I forgot to mention this the other day. When Senator Hillary Clinton gave her speech to Silicon Valley outlining her technology vision there was a problem. The banner behind her had the word tomorrow spelled wrong.
2008 Presidential Candidate John Edwards followed in the footsteps of Bill Richardson, John McCain & Hillary Clinton and stopped by the Googleplex. Here is the video.
In Al Franken’s satiric book Why Not Me? he uses the issue of ATM fees as a means to launching his presidential bid. Yesterday I came up with an even more modern issue that a candidate could sell me on, restocking fees.
I had to buy a new camcorder yesterday because mine broke and a few months ago I had to buy a new battery for my iBook. Both have disclaimers about “restocking fees”. It isn’t so much that I don’t understand the need for them, but its the principal.
Rather than go with a trusted Apple replacement I went with a battery online from a third party manufacturer that was thirty dollars or so cheaper minus shipping. I read some reviews online, figured it would be a good deal and purchased. When it got here I followed all the instructions for the initial charge and then took the iBook to a coffee shop to hop on the free wifi. All was well for an hour.
