9 posts and columns on John Mayer

Viral Video: John Mayer Channels LeBron James

in News on July 12, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

Oh, that scamp John Mayer is such a jokester. Here’s a video the singer did in the wake of all the controversy around the basketball star choosing Miami to play for and leaving behind a dejected and angry Cleveland. Big surprise, given his promiscuous reputation: Mayer will play for everyone.

How to Report Snow

in Media on February 10, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

No need to watch current coverage of today’s weather. Last month’s coverage of Britain’s weather will suffice.

Liveblogging Bing Demo: No Donuts, Unlikely to Pay for De-Indexing Google, but Cool New Maps

in News on December 2, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

BoomTown is awaiting a passel of Microsoft execs, who will be talking about a range of new features for Bing. I will be liveblogging, but I must say, I wish there were donuts.
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BoomTown Decodes Twitter's Denial-of-Service Blog Post (So You Don't Have To)

in News on August 7, 2009 at 5:17 pm PT

This morning, in a blog post, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone gave more of an explanation for the outage that the microblogging service endured due to a denial-of-service attack. Fortunately, BoomTown can read between the lines in order to decipher the secret message herein! Biz wrote: The Adventure Continues. Translation: By “adventure,” I mean yet-another-friggin’-Twitter-birdie-crisis.
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Weekend Update, 3.28.09

in News on March 28, 2009 at 11:15 pm PT

Another week into challenging times, and the theme for Weekend Update is undoubtedly cost-saving, with a healthy dose of revenue-seeking. On the revenue-seeking side, BoomTown’s Twitter Business Plan Count-Up hasn’t yielded any real keepers yet. There is a real contender, though–since Jennifer Aniston so publicly broke up with her boyfriend John Mayer on account of his Twitter “addiction,” BoomTown suggests offering “Twitter rehab” for those not willing to lose their relationships just yet.
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There Must Be 77 Ways for Twitter to Make Some Money (But BoomTown Is Backing the Aniston Solution!)

in News on March 24, 2009 at 8:00 am PT

Yesterday, the revenue-unencumbered microblogging service, Twitter, came up with ExecTweets, sponsored by Microsoft, as a way to bring in the simoleons. Without diving into the deep specifics, suffice it to say, BoomTown is not exactly doing somersaults at the idea of following, say, what the fine execs at AIG are up to on a regular basis (Typical tweet: Taxing stolen taxpayer-funded bonuses?!? Where’s the outrage?). Still, good for Twitter for at least pretending it actually cared about profits. In that spirit, here are some more ideas, one of which could finally bring Jennifer Aniston some much deserved happiness!
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A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs

in The Mossberg Solution on January 27, 2009 at 5:04 pm PT

In two weeks, the latest version of the BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, arrives. This device doesn’t have a sleek touch screen or completely overhauled operating system, nor is it meant to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. But it has a physical keyboard and still manages to look stylish — and that’s no small feat.
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Weepy Singer John Mayer Is Actually Funny

in News on May 9, 2008 at 1:05 am PT

While I sometimes want to throttle him for his more cloying songs, like the agonizing “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” it’s clear John Mayer has a good sense of humor about his image. The smoky-eyed singer-songwriter and guitarist, who also has yet to meet a Hollywood actress he doesn’t date (current date: Jennifer Aniston!), just [...]