Category Archives: My Thoughts
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It has been almost three weeks since I posted this rant about how I believed Starbucks Rewards was becoming less appealing each year since its release in 2008. Today, I received some welcome news from Starbucks. You can view the new Starbucks Rewards program here: http://www.starbucks.com/rewardsfaster. I’ve copied this and pasted it below: For starters, rewards [...]
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September 4th, 2010. This date seems less important as time passes. I guess that’s how it goes. Time keeps going and memories become more faint and somehow less important. That day was the day that I started my job at TomTom. This Tuesday is my 2nd anniversary at TomTom. September 1st is my 2nd year [...]
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I’m through with trying when it comes to Starbucks’ Rewards Program. You can read all about the program here. I’ve been a very vocal customer when it comes to their gold card and subsequent gutting of the program. Review of the initial $20 Starbucks Gold Starbucks removes the $20 barrier to entry for Gold Starbucks opens [...]
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At NikeTown in NYC, the entire 1st floor of a 6 story building is dominated by gigantic screens displaying a wrist band that calculates how active you are. There are dozens of employees offering hands on demos making sure all customers walking through the front door stop by to try one on. I don’t try [...]
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RSS is so misunderstood. When people say RSS is dead they are talking about the news feed platform or, to put it in easier terms, Google Reader and all similar tools are dead. I can’t say RSS is dead because Twitter is the largest RSS publishing platform in the world. Did you know that every [...]
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This post could be a bit premature. This October, I would have lived in New Hampshire longer than I lived in San Francisco. Thinking back on so many memories and accomplishments in my time spent there, it feels like I was in SF for a decade when it was June ’08 to August ’10. Two [...]
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Hi UMF. Congratulations on your 14th year! You’ve stayed in Miami, gone from 1 day to 3 and people from all around the world come to dance and party with you. That’s pretty awesome. Before this year, things were awkward. Well, it’s still awkward but in a good way. Your weirdness makes the party better [...]
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One year ago, I decided to spend $119 and be a part of the growing number of baseball fans who subscribe to a service that provides thousands of games to your television and devices via the web with no commercial breaks and DVR capabilities. It was my way of watching every San Francisco Giants game [...]
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via Wikipedia, Norah Jones won 7 Grammys in 2003 and she has won 3 more since then. That’s more than Adele won last night yet we don’t hear about Norah anymore. She’s still working but we don’t really recognize her. Does talent just go away? Did Norah Jones suddenly lose her talent and ability and [...]
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I miss surfing a lot. I miss skateboarding and inline skating and skim boarding and all of those things. What I miss the most is surfing. Snowboarding is NOTHING like sufring. You can pretend it is and you can go fast and carve and take on half pipes but snowboarding is just what skateboarders do [...]
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