Adam Sidiali

Seattle-Portland train ride was absolutely stunning

adamsidiali — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:34:59 +0000

The three hour train ride from Seattle to Portland provided to be one of the most beautiful, relaxing events in the past year (a much needed bit of r+r). For a $90 round trip journey, I experienced beautiful sunsets, enjoyable company in the form of interesting train travelers, and some pretty decent train food in the cafe. Not too bad.…

Reasons why I love Spotify

adamsidiali — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:26:06 +0000

I’m an avid Lifehacker reader. I read it every morning when I wake up, and every night after dinner (and I urge you to do so too!)

So naturally, when they posted an update talking about how Spotify, a new cross-platform music tool, is open to all users, I was intrigued and decided to go check out this Spotify thing. What I found became my absolute favorite app/program/whatever, period.

I’m not gonna explain what Spotify is or how it works because it does so much, but basically this is what you need to know: it is the best music discovery/library/anything-to-do-with-music program that you’ll ever use. Why? Quality my friend, quality.

Spotify, upon becoming open to all users, partnered with Facebook and now uses your facebook login. I deleted my facebook a couple months ago, but I love Spotify so much that I made a new facebook JUST to be …

Why aren’t there more Win7phones with 4G?

adamsidiali — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:49:24 +0000

I just got my hands on a Dell Venue Pro Win7phone by buying a laptop at my Microsoft Store in Bellevue Square, and the phone just came free. They were already making me happy before I even opened the phone box.

When I got home, I played with the phone and decided to switch from my HTC Sensation running 2.3.4 Android and give Win7phone Mango a shot (I updated as soon as I got home). I have to say, I was (and am), truly impressed and satisfied with what Microsoft has done. For once I am completely sold on this product.

My one issue though is the lack of 4G in any Win7phone. I love the hardware keyboard, I love the battery life on this thing, but what I really miss is that blazing fast data connection I had on my Sensation. With a little more research, I quickly found …