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Written By: Sol Young on December 11, 2008 2 Comments

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Found a funny little bug with Apple’s dashboard weather widget this week. It comes installed and running by default when you set up a new OS X installation or buy a new Mac. I just got a new MacBook Pro a month ago and have been using the weather widget religiously. As John Gruber …

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Written By: Sol Young on July 21, 2008 4 Comments

Link to today’s run

I love running. I skip wearing headphones or listening to music because I love hearing the world race past me. Things that interfere with the actual experience of being there aren’t interesting to me.

Nike+ on an iPod (a music player first and foremost) thankfully has the option to do a …

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Written By: Sol Young on July 10, 2008 No Comment

I picked up the Nokia N82 yesterday from Import GSM, a great hybrid brick-and-mortage / online store. Think Dynamism for phones. It was my first visit, right at closing, and despite trying to get stuff out the door for the evening shipment the guys helped out with descriptions and subtle nuances between the …

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Written By: Sol Young on June 25, 2008 No Comment

Steven Hodson, in a post over on Mashable, describes security risks and the waste of information that mobile phone GPS use brings (when pinpointing and announcing our locations). He poses some extremely valid points in regards to announcing one’s geolocation via Twitter, Brightkite, or FriendFeed being useless noise.

Telling people via a highly …

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Written By: Sol Young on June 24, 2008 No Comment

Artist's concept of the GPS satellite constellation
Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense

Just a couple ideas on GPS, tied to proximity of a mobile phone…

  • Proximity based ads (walk by Banana Republic and get a coupon via SMS)
  • Location based music (Last.fm channels playing artists from your location)
  • Mobile OnStar

Think of your favorite services on the net and add a …

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Written By: Sol Young on June 23, 2008 No Comment

Morning run

view in Google Earth

This morning’s run was notable. Honeysuckle and other sweet flowers filled the air next to the Schuykill River… Far better than the expected dead fish, exhaust, and port-a-potties.

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Written By: Sol Young on June 22, 2008 No Comment

BlackBerry 8800 GPS

Most smartphones slated for release over the next 12-months include a GPS receiver, built in. After that, it will be a marked failure to not include a GPS in a phone. The functionality that comes with GPS is outstanding – mapping, directions, location based experiences, etc. We’re about to enter an age of advancement in …

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Written By: Sol Young on May 3, 2008 No Comment

Hand Painted Twitter Shirt

After a few months of preparing for the Broad Street 10-miler, it’s now the night before and pre-race excitement is setting in. iofy‘s new office in the Navy Yard of Philadelphia is a block away from the finish line, so this will be a pretty nice way to finish a race. There are …

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Written By: Sol Young on February 12, 2008 No Comment

Libby in dash 11On January 10th, 2003, a buddy and I tore in to the dash of my car to create a mini-monster. This was before the Carputer got popular and just about the time of GPS acceptance. Direct link to the Flickr set here or check ‘em out after the jump.

(Tech specs… 2001 Suburu Impreza 2.5RS, …

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