Sprint Picks Twitter

I saw this Sprint commercial tonight and thought it was interesting that they mention Twitter by name. Do any of the other similar (and arguably better) services even stand a chance anymore?

Brightkite and Limbo are "joining forces"

I can't say that's I've ever used Limbo; I'm sure I created an account there at some point but that doesn't mean anything. I am, however, a big fan of Brightkite. To me Brightkite's always been a location-based Twitter-like service with better features and better interfaces. But that's neither here nor there.

The news today is the Bightkite has announced that they are joining forces with Limbo. It seems to be more a merger than a partnership though. The Limbo site points you right to Brightkite, and the Brightkite blog offers this explanation:

We plan to move all Limbo accounts and key features to the Brightkite platform. Limbo users gain an enriched product, enhanced user interface, and new Brightkite friends. We expect this transition to happen within the next few weeks. Brightkite users please welcome Limbo users and be sure to show them the ropes.

Connect with me on Brightkite. I'm treocast.

Happy Birthday Gmail

Letter From The Boss

Someone just forwarded this to me. I'm sure its a joke, but for some reason I'm not laughing.

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.

But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.

So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.

I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.

Google Launches Gmail Autopilot

Just in time for Spring, Google launches their new Autopilot feature for Gmail. Autopilot uses a set of variables from you, plus some predictive AI to automatically respond to messages as they arrive in your inbox.