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The “Google Phone” Will Be Free
I wonder why these words haven’t come back to haunt Google. There is much speculation on the “Google Phone” pricing, but nobody has brought up this three year old quote:
Schmidt said on Saturday that as mobile phones become more like handheld computers and consumers spend as much as eight to 10 hours a day talking, texting and using the Web on these devices, advertising becomes a viable form of subsidy.
“Your mobile phone should be free,” Schmidt told Reuters. “It just makes sense that subsidies should increase” as advertising rises on mobile phones.
[via Reuters 11/11/2006]
UNAIDS Commission Social Networking Site: AIDSspace.org
Seeing that it’s Worlds AIDS day, I wanted to mention the new social networking site from the UNAIDS Commission - AIDSspace.org. This is a new initiative to increase the level of communication between the siloed agencies and programs around the world working to battle this pandemic.
I also want to mention that I was part of the team working on this site. It was a huge effort requiring 100+ hour work weeks, but in the end it was well worth it. I’m able to look at the site and be proud, and hope that it makes at least a small difference in the world.
The site was “soft” launched last month in Geneva and is now being ramped up for a larger, formal launch. If you are in this field of work, sign up on the site and get in touch with others.
The Great Google Wave Invite Giveaway
Update: 12/07 - I’m out of invites. Sorry, if you didn’t get one.
Somehow I stumbled into almost 40 invites. I’m going to give away 30 (have about 20 left).
For those that don’t know what this is, check out the Google Wave site for thrilling and exciting content. You can also watch the Developer Preview and shake your laptop in the air when it’s over.
Ok, the giveaway.. erm.. the Great Google Wave Invite Giveaway. The rules are:
- There are no rules.
Seriously. I don’t feel like making people jump through hoops, promote my site, promote my Twitter account, or any other degrading thing (but watch me contradict myself below). - Winners must follow me on Twitter.
I’ll follow you back. This is necessary so we can DM account info. - I’ll give a couple invites away each day.
Yeah, yeah. So I’m milking it a little, so what. - The Golden Rule: Leave a comment.
You must use your real email address, this is where I’ll send the Wave invite. Your email will not be publicly displayed.
Headsmacking Tip O’ The Day
I love Terminal.app. Especially with tabs. I spend most my day in it. I don’t want to make you read my ramblings, but the thing that almost drives me to jump out the window is consistently losing connections due to timeouts. I’m usually on three or four servers at a time and when I’m at home, every few minutes, timeout. BLAST! This doesn’t happen at all locations, usually on residential connections. I’ve dealt with it for years. Why?
Smack my head. I should have jumped out that window. This is so easy to fix:
- Open up your sshd config, usually in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- Uncomment “ClientAliveInterval” and add the number of seconds after. I went with 600.
Problem solved. Kind of makes me question how much misery I just accept because “That’s just the way it is”.
