On the strange position Microsoft’s Surface tablets and Windows Phone devices are in.
The iPhone, Windows Phone and Android versions of Xbox Music have about as many exclusive features as Samsung has original ideas.
For enConnected
Author: Trav
I make a living as a video game and entertainment reporter. Sometimes — particularly on those days when there are big keynotes and news to cover — I need a way to unwind; an avenue to relax and contemplate life’s mysteries and what it all means. When I’m not doing any of those things I’m reading.
This week I’m reading Daylon Deon’s The Terrific Travels of Timber Timmins. In the interest of full disclosure, he’s a friend. That being said, what he does in Timber Timmins takes me back to my days of reading Harry Potter and other young fiction that inspired me to create content in the first place.
The Terrific Travels of Timber Timmins is available on Kindle right now for $2.99. Users who have an Amazon Prime subscription can pick up the book absolutely free of charge.
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A Tee All Their Own
Forgive me for being the strange person that I am. Really it’s an affliction. Getting a late start this morning has gotten me thinking deeply about the nature of the tee shirt. More specifically, why are v-necks more popular than they are? They’re casual, yet slightly more sophisticated.
America, buy more v-neck tees.
A few weeks ago I wrecked my car and the accident was my fault. That left me with a decision to make about how to get around. So I picked up this New Beetle and starting customizing.
PlastiDip for the win.
Because clearly, I was going to write about my smartphone platform of choice:
“The Windows Phone 8.1 update, which will begin going out to current Windows Phone users over the next few months and show up on new devices built especially for it in May, isn’t an operating system that re-imagines a single thing. It doesn’t come equipped with some revolutionary feature that almost instantly makes the iPhone and Android devices irrelevant. Instead, it’s an operating system that plugs holes in Windows Phone’s defenses and ensures that Microsoft isn’t behind in terms of overall feature set. It also reveals the reason why some users would be better off purchasing a Windows Phone device over an iPhone or Android device for the first time.“
Read it at GottaBeMobile.
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I Like This: Richmond is ‘Happy’
Normally, I don’t get into viral videos, and I certainly am not one to post viral videos online. You know, that last post about bullies from Will Wheaton not withstanding.
However, I’m a sucker for Pharrell’s music and that vibe that Happy gives off. Imagine how giddy I was when I found a custom video for the song recorded here in Richmond on my favorite blog Young House Love. Clearly, you know where this is going.
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In The World
Outside of freelancing, things have been a bit slow these last few weeks. Hoping to get in some serious writing at enConnected done over the next few weeks. Add coding to that list too, and the site has a new music writer and MVP, @tromboneforhire, that I can’t wait to begin working with.
Now playing indeed.
Trav
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Will Wheaton Nails Hater Culture
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=04WJEEb33CY
Will says it all.
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Hope you guys are well
“Be well. Do good work, and keep in touch.”
I thought I’d share something a little bit different. Every morning of elementary, middle and high school I woke up early (5:50 am) to be exact) and listened to two short inserts on my public radio station before everyone else in my house woke up. I finally uncovered one of them again in a podcast.
Here’s my favorite of the two, The Writers’ Almanac featuring Garrison Keillor. History, poetry and class is something more folks need in their mornings, I think.
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On GameEnthus
I haven’t dived back into podcasting as part of my regular weekly stuff, but this week I appeared on the GameEnthus podcast. Had a blast and talked gaming, Star Trek, how I ended up with an Xbox and more.
You can listen here.