jake olsen

Recently, a friend and colleague of mine posted this to Twitter:

Which made me think about the consciousness into why people aren’t willing to pay for apps on their phones.

I think it has been the last n years of the ringtone economy (aka Dollar Store) which has put society in this mold. I can’t count how many people have looked at their phone bills and said, “I’m subscribed to WHAT ringtone service?!?!”

Ringtones screwed people, and being impulse buys, are akin to the things we buy at the checkout line at the grocery store and throw away after our children have played with them for an hour.

I would also argue that apps like iFart, which make someone $40,000 in two days, creates an entire goldrush phenomenon which gives us some less than stellar apps.

It’s also the marketing budgets behind console games, and a host of other factors, but I think we’re breaking out of the mold that some apps can provide valuable information and entertainment, it’ll just take a while.

–jake

I’ve joined Motorola to help with the service (MOTOBLUR) behind the Cliq.

More to come, this is going to be fun.

–jake

I had to repost this from The Dept. site.

Still ripping at 43!

–jake

I am joining Insite as Technical Director.

I have had the pleasure of working with Paul Irving (Founder/President) and Kristin Beadle (UX/Design) over the years and have experienced their dedication and professionalism firsthand. This is a good fit that I am excited about.

I’ll be providing the same devotion I’ve had in my work to Insite and our clients, bringing new services and technology online for a wide variety of industries.

In my spare time, I’ll be providing consultation to numerous friends and colleagues in the startup realm.

Cheers.

–jake

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Jackin’ for Beats 2009 / Crooked I & Dj Wicked

What we’re gonna do right here is go back… Way back!

Back to when a rapper actually had to have skills, and a real DJ would
strive to master his craft to gain respect. And who better to take you
on this journey back into time other than long-time Portland HipHop icon
DJ Wicked, and West Coast rap legend Crooked I??!!

Together, these two highly revered artists have teamed up to bring you
“Jackin’ for Beats 2009″, a HipHop ode loosely based on Ice Cube’s 1991
classic titled “Jackin’ For Beats”.

On this modern day tribute, DJ Wicked has intricately woven together a
four minute medley of head-nodding HipHop instrumentals, paving the
perfect path for Crooked I to navigate with his remarkable rhyme schemes
and mind-boggling metaphors.

So step into the time machine, fasten your seatbelt, and enjoy this
quick trip back into time!

–jake

UPDATE: To cancel FOODday or This Week, email kateleeper@news.oregonian.com, or call Chet Jamison 503-294-4187. Also, this wasn’t the ordeal I thought it would be, but hopefully this will help someone.

The Oregonian’s FOODday is a weekly waste of paper and plastic for most people who receive it.

From what I know, it’s automatically sent to every household in Portland, and from everyone I talk to, it goes straight into the recycle bin.

My dad was outside one day when they delivered his copy of FOODday, he threw it back at the guy and said, “WHY ARE YOU THROWING GARBAGE ON MY PROPERTY?”

I’m writing about this as I think it will be an ordeal, and I’m writing directly to the editor of FOODday.

Dear Ms. Holmberg,

Please cancel my FOODday delivery ASAP.

My address is:

xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx

Thank you for your attention to this problem.

–jake olsen

Let’s see how this goes,

–jake

UPDATE: Another response from the Oregonian

The correct person to contact is Chet Jamison 503-294-4187.

I will forward this message to him.

Thanks, Kate
FOODday

UPDATE: A response from The Oregonian:

Thanks for your prompt reply,

Yes, we would like to cancel This Week and FOODday. We subscribe to the
Sunday Oregonian only, and that’s the only paper we’d like to receive.

I appreciate you forwarding my request to customer service.

For future reference, how may I email the customer service department?

Best,

–jake

Martha Holmberg wrote:
Hi, Jake. I’ll forward your request to the customer service department — I can’t do anything on my end, I’m afraid. We’re the editorial department.

And just to clarify, I think you want to cancel This Week? We’re not sending the actual FoodDay to anyone but subscribers to the paper, but we’re including food stories in This Week.

I went off a while ago how I’d never buy an iPhone. I then ate those words.

We created an application which is the thing I have been dreaming of since the thought of Urbanverb in 1999. Urbanverb was never built, but Platial was, and so now is Platial Nearby. It’s the version of Platial to use while you are out in the real world away from the confines of your computer.

There are still some bugs which we are madly fixing, but if you have an iPhone, try it out.

–jake

Manny got a mix on XLR8R.

–jake