Why Aren’t My High School Friends On Facebook?
So I was having a discussion with my friend last night about how his old high school classmates had found him on his new MySpace account. I knew he had already been using Facebook for almost two years. I asked, “Why didn’t they just find you on Facebook?” “Because none of my high school classmates [...]
Revenge Is Sweet
I’m sure some of you have misplaced your precious pager–whether that’s a Blackberry, a Wyndtell, or a Sidekick. Or a Motorola T-900 Walkabout. Or an Ogo (it’s okay, you can admit that you owned one…we’ll try not to laugh). One person left his Sidekick II in a Manhattan taxicab. This is his resulting story: How [...]
VRS In Jeopardy?
You love VRS, don’t you? It’s nearly achieved, for hundreds of thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing people, what the ADA calls “functional equivalency.” That term means that the deaf person’s calling experience should be as similar as realistically possible to a hearing person picking up the phone, dialing, and speaking into the handset. We just [...]
Closing D.C.’s Digital Divide
This is how it should be: if you’re living in a poorer neighborhood and/or experiencing the “last mile” problem, you should get government assistance to deliver internet access to your home. And what better than Wi-Fi (the faster type, mind you)? According to the Post, the D.C. government is soliciting bids on blanketing the District [...]
Sorenson Opens Up to Other VRS Providers
Many of us have probably heard the news by now – Sorenson’s videophone (VP) will soon let users conduct their video relay (VRS) calls through other providers such as Sprint, Hands On VRS, or Hamilton. Sorenson is one of those things we love and hate. We love their pretty videophones and their proprietary phone number [...]
The Demise of Wyndtell
The last person I knew that actively used a Wyndtell pager just bit the dust and switched over to T-Mobile’s Sidekick. His reason: half the pager’s screen suddenly went blank. Jim was the only person in my address book that still had “@wyndtell.com” next to it. No more. A quick look at www.wyndtell.com will tell [...]