When I’m home, I’m pretty much glued to my MacBook except when I’m sleeping. When I’m out, I keep up with Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare on my iPhone. When I was in college I made extra money running a paper-typing business on my Macintosh SE. Therefore, it’s pretty clear what my first topic must be today.
We lost someone who brought simplicity, elegance and art to the world of technology yesterday, when Steve Jobs passed away at 56. We’d probably have to look back 80 years to find the passing of someone whose products and innovation have made such a difference in our daily lives (Thomas Edison in 1931). I’ve seen a lot of articles about Jobs since the news broke, but I think the simplicity and beauty of this timeline in The Daily is the one that best does his life justice.
Yesterday I attended a Social Media Expedition breakfast, where Jessica Grammer gave a presentation on the new Facebook Timelines. They haven’t rolled out yet, but you really need to get an understanding of privacy settings NOW so you don’t expose more of your life than you want to. This L.A. Times article is a good guide.
While at the breakfast, I got two very nice-looking business cards, from Jessica and from real estate/social media expert Joe Spake. It made me think, I need to redo my own business cards (which I forgot to bring to the breakfast unfortunately; I don’t function well at 7:30 AM). Then this morning, this LifeHacker article came across my timeline: CardFlick lets you create and send digital business cards from your iPhone.
That’s a pretty cool concept. You know, now and then I’ll be hanging out at the bars, and I’ll have someone ask me, “I need to get my roof repaired, do you know anyone good?” And I think to myself, I met someone last month who does roof repair, and he seems like he’d be good at it, but I have no idea what his name and contact info is because the card is lying in a cigar box at home. Being able to have those business cards organized in my phone would be nice when I need immediate access to them.
Beer news: South of Beale will have Laughing Skull Amber Ale from Atlanta Brewing Company on tap today. That’s the first time I’ve heard of that beer anywhere Downtown.
The Arkansas Times reviewed the Flying Saucer’s food. Yeah they reviewed the Little Rock Saucer, but it has the same menu as the Memphis one, so the review should be valid here as well as there.
Gov. Haslam announced that Amazon will start collecting Tennessee state sales tax beginning in 2014. In the past Amazon has shut down affiliates in states that demanded tax collection, because their legislatures argued that affiliates were a “physical presence” in the state. With Tennessee, the issue is a distribution warehouse, so I don’t think affiliates will be shut down. There is some good news: The agreement the governor reached with Amazon will bring 2,000 more jobs to Tennessee.
Plans for tonight: MIFA’s Feed the Soul party! Very excited about this. Will probably pre-game at the Saucer from 6 to 7, stop by Max’s to drop off an extra ticket, then hit the Warehouse about 7:15.