, and our patience paid off! Joel McHale, the host of The Soup came out and hung out with everyone. It was awesome watching him make fun a a drunk guy and his wife to their faces, and not have them realize it because they were so star struck/drunk. The drunk dude took our picture with Joel though.
I talked to Joel about how our dogs, Moose and Samson are friends with the producers dog, Lou, on myspace. It was a totally random conversation. Amy and I were both bummed out when we found out that Lou wasn’t going to be on the set for our taping. Amy had plans to steal him away when no one was looking. It was going to be the perfect crime.
They finally let us in and the taping began. It reminded me a lot of how Florida and I record the notpop podcast. They didn’t really stop unless something really went wrong. That made recording the 20 minute show take only about an hour to film.
Over all we had a great time, and I look forward to doing it again if we get the chance. Maybe the next time that I go back to the studio, it will be for a show on G4. ha!
I don’t look 29… do I?
Thank you Eric Raj for the rad birthday present!
Dear blog,
I have been very busy lately trying to get my new business launched and off the ground. In the last few months I have not been spending as much time with you as I should be. Please let me apologize. You have been there for me for the last 4+ years now (my how time flies). There is a lot of topics that I am planning to blog about very soon. Here is a short list:
I will get to these blogs, and more like them very shortly. Again, I apologize for your neglect and lack of updates. Who knows, I may just give you an entire makeover and a new theme! Only time will tell my friend.
Yours truly,
Josh Highland
