The Rogue Estate

How is this even possible? Where do they get these numbers? And why is this entire pile Motorola V60’s?

The numbers are admittably too large for the human mind to truly grasp, much like a those of a holocaust… it doesnt sit right. How is it even possible that many people are getting that many new cel phones on average every single day?

426,000 cel phones per day, 365 days - that equals 155,490,000 cel phones per year, in the US alone for a current estimated population of 302,442,586. By these numbers, every year over 50% of the US population including infants and old timers ditches their phones and grabs new ones.

I suspect these numbers to be a bit… exaggerated. Even taking the iPhone explosion into consideration. I can’t be the only person still adhering to “new every two” to save a few bucks.

-bp

Despite my regular urgings, most of my nerdy friends continue to resist signing up for twitter as though it would trash their computers and sign them up for magazine subscriptions. It’s time to get on the bandwagon as ancillary apps are being rolled out with increasing frequency which have the potential of turning this web2.0 curiosity into a legitimately useful tool.

My current favs - Twittercal, which allows me to add quick items to my google calendar via a simple SMS to the “Mr Gcal” twitter member and Timer, which I can schedule quick reminders via SMS to be sent to me after any interval I specify.

The beauty of both of these in conjunction with Twitter is that I don’t need to use a web browser or even a web enabled phone to make things happen. Elegance in simplicity.

There are a few others with more on the way - this very type of development is what convinced me to throw my hat in the ring and learn to hack code. ReTweet is keeping a decent list as is the Twitter Fan Wiki.

Get to it. I wouldn’t bother writing about it, much less using it if it was a waste of time. Don’t forget to add my account to your buddy list.

-bp

…And so it shall. I posted a text link to this on my LJ today and in so doing have probably sold as many 3-packs of this stuff as the posting on Dethroner where I originally saw it. Those guys are going to be rich. Perhaps I can get my first sponsorship deal from them.

Per my friend Angie, there shall be a Bacon Salt cook-off in Detroit on a date to be determined this fall when her kids are back in school. Everyone who picked this up today best be prepared to represent.

Make it happen.