How many is a lot of users?
It seems that Facebook was hovering around 800 million users for a year now. I was starting to get the feeling they had maxed out. Now news just in is they may be topping 1 billion users soon. (That’s 1 out 7 people globally!)
And this news on the same day as Twitter, who was hovering around a few hundred million users, is set to reach 500 million in February. Half a billion. That’s a big number.
How long does it last?
How long does it last?
What is it with men? They seem obsessed with mobile phone battery life.
Hardly a week goes by without some guy in a lift ogling my iPhone 4 and chirping, “are you happy with it?” and then usually before I can barely finish grinning like a kid on Christmas day, the second chirp is hurled, “I heard the battery life is bad. How long do you last?”
That’s like asking how far your credit card goes. It depends how many times you swipe it, and for how much. Come on guys, this is basic arithmetic and logic.
When I answer, “well, about 24 hours, depends how much I use it”, I usually get a pitiful look, as if to say, “shame you poor man, mine lasts 3 days”. Why on earth would I want my phone battery to last that long?
Here’s the rub dudes - we’re living in a modern city, there are power sockets just about every 10 paces - we’re not living in the middle of the Kalahari! Plug in, recharge, it’s not so bad. And if you can’t bare to be without your phone while it’s charging, do it while you sleep.
And no, women never ask this question.
What a pleasant mix-up!
I was wondering why my itemised billing printout from Vodacom was nearly a centimetre thick. Surely the 2 cellphone-carrying members of my family didn’t make so many calls?
Luckily, on closer inspection I discovered that Vodacom had inserted someone else’s invoice and statement into mine. I new this would be easy to sort out as their name and mobile phone numbers will be on the printouts. So I called and left a message and a short while later a certain Mr Olivier had called back to arrange the handover of his account. As we were going out anyway, and not to far from his house, I offered to drop them off.
After his front door was already closed I realised this was THE Michael Olivier - the food and wine guru. The guy you see in magazine articles and at all the right functions. What I wasn’t expecting was a bottle of 2006 Kloovenburg Cabernet Sauvignon and a copy of his latest book as thanks! Totally unexpected!
So, not only was the bottle of wine a perfect addition to an extended family Sunday lunch, but I have a story to tell, a book on wines to peruse and a positive memory of a rather generous Micheal Olivier.
You can follow him here on Twitter and here (www.MichaelOlivier.co.za)
Now, all I need to do is lay my hands on more of that rather good Kloovenburg. Actually, I wouldn’t mind trying their Merlot too.
