Everybody is reporting about AT&T’s decision to provide wi-fi access to Apple iPhone users across their 17,000 hotspots. It’s the iPhone hot topic this week.

And it’s great. My real question is: Can I tap into those wi-fi hotspots with my laptop computer by fooling the hotspot that my computer is an iPhone? Perhaps by changing my browser’s User Agent? I’m going to try this next time I get to a Starbucks (which isn’t often considering their coffee is not so good.)

If you try it, let me know!

We’ll see how it is, but I hear it’s too fun to be healthy. Anything I should look out for/find?

While browsing SurveyMonkey’s web site, I jumped over to MailChimp, a sister site to SurveyMonkey for e-mail marketing. MailChimp integrates with SurveyMonkey and, get this, Google Analytics!

I’ve always used ExactTarget for e-mail marketing, but I can’t stand their back-end. It’s so slow and iframed to hell. I guess it’s time to switch! Has anyone had experience with MailChimp?

I wanted to give a shout out to a little update utility I just stumbled on that runs on Apple OSX Leopard, LogicielMac Update from MacXeagle.

Previously I used the App Update widget, but LogicielMaqc Update automatically downloads software updates, installs the software updates, and removes the software downloads—a real nice one click solution. As a personal bonus, it runs as a cool dock utility and is Apple OSX Leopard optimized!

Every time I grocery shop, the point hits home at checkout: Kids hate working at dull brands, such as Kroger. I don’t see the same thing at whole foods. Why? Whole Foods’ brand represents a culture.

Kids are slipping deeper into the subculture lifestyle and entering the realm of sub-sub-subculture life. With so many products and so much information available, people are finding other people to connect with on very specific interests. As a result, newer generations will grow less satisfied with generic, and demand more personality.