The cost of laundry in my building went up last month without explanation. This irked me because I had saved an exact amount of quarters to do a certain number of loads. I became consumed by this small inconvenience and made a spreadsheet to outline the ramifications of this change. Ultimately, I will have to make […]
Whether corporations realize it or not, they are explicitly and implicitly capping their charity. I understand they want to protect their liabilities as a company and do not want to look foolish saying, “Sorry, we actually can’t donate $1 trillion, but thanks for all the RTs.” If you’re going to match donations or donate a […]
To date, I’ve been a member of Facebook for 24% of my life. I’ve grown up with them, lived through their redesigns, and sorta kinda understood their growing number of features. Today, they’ve added the Subscribe Button. By opting in, you can remove the synchronous foundation of the platform which is what I’m choosing to do.
Cliff Jiffison sent me an email last night that wasn’t very nice. I believe it was in response to a post I made about Groupon over a year ago. The point then, now, and always was that Groupon should be doing more to protect merchants, customers, and Groupon alike. I followed up with some simple […]
Some mass transit systems choose to operate in a manner where you must have Proof-of-Payment at all times while onboard. Generally, this is in the form of a paper ticket. These paper tickets can be purchased from location aware vending machines at each station. These machines allow patrons to pay with credit cards, authorizing transactions […]