OK, I don't buy into the whole Starbucks "fair trade" thingy. In fact, I saw this article in March talking about the whole Fair Trade coffee scam. Short story, "Fair Trade" is just a marketing label, that allows wealthy coffee growers to appeal to your guilt. Why do I say wealthy? because farmers have to pay a fee to have their coffee "certified" and the fee is so enormous (even accounting for the fact that the organization makes NO effort to inspect the grower) that any extra profit they might have made has to go to licensing fees.
More here and here
BUT that is not the topic tonight. This is. I am an Android user, I have a Motorola Atrix and I am always looking for ways to simplify my life.
To manage my coffee habit, I use "My Coffee Card Pro" by Birbeck. It is a widget that allows me to see how much money is on the Starbucks Gold Card and will generate a barcode to allow me to buy coffee with my phone whenever I need to satisfy my Jones. Very convenient.
Now it looks like Starbucks is about to up the ante. According to the article, the official app will allow me to order my beverage via my phone... Just another way for them to seperate me from my money... wait, they already did that. Ok, this is just for convenience then.
More here and here
BUT that is not the topic tonight. This is. I am an Android user, I have a Motorola Atrix and I am always looking for ways to simplify my life.
To manage my coffee habit, I use "My Coffee Card Pro" by Birbeck. It is a widget that allows me to see how much money is on the Starbucks Gold Card and will generate a barcode to allow me to buy coffee with my phone whenever I need to satisfy my Jones. Very convenient.
Now it looks like Starbucks is about to up the ante. According to the article, the official app will allow me to order my beverage via my phone... Just another way for them to seperate me from my money... wait, they already did that. Ok, this is just for convenience then.
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