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I got more than double billed…and I’m not even mad.

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ January 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

So this morning my hosting company Dreamhost sent me an email saying that they had billed me for the next year of web hosting, plus updating some domain names, and that my credit card had been billed. Well, I was at work so didn’t look into it much, but I thought I had been [...]

“Something in the air…”

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ January 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

But first, Netflix. Tonight (Sunday), Netflix has announced that starting tomorrow all their subscribers, except for their cheapest level, will be able to watch streaming movies online. Over 6,000 movies will be available by the time anyone reads this which is a first and major step in saving Netflix money and making membership [...]

Jawbone, pulls a sweet PR move

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ January 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Jawbone, is representing at CES with a booth, and not only that, they are using up some of their new money on an amazing PR move. Jawbone, is accepting any other phone headset as a trade-in for their amazing headsets. I have one and LOVE it. It has made using a bluetooth [...]

Twitter changes users name

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ September 18, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

A service I once used alot, and could see myself using again, if more friends used it, is twitter. Twitter, is a small tool that you post what you’re currently doing, and it sends the information out to your friends who are following your feed. Nothing that useful until your friends get up to a [...]

What some people call the triple play…

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ September 17, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I am calling the 4 strikeout inning. If you include Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, and now this, that’s four big plays (not three) and I’m trying to stick with the baseball analogy. So there you have it, Google now has the 4 strikeout inning.
Google has now opened up "Presently" which is their new competitor to Microsoft’s [...]

The FBI is asking for help and you say no?

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ August 21, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Yesterday a report that the FBI has released the pictures of two men who it wants to talk to was news here in Seattle. The men were behaving suspiciously on one of the local ferries and there were two pictures of them. The FBI did not give any details to the appearance of [...]

Application Evangelism…through free stuff

By Otis Kimzey ⋅ August 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Now after working in the sports industry in the past and having way to many shirts that don’t fit I have learned the simple lesson of saying no to free crap. Today however, I was unable to say no to the free shwag being handed out buy Guy Kawasaki. He’s a popular tech evangelist, who [...]

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