HeyJaredThe Wizard of iPhone Speaks
12 1/2 minutes each Monday about the universe in your pocket or purse. If you have a new App I’d like to hear about it, call 615/584-2717 go to voice mail and leave your nomination & contact information to receive a Starbucks gift card.
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Episode 2: Sun Tzu Knew — We Didn’t Listen (opens the original)
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Closing music courtesy of Banjo HangOut -- Civil War Medley -- used with permission. News Two Nashville reports today that motorists are “concerned” about high gas prices. Drivers might complain about high prices, but won’t do the one thing to save fuel: S L O W D O W N. Just try driving on I40. In a manner of speaking, you and I are like the early Christians in the Colosseum, hoping for deliverance but expecting lions! Let me remind my fellow Americans of these words of Benjeman Franklin, upon
Episode 10: Siri: Take a memo for Senator Marsha Blackburn.... (opens the original)
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Closing music courtesy of BanjoHangOut -- Dixie Medley used with permission. It’s a desert out there, and here’s Apple’s newest bad idea — Genius Picks #6 is bound to bring “distracted driving” to new levels. It’s called: “Watch your favorite podcast” FYI/if you can watch it - it’s not a podcast (MP/3); a video is an MP/4. I was very distressed to find that the barometer is no longer in utilities; I’d prefer it over the ability to watch a video while driving.
Episode 10: This week, I heard from a German developer via e-mail about an app nomination… It’s called WonderWake “the gentle alarm….” (opens the original)
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Opening music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission. Closing music courtesy of Steinway Piano Gallery -- Down by the Riverside, performed live and recorded by iPhone. A cursory look puts alarms (wake-up) a close second to the plethora of gaming apps. On a personal note: iPhone users have always been able to toggle gentle wake-up by choosing an “ascending ring tone”. You just have to look in your library of tones. However, this app does not contain the obligatory warning:
Episode 9: The weekend WSJ rides in the same truck (from Knoxville TN) as the Sunday Tennessean that's why the wrong paper winds up in my driveway (opens the original)
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Closing music courtesy of Blair String Quartet I had to open a dispute with my debit card and found out that I was loaning EARNIFY $125.00 as "preauthorized" credit. On a $57.00 purchase -- Next time I'll shop elsewhere or use my American Express Card (Dave Ramsey hates that part).
Episode 25: Can you name the most widely read feature of a daily newspaper? (opens the original)
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Closing piano music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Church Answer -- It’s the daily horoscope, not sports like most people imagine. Sports is a department of a newspaper, not a feature. FYI/except USA (yesterday), it’s State by State — they don’t have a horoscope.
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