nuff said. I hear this is the new of the new…. The video is below………
All I want for Christmas is this… Traffic Mysteries
Posted on 11 December 2008 by Jay Leishman
Earthquake in So. California and Twitters
Posted on 29 July 2008 by Jay Leishman
This is why I like Twitter.
About 15 minutes ago there was a 5.8 earthquake that pounded LA area. From the news it is not reporting any injuries or deaths. This is still fresh as can be. Here is where it gets cool for me. Earthquakes are not cool… but letting people know about it via twitter is cool.
I get a text on my phone from Twitter. It’s from Jason Moffatt. Jason is a respected Internet Marketer. He says, “Wow, just had a earthquake, or some crazy thing shake my house. Thought it was my dog at first shaking my bed.”
2 minutes later I get this from him, “Apparently I wasn’t high, earthquake was real… http://tinyurl.com/67sjuo Other twitters felt it.”
Not even one minute after it actually happened… people were tweeting it. That’s real time. Here are some screen shots of people right after it happened and the second one is about 2 minutes later. The numbers kept of growing.
562 people had already sent tweets about it before this one above was taken.
770 more!
I’m quitting at this one.. but this is 3 minutes later….
News can travel really fast.
UPDATE******* 30 minutes later just for the heck of it…. 4565 and counting all talking about the earthquake!
A TINY bit embarrassed to be a Canadian…
Posted on 29 June 2008 by Jay Leishman
When I went to school in Idaho, I was always happy to say I was from Canada when people asked. I always have and always will.
This past week I get this IM from buddy Tim. Tim lives in Dayton, OH. We go back to our days in California over 10 years ago. Tim is a Mac hardcore like me. He used to be a PC guy… he even served in Iraq working on PC’s over there. He has the 1st generation iPhone. I am completely jealous. He was the first one to show me the iPhone rates from Rogers.
This is the part where I am a TINY bit embarrassed to be a Canadian. We are the laughing stock of the wireless world. Rogers has a complete hold of the GSM market here in Canada. They obviously use this to their advantage. Anways, IMO their data plans are a joke. They say that they are packaging their plans to cater to certain people… That’s the worst thing they said to justify their plans. their $60 plan with 150 muntes and 400mb of data is all I can choose if I want the lower package. That doesnt matter if I need more minutes to talk or more data…. I have to work in that pacakge or move up…. compelte joke.
There is a site that I took part in for a petition. http://www.ruinediphone.com
They have had good exposure with CNN and some others. As of this writing, the have 15,122 people who have signed this petition. That says alot for what Rogers has done. Will this come back to bite Rogers? I’ve been with them for over 6 years….. Rogers needs to listen to the customers and stop the greedy factor.
Back of the Parking Lot Theory
Posted on 07 June 2008 by Jay Leishman
This drives my wife nuts. When I approach a parking lot, I always look for spots just like everyone else. However, I do something different. I go to the back of the parking lot. I will go to the end of where cars are at the end of the line.
Why?
1. I like to be different.
2. Exercise
3. #1 reason… a quicker getaway.
How many times do you get stuck in parking lot traffic because you are waiting for people to move? While everyone else is paniking to get out and fight traffic, I am able to see my next move with more ease and be more calculated. I can see the problem areas and move around them. I can also look for better exits that others are too busy to not worry about.
This also goes for the getting on the train theory.
I take the train to and from work. I hate it but I love that I am saving gas and doing some good to the environment. Who else doesnt like to stand around smelly, greasy people on the train?
Coming home one day I saw something that taught me more about people. 40% of the people looking to get on the train from the platform got onto the last possible train. They had to squeeze on while they looked frantic that they wouldn’t get on… if they had really looked, all they had to do was walk up 30 steps to see that the cars ahead we more than welcoming with room…
It’s all about being calculated. Relate this to business.
Moral to the story…
Be different. Don’t do what everyone else does in business. Most people are not successful. So if most aren’t, then don’t follow them.
FriendFeed? Wanna follow me?
Posted on 24 May 2008 by Jay Leishman
I finally decided I wanted to follow FriendFeed. It looks and feel pretty smooth. We’ll see how it goes. I am getting the updates daily so we’ll have to see how long that lasts for! Wanna follow me? http://friendfeed.com/jayleishman
My Car
Posted on 17 May 2008 by Jay Leishman
Do you like my new ride? Soon…. Soon! I plan on owning this car someday…. I like the black on black.
The Start….
Posted on 05 May 2008 by Jay Leishman
Howdy… I decided I wanted to own my name… So I bought jayleishman.com. I guess I can be a somebody. I am pretty much into alot of things. I will use this site to let a few of my thoughts out….. wait until I come up with my Roger Clemens rants… Those will be good.