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Friday, April 3, 2009

Pat's at Yankee Stadium

I just finished a 3 minute conversation with someone from the Food Network about whether I might enjoy the fish tacos or hearth-fired pizza more.

One of the most striking features about the new Yankee Stadium is the vast allocation of concourse space. You can walk away from your seat and never come back. I think the people at the bar behind me have no intention of returning to the game. There are the usual bottlenecks of a big crowd and opening night. Security going in to the game tonight seemed no smoother than at the old ballpark. And the fancy automatic bar code turnstile didn't work the first two times.

But the stadium is well staffed and the crowd is having fun checking out what you get for $1.5 billion. (I should also make clear that I've written this entire post while waiting for my fairly simple food order. I'm up to about 20 minutes now. I think I'll eat at home before my next game.) Clearly the stadium was designed to have the feel of the old ballpark. If you are in your seat (and disregard the outrageously sharp high definition big screen) it's not hard to imagine you're in the old place.

4th inning now.Must admit I haven't seen much baseball. But that's not really the main attraction tonight.

Baby don't forget my number

The ten digit mobile phone keypad is dying. At the cell phone industry's biggest North American trade show, USA Today noted that only a handful of new phones have the traditional numeric keypad. Almost every cell phone coming to market has some sort of QWERTY keyboard or touch screen instead.

I guess this shouldn't really come as a surprise given the number of people who agreed with me yesterday that they prefer e-mail to voice mail. Show organizers say the trend away from numeric keypads is a direct reaction to a trend in the business toward e-mail and text messaging. US mobile phone customers send a trillion text messages last year -- three times as many as in 2007.

Labels: keypad, mobile phone

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Valentino dressed in orange

He really is orange.

Fashion designer Valentino was on the red carpet last night for the premiere in LA of a documentary about his work.

As seen on Sky News and TMZ, his fake tan really is quite frightening.

Labels: Valentino

Please don't leave a message

Technically, I still have an answering machine at home. But I've pretty much lost interest in checking it. It just seems like voice mail is an inefficient way to reach me when I'm so easily accessible on e-mail.

A story in the New York Times today supports my view about voice mail becoming obsolete. The Times says "the burden of having to hit the playback button and sit through the "ums" and "ahs" can seem too much to bear."

Labels: Voice mail

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Google says April Fools!

Everyone knows Google likes to be the best at everything. Now they can add something else to their list: best April Fools Day gag. Check out the Gmail "Autopilot" program, allowing users to outsource the pesky task of answering a whole inbox--from relationship terminations to communications with your therapist--to a computer program.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Not much news in Detroit

Newspaper coverage of the automakers' future was scarce in Detroit yesterday.

I had forgotten about the timing of this until the Wall Street Journal pointed it out. As the Obama administration pushed GM and Chrysler closer to bankruptcy yesterday, Detroit's newspapers were beginning their new system of distribution. Under the plan, there's no home delivery on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Those readers are expected to get their news online or visit a newsstand.

Labels: Detroit Free Press, Detroit News

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Message from Pat

We’ve shut the webcast for a few days so we can focus on the re-launch of Pat’s Papers. Be sure to mark April 6th on your calendar—that’s the date we’ve picked to showcase the new and improved Pat’s Papers.

We’ve been working on the website for a couple of months and we’re almost ready to go. We plan to use the next two weeks making sure our transition is a smooth one.

But we won’t be sleeping in—we’ll continue to produce the print version of Pat’s Papers every weekday. If you scroll down on the main page, you find headlines and links to the newspaper stories that caught our eye. Again, our re-launch is set for April 6th. We hope you can come back to us that day and everyday thereafter for our carefully edited look at the top headlines from US newspapers.


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	at's blog will be updated occasionally with news about PatsPapers.com, observations about the news business and comments about life and the stories in the news. Friday, April 3, 2009 Pat's at Yankee Stadium I just finished a 3 minute conversation with someone from the Food Network about whether I might enjoy the fish tacos or hearth-fired pizza more. One of the most striking features about the new Yankee Stadium is the vast allocation of concourse space. You can walk away from your seat and never come back. I think the people at the bar behind me have no intention of returning to the game. There are the usual bottlenecks of a big crowd and opening night. Security going in to the game tonight seemed no smoother than at the old ballpark. And the fancy automatic bar code turnstile didn't work the first two times. But the stadium is well staffed and the crowd is having fun checking out what you get for $1.5 billion. (I should also make clear that I've written this entire post while waiting for my fairly simple food order. I'm up to about 20 minutes now. I think I'll eat at home before my next game.) Clearly the stadium was designed to have the feel of the old ballpark. If you are in your seat (and disregard the outrageously sharp high definition big screen) it's not hard to imagine you're in the old place. 4th inning now.Must admit I haven't seen much baseball. But that's not really the main attraction tonight. posted by Pat's Papers at 11:47 PM 0 Comments Baby don't forget my number The ten digit mobile phone keypad is dying. At the cell phone industry's biggest North American trade show, USA Today noted that only a handful of new phones have the traditional numeric keypad. Almost every cell phone coming to market has some sort of QWERTY keyboard or touch screen instead. I guess this shouldn't really come as a surprise given the number of people who agreed with me yesterday that they prefer e-mail to voice mail. Show organizers say the trend away from numeric keypads is a direct reaction to a trend in the business toward e-mail and text messaging. US mobile phone customers send a trillion text messages last year -- three times as many as in 2007. Labels: keypad, mobile phone posted by Pat's Papers at 3:31 AM 0 Comments Thursday, April 2, 2009 Valentino dressed in orange He really is orange. Fashion designer Valentino was on the red carpet last night for the premiere in LA of a documentary about his work. As seen on Sky News and TMZ, his fake tan really is quite frightening. Labels: Valentino posted by Pat's Papers at 5:18 PM 1 Comments Please don't leave a message Technically, I still have an answering machine at home. But I've pretty much lost interest in checking it. It just seems like voice mail is an inefficient way to reach me when I'm so easily accessible on e-mail. A story in the New York Times today supports my view about voice mail becoming obsolete. The Times says "the burden of having to hit the playback button and sit through the "ums" and "ahs" can seem too much to bear." Labels: Voice mail posted by Pat's Papers at 4:57 AM 0 Comments Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Google says April Fools! Everyone knows Google likes to be the best at everything. Now they can add something else to their list: best April Fools Day gag. Check out the Gmail "Autopilot" program, allowing users to outsource the pesky task of answering a whole inbox--from relationship terminations to communications with your therapist--to a computer program. posted by Pat's Papers at 9:04 AM 1 Comments Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Not much news in Detroit Newspaper coverage of the automakers' future was scarce in Detroit yesterday. I had forgotten about the timing of this until the Wall Street Journal pointed it out. As the Obama administration pushed GM and Chrysler closer to bankruptcy yesterday, Detroit's newspapers were beginning their new system of distribution. Under the plan, there's no home delivery on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Those readers are expected to get their news online or visit a newsstand. Labels: Detroit Free Press, Detroit News posted by Pat's Papers at 3:36 AM 0 Comments Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Message from Pat We’ve shut the webcast for a few days so we can focus on the re-launch of Pat’s Papers. Be sure to mark April 6th on your calendar—that’s the date we’ve picked to showcase the new and improved Pat’s Papers. We’ve been working on the website for a couple of months and we’re almost ready to go. We plan to use the next two weeks making sure our transition is a smooth one. But we won’t be sleeping in—we’ll continue to produce the print version of Pat’s Papers every weekday. If you scroll down on the main page, you find headlines and links to the newspaper stories that caught our eye. Again, our re-launch is set for April 6th. We hope you can come back to us that day and everyday thereafter for our carefully edited look at the top headlines from US newspapers. posted by Pat's Papers at 9:58 AM 0 Comments Previous Posts Pat's at Yankee Stadium Baby don't forget my number Valentino dressed in orange Please don't leave a message Google says April Fools! Not much news in Detroit Message from Pat Like Simon Cowell? Does a facial help your skin? Natasha Richardson ski tragedy Archives November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 Pat's Blog RSS Feed Click here to subscribe

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