sprignaturemoves

what others do with talent, I do with obstinate fixation

So someone sent me a Word Document yesterday. Opened my e-mail on my Android phone (rooted Motorola Defy, if you are interested). Clicked Preview to view the attachment. QuickOffice opens, then disappears.

Grrr.

Uninstalling QuickOffice…. with Root Uninstaller.

Fire up Gmail again. Click Preview on the attachment. Gmail crashes.

GRRRRR.

Download and install Documents To Go.

Fire up Gmail again. Click Preview on the attachment. Choose Documents To Go Word Viewer. OK. I can see it now.

What a pain in the butt.

Some questions:

Why can’t I view MS Office files (Word, Excel, etc) in HTML from the Gmail App natively? Why depend on another app (Documents to Go, QuickOffice) when you have the technology already in the browser version of Gmail?
There’s no Google Docs app for Android? Shocking. I’m sure Google Docs are complex enough in the browser, let alone an app, but, come on, the Gmail app is complex. Where’s the love for Google Docs?
What? There’s no simple way download attachments in the Gmail app? Doesn’t make any sense. Save My Attach by Lexa is a good solution, but it took some digging to find it.

What Android annoyances have you found?

Dear Annoying Worship Leader

2/16/2011 — 2 Comments

Dear Annoying Worship Leader,

Please don’t order me around. I’m capable of participating in the corporate worship of my Savior without you micro-managing me from the stage. I’ll raise my hands when I want and I’ll keep them in my pockets when I want. I’m not going to sing louder or give God a hand unless He compels me. I am singing with all my heart, just not for you. My spirit? You don’t have to tell me to sing with that either. If I feel like clapping, I’ll clap. I would be still and listen to the Lord like you said, but your lips are still flapping.

I can read, too. You don’t have to tell me the next line from the song right before we sing it.

You say it’s not about the show, the loud music, the lights and the band. Oh, but it is. Quite obviously, actually.

And one last thing, stop interrupting.

Angrily Yours,

Adam

P.S. Nice jeans, but your hair…well….

(h/t bryanallain.com)

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My Twitter Peeves

10/5/2010 — 4 Comments

Quoting from books
Quoting the speaker at a conference
Tweeting the score during a sporting event as it happens
Only re-tweeting
Telling your friends on Twitter not to spoil the show you DVR’d
Tweeting a whole bunch things in a short amount of time
Automated direct messages after a follow
Excessive self-promotion of your company/blog/product
Receiving a direct message from someone who doesn’t follow you
Automated follows from people with <100 tweets

What did I miss?

In peeves, technology

Boooo AT&T

12/9/2008 — Leave a comment

Yeah, well, it was nice — the free Flickr Pro account that came with AT&T broadband.

So, AT&T, are you going to knock some off of my monthly bill, now that I have less??

Pfft. I’m not holding my breath.

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I’ll never understand PETA

11/5/2008 — Leave a comment

I picked up a Time Magazine at work last week. Read this interview with PETA wacko Ingrid Newkirk. I really have no idea what reality these people live in. E.g.:

How do you justify advocating animal rights in a world filled with poverty and starvation? Joslyn DeGroot YPSILANTI, MICH.

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that’s all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.

Uh-huh.

In commentary, peeves

My Top 10 Annoying Public Figures

8/29/2008 — Leave a comment

The List

Keith Olbermann — this guy is the epitome of obnoxious
Hillary Clinton — like fingernails on the proverbial chalkboard
Rosie O’Donnell — see note on Keith Olbermann, replace guy with, uh…something
Kirsten Dunst — she’s smoked one too many doobies
Al Gore – how could Heisman trophy winner and Internet inventor not be on this list?
Michael Moore — I wish someone would do a “documentary” about him
Cindy Sheehan — glad she’s been out of the spotlight lately
Lenny Dawson — should retire yesterday from broadcasting
Jim Rome — his shtick is old and otherwise lame
Katie Couric — I can’t believe she’s still hosting the CBS Evening News. Ugh.