Google Voice Usability, C-SPAN Coverage, Sarah Palin Tea Party Keynote
The hosts discuss technical frustrations with Google Voice's numbering system and voicemail notifications. They transition to political media, noting Sarah Palin's keynote speech at the Tea Party convention aired on C-SPAN.
google voice· c-span· sarah palin· tea party· text messaging
00:01 You know, these kinds of documents you keep digging up about this is kind of disturbing. Adam Curry John C. Dvorak It's February 7th 2010 time for your Gitmo Nation media assassination episode 172 This is no agenda! Watching CSPAN so you don't have to and coming to live from the minimum security containment cell crackpot command center in Gitmo nation West San Francisco California In The Morning I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where there's not a cloud in the sky, I am John C. Dvorak. It is crackpot and buzzkill! In the morning! And good morning to you my friend. Same to you. In the morning. Yes have you twittered? Have you tweet-crimer'd? No of course not. You spend all that time getting ready
00:49 And then, actually I need to do a couple things too. So I couldn't get... you know C-SPAN was boring this week No! C-SPAN was awesome last night I sent you a text message didn't you? You know what can i just say something. You've got on to this damn Google voice crap and so now, I have like 18 numbers that are all google voice numbers And it's like and you show up as John C Dvorak on my phone I'm like I'm texting you and you're not reading My texts or you don't get him or you know It's crazy then I get hi is john this is my google voicemail okay Who gives a crap if it's your Google voicemail? You're just giving me more useless information. You getting messages? Yes, you have a message! Huh... Yeah anyway so I sent you Sarah Palin was on C-SPAN last night with her keynote for the tea party yeah we got to talk about her and i and i sent you and i sent you a message saying that was busy working on upon the mailings thing
01:50 I watched enough stuff on C-SPAN and I saw the Frankenstuff and the other crap so... Well, I got the Frankenstuff but first of all why don't we uh did you send out to Twitter? No let me send it out to Twitter. Oh my god what are you doing?! I'm trying listening to you berate me! And you deserve it! I can't believe well I mean text messaging is supposed to be the ultimate Communication, you know? Guarantee delivery. I got your message! You got my message and you ignored it?! No, I didn't realize it was from you... It came in from some really weird number This is what Google Voice does They assign a crazy number to me so that you can't recognize who I am It's dumb Google Voice sucks balls Okay
