Category Archives: Technology

iPhone hijack update

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Chris Heisel

It’s day 2 of our [iPhone hijack crisis](/blog/2008/07/16/iphone-hijacked/). * [Erica](http://ericaendicott.com) and I spent the better part of Thursday each tackling AT&T customer service representatives and fraud prevention specialists. It’d be nice if we could deal with **one person** so we … Continue reading →

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iPhone (possibly) hijacked to send SMS spam

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris Heisel

The media has reported [on a possible iPhone vulnerability](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19918982/) that’d allow someone to hijack your phone. Erica’s phone may be one of the first cases of this happening. We got a bill from AT&T with a ton of international text … Continue reading →

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What is Web 2.0 and why do (some) journalists fear it?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Chris Heisel

I thought the guys from the [O’Reilly Insight Group](http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/schedule/detail/3445) did a really good job of summing up what “Web 2.0” is: * Listening – To your customers, readers, partners, etc. * Participation – Joining into the conversations and relationships that … Continue reading →

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Early Web 2.0 braindump

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Chris Heisel

I thought I’d take advantage of the slow Wednesday afternoon to try and collalesce some thoughts from the first two days of the [Web 2.0 Conference](http://en.oreilly.com/webexsf2008/public/content/home) * There are a lot of suit-types-with-PCs here (as opposed to geeks-with-macs). I’m guessing … Continue reading →

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Single serving sites: Now unhip

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Chris Heisel

[Single](http://www.godsdamnit.com/) [serving](http://r33b.net/) [sites](http://www.instantrimshot.com/) — thanks [Kottke](http://www.kottke.org/) for [the name](http://www.kottke.org/08/02/single-serving-sites) — are all the rage. But now, they must be considered un-hip, for I [have one](http://iwantopenid.com/). From now until I decide to stop doing it [iwantopenid.com](http://iwantopenid.com/) will display the name of … Continue reading →

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