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Utility of Unit Tests in software development
Over the years, I've read a little about unit testing and heard it talked about at WWDC once or twice, but never thought much of it and didn't see much of a need for it. Recently I've started to look at it again and have done a little research on the concept. I found a reference that seems to sum up the flaws of unit tests.
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Giving Ooma another chance
The other day I had lunch with some friends and one mentioned that he was reducing his monthly bills by dropping cable, installing solar and switching his home phone to Ooma. He had Ooma for 6 months and was quite pleased with it. I had tried Ooma about 1.5 years ago and written about it; unfortunately my experience back then wasn't as positive. I decided to give it another try as the potential to save money is huge. In the last few years, my phone bill has gradually risen while the features have gone down (I had lots of features with Qwest over a decade ago including a blacklist, then with MCI I had voicemail that forwarded to email. Now I don't even have voicemail as there is an extra charge for it.)
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Google Voice fix for when it stops working
Today I got notification that I missed a call coming through my Google Voice account. I checked Google Voice and everything was setup correctly; I had also noticed that the Google Voice app on my iPhone didn't notify me of an SMS that I received the other day which was strange.
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Positive Sprint Customer Service Experience
I've written in the past about the horrible experiences I've had with Sprint customer service, so I think it is only appropriate to write about a positive experience. Last month I decided to contact Sprint to find out what would happen to my account if I ported out the primary number and left the other lines alone. I've been forwarding my Sprint line to my AT&T iPhone for a year and decided to finally "reclaim" my number. I was holding out due to an ETF, but decided that the ETF got low enough that it was no longer a reason to keep forwarding the number (also SMS didn't forward). The Sprint representative answered quickly and said that a new number would be assigned and nothing else would happen to the account.