I got in line early for the iPhone email app. I used it for about a month, but I couldn’t get used to the new email paradigm. It didn’t quite work with how I used my inbox. I might give it another shot at some point.
I’m happy to see an iPad app coming out. I’ve been using the gmail app, but I don’t like the iPad landscape-only view. I’m going to give Mailbox a shot and see if it is better for viewing email, but I probably won’t use the snooze functions.
The news is a few days old now, but Tumblr. was purchased for 1.1 billion dollars by Yahoo!. My First reaction… how does Yahoo! have 1.1 billion dollars to throw around? My second reaction… well Tumblr. is dead now.
As a Tumblr. user the news definitely made me sad. I doubted there was anything good that could come of this. I assumed there would be a backlash from the tumblr. community and a lot of people would leave. Development would stagnate and a year from now it would be an empty wasteland.
That is how most social networks would fall apart, but Tumblr. isn’t like most social networks. I’m still very concerned about what is going to happen to Tumblr. over the next couple years, but as long as Yahoo! doesn’t outright kill it (which I have no clue why they would), everything should be okay.
Marco posted on his blog the other day about the early days at Tumblr. While he is just making assumptions about how things are going to be run under the Yahoo! umbrella, his post made me feel better about the whole deal.
I was really tempted to buy the new Vintage Surf Retro 51 wood barrel Tornado but I was able to hold off. I don’t really need another Tornado. I am saving up for a Twsbi.
“Do we really need another weather app?” Actually, if it’s better, we do. Imagine if they’d stopped making new search engines after HotBot or new smartphones after the Samsung BlackJack.
I have a lot of weather apps already. I don’t need anymore. Initially I passed on the Yahoo app when it was released a couple weeks ago but it looks like I am going to go ahead and install it today.
Boom. My quality of life is significantly improved.
The days of tax-free purchases on Amazon are over. It was good while it lasted.
I’m sure I’ll still shop there… a lot. But it will be a much less attractive place to go, especially for big ticket items. The comfort of going to the brick and mortar store will win out a lot more often now.
It’s that time of year again. Time for a tradition unlike any other.
I’m really impressed by their iOS app this year. It has been a great way to keep up with the tournament.
