Some recent activity at the internal 37signals Campfire chat room.

New feature at Amazon

Jason F.
Neat new feature on Amazon…
Jason F.
Helpful
Jason F.
"Most Helpful" good and bad review
Mark I.
I noticed that the other day. Amazon felt like it didn’t change much for a long time, but over the past several months they’ve made a bunch of nice tweaks.
Jason F.
I like their redesign.
Mark I.
Just renewed my Amazon Prime membership the other day.
Mark I.
It’s such a no-brainer.
Mark I.
I ordered four gifts for my kids the other day, one at a time and didn’t worry about bundling the purchases up to save shipping.
Mark I.
That’s the one feature I really want that they won’t give me: the ability to filter results by Prime status.
Jeremy K.
Mark – you can limit Seller to Amazon.com
Mark I.
I didn’t realize that.

Full Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in 37signals.

EVDO

Mark I.
My cable went down last night in the middle of all that drama. I was very happy to have EVDO at that point. :)
Jason F.
Oh Mark how has that been BTW? The EVDO?
Mark I.
It rocks.
Mark I.
I was getting just under T1 speed.
Jason F.
no kidding. wow.
Mark I.
At 4 out of 5 bars.
Mark I.
I’m very happy with it.
Jason F.
And how much is it per month?
Mark I.
$60
Mark I.
It’s dirt cheap.
Jason F.
Unlimited access?
Jason F.
This is through Sprint, right?
Mark I.
Yep.
Mark I.
Sprint has the best EVDO network right now.
Jason F.
And what USB "card" do you have?
Jason F.
I may sign up for emergency access.
Jason F.
My cable connection has been a bit unpredictable lately.


Gmail spam filtering

Jason F.
FYI, filtering my email through Gmail first has eliminated nearly 1000 spams that would usually make it through to my inbox.
Jason F.
I highly recommend it if you have a spam problem
David H.
gmail def seems better than spamsieve
Jason F.
yeah and I have SpamSieve running also
Jason F.
But it was just not making the cut based on the # of spam I have
Jason F.
It caught a lot, but I get nearly 2000 a day so even a few percent was dropping 50-100 in my inbox a day
Jason F.
Gmail is catching almost evertyhing
David H.
I think I’m going to jump on that.


Tips

Ryan S.
some tips
Ryan S.
why do apps offer "tips" when you start?
Ryan S.
i don’t want a "tip". i don’t even know how the app works yet
Ryan S.
it sounds like a game or something
Ryan S.
"want a hint?"
Jason F.
"Tips" is the wrong word, agree