25 Things You Don’t Know About Me This Site

There’s this meme going around Facebook where you post 25 random things about yourself in a note and tag 25 of your friends, who are encouraged to write 25 random things about themselves and keep the ball rolling.

If you read this blog, you probably know very little about the person writing on the other side, me. So in the spirit of the Facebook meme, I thought I’d share 25 things about me and Apple iPhone Review that you may not know (nothing too personal). If you have your own blog I encourage you to also share 25 things about yourself, and send me a pingback if you want.

1. My name is Chris and I’m a University of Florida undergraduate senior, majoring in English and minoring in Sustainability.
2. Apple iPhone Review is a one-man operation run entirely by me.
3. When I’m not working on this site, I’m reading good books and working on campus sustainability issues at UF.
4. I didn’t care about iPods or cell phones before I got an iPhone.
5. I love having an iPhone now, but I’m realistic about its limitations.
6. This site was created over two years ago because I wanted to make an income from home, not because I had a passion for the iPhone.
7. Originally, I hoped to make some cash by selling the domain name appleiphonereview.com, but no one wanted to buy it because Cisco already made the iPhone and therefore Apple would never name their product that.
8. Since no one wanted to buy the name, I decided to just try blogging about the iPhone.
9. I’m lucky the iPhone actually came out, and that it’s a remarkable product, because I don’t know if I could have maintained enough interest to write so much about other things.
10. I’ve designed, coded and written everything on this website. I’ve put hundreds of hours of work into Apple iPhone Review, and I am proud of it.
11. My “big break” for this site came on February 17, 2007, when I posted a leaked survey that asked consumers to respond to potential price points for the iPhone. Within minutes, big-name sites like Gizmodo, Engadget and ZDNet had linked to my article. I had 12,000 visitors that day, compared to 42 the day before.
12. Apple iPhone Review pays my rent, and then some.
13. I get a warm fuzzy feeling when someone tells me my site helped them in some way.
14. I’d be thrilled if you would subscribe to my blog
15. I waited in line in Miami for over 6 hours on June 29, 2007 to buy the first iPhone.
16. I’ve owned six different iPhones prior to the 3G iPhone I own now.
17. I once made a sort of embarrassing video of myself dressed as a caveman to show off a Jailbreak software that I used on my old iPhone. The video is pretty popular on YouTube… but I wouldn’t recommend the software anymore, since the new version has given people a lot of trouble.
18. The most amusing comments on this site, by far, are in an article where I asked readers to share how iPhone’s SMS Preview feature has gotten them into trouble.
19. I stray away from iPhone news and gossip and try to write things to start discussions, help iPhone users or at least entertain.
20. I live with 7 other people.
21. I love getting free iPhone gear in the mail and reviewing it.
22. I love avocados.
23. This list is my 218^th post on Apple iPhone Review.
24. The 3 things I love most about my iPhone are 1) browsing the web, especially using Google Reader for iPhone, 2) the GPS feature and 3) third-party apps (some of my favorites: Todo, iFitness and Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D).
25. The 3 things I hate most about my iPhone are 1) the lack of copy & paste, 2) the SMS privacy issue and 3) its lack of a video camera.

If you’d like to know more, shoot me an email.

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