Weekly thoughts

I just finished pulling together my weekly summary of activities to present during our Staff meeting. I like to add in a few weird things just to lighten up the experience. Here is my list, somewhat weighted more towards the end of the week and a little from today.

1. Jamie Thomas- Rasset sued by Recording industry to $1.9M
2. iPhone 3G S is less revolutionary then predecessors but step in the right direction. Lacking Tethering and MMS, which are supported by the device but not by AT&T.
3. T-Mobile introducing next new smart phone based on Android called myTouch. No keypad, larger screen than iPhone, smaller than iPhone.
4. Lawmakers and FCC debating exclusive contracts between device makers and carriers as being unfair competition.
5. More than 660,000 applications downloaded from Palm App Store for the Pre. This big news saying Pre owners want apps. Also, keep in mind there are currently only 30 apps available. So developers should see this and get cracking.
6. Indoor "GPS" to help you find a bathroom or never be late for a date. Project Leader, Christian Prehofer, said it uses cell phones and a wifi network. Requires a map.... duh!
7. It is reported that in Tokyo a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips less than 50 minutes!
8. New research has determined that due to economic cutbacks there are now only 18 animal shapes in the Animal Cracker Cookie zoo. Rumor has it that zoo keepers are frantically looking for the missing shapes.
9. Check out www.collecta.com. Very cool once you get the hang of real-time searching.
10. AT&T to extend their fleet management product with Trimble's GeoManager. Customer benefits are lower fuel and maint. costs.
11. Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) across Europe is stalling because of a disagreement on the best way to coordinate adoption.
12. Applying for a job with Bozeman, Montana? They are now requiring your id and password for social networks to be used during the background checks. Yikes!

Have a good week!