The new Classic Yuppie blog
by John Fox
I promised myself that when I started to blog on a serious level that I would keep not just my content fresh, but my site design fresh as well.
Categories: Blog Updates, Featured
Dear Vudu: This is unacceptable.
by John Fox
In this era of digital everything, it’s bad enough when a website you trust gets hacked, but when a physical security breach happens at your offices? That’s pretty damn unacceptable.
Categories: Featured
The future of SEPTA fares and what it could become
by John Fox
Not that I’m a big fan of using my cellphone on public transportation, but the days of cash and tokens on a SEPTA bus, train or trolley are numbered.
Categories: Featured
A target market for Facebook Home
by John Fox
For years, there has been talk of a Facebook phone. Now, it’s seems it’s finally come to fruition. In the interest of clarify, it’s important to note that this isn’t and end-to-end phone developed by Facebook. It’s more-or-less an OS skin placed on top of an existing Android operating system. Initially, some phones such as [...]
Categories: Featured
What was your first cellphone?
by John Fox
I still remember my first cell phone like it was yesterday – a Nokia 5110 on the VoiceStream (now T-Mobile) network. In fact, I still have it around my home office somewhere. My first smartphone was a Blackberry Curve 8320 and it revolutionized the way I thought about communication. What was your first mobile phone? [...]
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4 Apps to answer the question: ‘What’s the weather like today?’
by John Fox
Lately, I’ve been hearing about a lot of good weather applications for iOS. I decided to take some time and review four of these apps, either out of suggestion or mention to me, or just out of plain ol’ curiosity. Fahrenheit (ITWC, $0.99) For weather app nerds, Fahrenheit fits the bill perfectly. This app has [...]
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Using Prosody.im to create your own Jabber server
by John Fox
While I’ve been having fun consolidating accounts for email and social networks, I’ve been looking for a way to simplify my instant messaging services. While I use iCloud to deliver my text messages and FaceTime calls between my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro, I still needed a way to consolidate the hefty amount of Google [...]
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Interview: Alex Hillman of Indy Hall
by John Fox
For my January interview, I had the opportunity to pick the brain of one of Philadelphia’s leading entrepreneurial minds, Alex Hillman. Among many things, Alex is primarily known as the co-founder of IndyHall, Philly’s foremost co-working community for designers, developers, writers, artists and other entrepreneurs. To him, community is more than a buzzword – he [...]
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Using Exchange with Apple Mail
by John Fox
Most of my Exchange email experience stems from using Microsoft Outlook on the PC. From 2003 through 2010, I’ve used all the versions and I’ve come to realize that Outlook can be a pretty powerful email client when you use it with the Exchange mail platform. But what if you love your Mail and you [...]
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