Breadcrumbs 5/28/09 – mobile edition

I was pleasantly surprised (actually, quite dumbfounded) today to discover that my office building was already available as a check-in point in foursquare.  And triangulated from my first-gen iPhone’s EDGE signal, no less.
I also hadn’t realized that Blackberry App World already went live.  I used it to download the latest Facebook upgrade and found it [...]

New Yorker Stories: In the South by Salman Rushdie

Despite its lackluster title, Salman Rushdie’s In the South ends up being a satisfying little exercise with enough frills to keep me interested. The story centers around two senescent Indian neighbors who have little to do except wait around for the end together, having outlasted most of their immediate family members. Their sobriquets [...]