Marketplace - June 30, 2009
Taking a closer look at iPhone OS 3.0
It's been two weeks since Apple released the 3.0 update for iPhone users.
Tags: iphone, os 3.0, 3gs, apple, at&t

Living - June 19, 2009
First hands-on impressions of new iPhone 3GS
Yes, I'm that guy. The guy who stood in line to get the iPhone 3G the day it came out a year ago, and the guy who stood in line to get the new iPhone 3GS this morning. Unlike last year, this line only had four people in it at 7 a.m., and I was in and out of the AT&T store on S. 76th St. by 7:15 a.m.
Tags: iphone 3gs, iphone, at&t

Milwaukee Buzz - July 11, 2008
3G iPhone mission somewhat accomplished
It took about two and a half hours of standing in scattered rain, but at about 9:45 a.m., I officially walked out of the AT&T store near Southridge with a new iPhone. Unfortunately, as I write this, it's not working.
Tags: iphone, apple, at&t

Living - July 10, 2008
15 hours till iPhone
If all goes smoothly, I'll have a new 3G iPhone in about 15 hours, when what some nerds call the "Jesus Phone" officially goes on sale at 8 a.m. Friday morning.
Tags: iphone, apple, at&t

Marketplace - June 9, 2008
Nostratarnoff? Grading my iPhone predictions
This morning, I made nine predictions about the 3G iPhone that was announced by Apple's Steve Jobs today. Looks like I went 6-9.
Tags: iphone, 3g, at&t, apple

Marketplace - June 9, 2008
FWIW: My WWDC iPhone predictions
Steve Jobs takes the podium at the Apple Developers Conference in about two hours, and it's widely expected that he'll announce a new iPhone. Since everyone and their uncle have weighed in with their predictions, I will, too.
Tags: iphone, at&t, apple

Marketplace - April 14, 2008
The cell phone carrier shuffle
Is it wrong to expect my cell phone to work in my own house? You wouldn't think so.
Tags: cell phone, verizon, at&t, blackberry, iphone

Politics - March 6, 2008
Video Competition Act: consumer blessing or complete burden?
Is the Video Competition Act that was recently signed into law in Wisconsin good public policy that will generate true competition for cable television in the state, resulting in lower prices for consumers?
Tags: Video Competition Act, Jim Doyle, cable television, AT&T

Politics - Oct. 31, 2007
A healthier work force or a smaller one?
City workers are more careful and healthier. Or it could be that a recent report noting fewer workers compensation claims due to injuries and illnesses in 2006 compared to 2005 could be attributed to the fact that there are fewer workers to make those claims.
Tags: Zielinski, McGee, Barrett, Lake Michigan water, UWM, Milwaukee Police, Coors, Miller Beer, MATA, Time Warner, AT&T, Packers, Broncos, Kagen, Perlmutter, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, New Berlin, MPS

Marketplace - Sept. 18, 2007
Anyone need 24 phone books?
Yesterday, some poor guy schlepped 24 phone books to our office. I'm not kidding. He delivered 24 AT&T white, yellow and business-to-business pages to OnMilwaukee.com.
Tags: AT&T, phone books, yellow pages, white pages, 411

Politics - May 4, 2007
Assessing reassessments can be profitable
A Common Council committee approved substantially lowering the assessment of the posh building owned by the Milwaukee Athletic Club at 758 N. Broadway, which resulted in a refund of nearly $60,000 for the club.
Tags: doug hissom, milwaukee athletic club, alec, at&t, mike damato, garibaldi, gurda

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 1, 2006
This is not your father's Ma Bell
On one hand, you could say that the American telecommunications industry has come full circle. In the old days, you had THE phone company, AT&T, also known as Ma Bell. In 1984, Ma Bell was broken up into seven regional Baby Bells.
Tags: bell, sbc, sbt, at&t, phone