I’ve been quite awhile, but it is time to write again. I have a lot things I’ve been wanting to discuss and explore, but haven’t had the time. Hopefully things should start to calm down again; probably not.
I started a new job as a Software Development Engineer, which I’m quite excited about. I think it is a great start to my career. Though it is tough to be the new guy at a company. Having to prove yourself and your worth is always a challenge, but I think I have a great opportunity to succeed.
A Blog About Nothing has posed this question and challenge to all! So I would recommend getting in on this - $50 dollars cold hard cash (or check).. maybe in all ones… at least it’s not quarters..
So I’ll bite. This is what I would do with $50 dollars for my blog.
1) Upgrade my Basic Flickr Account to Pro Account - $24.95
All my pictures and so forth are hosted on Flickr, but you only get a 200 picture limit with the basic account. I definitely need to upgrade this. Flickr is great and if you are hosting your own blog having some place to store photos is nice; saves bandwidth.
2) Start a Blog Challenge -> “The $50 Blog Challenge! Reborn”
Share the love! This may be a product of diminishing returns, but I think passing it along and helping other bloggers would be a great idea.We are all a community of bloggers i.e. the blogosphere - this seems to be a great network tool. Many kudos to A Blog About Nothing.
So that is what I would do with the $50 dollars. Nothing too crazy or exciting. Here are a list to some other responses they all have good ideas.
Amazon has released a good conceptual product! The Kindle is an e-book reader, book downloader, and blog reader with integrated wireless EVDO/CDMA.
Amazon dubs the Kindle the “Wireless Reading Device”.
Reviews on this puppy are mixed. Robert Scoble of the wonderful scobleizer.com blog calls this device crap about 20 times, so it must be a dud; watch his review here.
Here is my quick review:
GOOD
1) Small portable device
2) Wireless anywhere - truly groundbreaking
3) E-paper is a good idea, let’s save some trees
BAD
1) $399 - way too much money for a simple device that is somewhat crippled
2) Not backlit - has a light dongle WTF?
3) Oddly shaped with no touch screen - The 90s called they want their PDA back.
4) First Gen - don’t be a beta tester
UGLY
Yes it is.
I love shopping on Amazon and I buy a lot of things there, but this device is an immature product. I think it is great conceptual and hopefully they will fix all the things that are just not kosher with it. So I think this is a WAIT WAIT WAIT product. I hope they don’t shelf it because I think it has potential, but this is a TURKEY, gobble gobble.
