Entries tagged “Boston”

New Yorkers May Not Be Able To Spell, But We All Agree Regarding Boston Sports Bars

September 12, 2011 at 6:00am • 2 comments

Seen on a recently closed Boston sports bar located about three blocks from my apartment:

Good by and good ridance

Glad your gone

While I agree with the sentiment, I just wish whoever wrote it could spell.

When I walk by it almost every morning, I get a little embarrassed, and my OCD makes me twitch and begs me to stop and correct them. However, I know that as soon as I whip out a Sharpie and begin the correction I’d hear the “bwoop bwoop” from an NYPD cruiser, and then I’d have to explain/convince them that I was just correcting a fellow Yankees’ or Jets’ fan’s horrible spelling. They’d probably let me off with a warning out of loyalty to the teams or, more likely, because they’d think I was crazy.

I can’t be the only one who really wants to correct them, can I?

Jul 6, 2009

The city of Boston has developed an iPhone app that allows users to send in complaints about potholes, trash issues, etc., and will use GPS positioning (if available) to pinpoint the location and allow users to send photos of the nuisances.  How cool.

Excellent use of technology, and a statement on how the iPhone, as a platform, is kicking people’s imaginations into high gear.  The ability to make the same application for other platforms is a few years old, but it took the “sexiness” of the iPhone to make it happen.