Really interesting niche idea

I’m a big fan of cool startups that are smart, interesting ideas targetting niches where others generally don’t play or haven’t figured out yet. Check out Spotcrime – http://www.spotcrime.com.
It layers up-to-the-hour crime incident data on top of Google Maps – originally started in Baltimore and now in NYC (with national rollout in the works, I’m [...]

PhoneMyPhone (phonemyphone?)

http://www.phonemyphone.com/
Thot this service was cool enough to quick-blog about. Basically allows you to call any specified phone number (immediately or setting future time/date), allowing the forgetful minded among us (who don’t have convenient access to another phone) to hear their lost cellphone ringing.
As LifeHacker mentioned – great way to get out of awkward dates and [...]

Just registered my company!

Officially known from now on as “Mobilism”, registered as a fictitious trade name with the New York County Court. Look for more to come soon! I plan to stop posting here (except maybe the occasional random post) and to move my writing over to http://mobilism.wordpress.com – which will chronicle the journey I’m currently taking to [...]

Citibank/Citicard Visa is a piece of crap

Tried to dispute a double charge on my platinum dividend Citibank visa card today. Boy is customer service crappy. I have to go through the following steps before they’ll even START an investigation into the double charge.
1) Close my account and current card
2) Reissue me a card and confirm its receipt
3) Fill out paper fraud [...]