Chronicles of Mario

People are constantly annoyed at me for not being able to receive text messages. Those who are not technology savvy assume it’s some limitation of a “cheap android” phone and ask if they got an iPhone would that solve my problem. (Ahem, the iPhone 3GS couldn’t even send MMS for three months after its release  [ Read More ]

#include <stdio.h> int main () { printf(“goodbye, world\n”); return 0; }

After a series of uncharacteristically bad mistakes, I thought maybe, just maybe, Netflix had a secret plan. Netflix has been very good at understanding the market historically and offering people what they want for a good price and a decent selection. And, most of all, the make it simple for their customers. Secret Plan A:  [ Read More ]

Way to be creative Facebook. Let’s create auto-populating Smart Lists of types of friends and then let you share things on Facebook privacy-wise by selecting which lists get to see it. Sounds an awful lot like Google+’s Circles. Essentially, it abandons the previous privacy scheme (half-networks, half-lists, a dash of degrees of separation) and adopts  [ Read More ]

What some are using as an epitaph for Steve Jobs that he helped craft himself for the iconic “Think Different” Apple advertising campaign: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have  [ Read More ]

I had big hopes for this little phone. A bigger screen (edge-to-edge anyone?), better battery life, a new design. That extra Apple “something else” bell or whistle. I knew certain things were out of the question. 4G? Too new. Removable battery? Don’t hold your breath. Something revolutionary? Not this time. It felt a little like  [ Read More ]

I never really liked using your products but you set a gold standard for everyone to beat, spurring marketplace innovation If you had asked me what my first post would be in my blog, I would never have guessed I’d be writing about the Steve Jobs and his passing. I’m not an Apple guy by  [ Read More ]

Welcome to the Chronicles of Mario. This is my first post. Here’s to the start of my blogging!