They could sell the shit out of these $250K burgers they were called iBurgers and were sold by Apple.

It doesn't make any sense that companies would have employees post to a social network about work-related stuff. There's a whole industry, and in most large companies, entire departments, that deal with communications between the company and the public. (Public Relations or something similar). Why would companies, who in the past, have carefully constructed methods and procedures for communicating with the public throw all of that out the window because of a fad? It seems short sighted and really stupid.

"Hey, did you get that new [game/app] from the Windows app store!!!???"

That's because that's not the point of Windows Phones. Sure, you can get 90% of the "apps" out there for the phone, but it's very clear that the point of Windows Phone is to be a seamless connection to Exchange servers. The integration of Exchange/Outlook is really unmatched in the mobile market, and for people (like myself) who spend most of my work life in Outlook/Exchange, it's really useful. I don't miss the 90,000 fart "apps" available on the other two platforms.

Microsoft has a whole host of "apps" for gadgets, including a "mobile" version of Office. They're on Windows Phones.

t all, but I make six figures. And I sure as fuck don't have 50K in the bank.

If you have less than 6 months worth of expenses in the bank, you should consider taking some basic financial literacy classes. You're doing something very wrong.

I caved and got my first "smart" phone. It's the HTC "Arrive" that runs Windows Phone. I'm shocked at how well it integrates with Exchange Server. Really slick.

It's not when you have kids, and have to consider their expenses, health care, college, what happens if you die, etc.

Medicaid and public universities both work fine. Kids don't have to be expensive.

What do you do for passion? Whatever you do, be excellent at it and money will follow.

I'm sorry, but that's a really, truly terrible idea. There are many, many "passions" that will never make any money. And just because you are doing your "passion" doesn't necessarily mean that money will follow.

Payments on a $50K mortgage is like $300/month. Any job (yes, even a minimum wage job) pays enough to be able to afford something like that. Besides, if he's been an IT guy for 20 years, he's got at least $50K in the bank.

What's a "debt serf"? Just because you are in debt doesn't mean you have to pay it back.