http://amadcity.com/2011/08/25/the-iphone-abduction/ and a somewhat silly girl Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://amadcity.com/2011/08/25/the-iphone-abduction/#comment-127 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:01:13 +0000 http://amadcity.com/?p=155#comment-127 Great write up. Humanity redeems itself through the kind act of a complete stranger once again.

]]> http://amadcity.com/2011/08/25/the-iphone-abduction/#comment-126 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:35:13 +0000 http://amadcity.com/?p=155#comment-126 [...] Feeling skeptical and somewhat cynical, I tweeted to an audience of several thousand Twitter followers, asking about lost or stolen phones that were subsequently returned. Within minutes, I received dozens of short stories about how lost phones eventually made their way home (see a snapshot of the responses, left). San Francisco resident Ashley Mayer told me she was able to retrieve a stolen phone when a random taxi driver went into “Hollywood car chase mode,” and followed her muggers through South San Francisco’s bustling streets. It’s a thrilling story — read Mayer’s blog post here. [...]

]]> http://amadcity.com/2011/08/25/the-iphone-abduction/#comment-125 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:21:40 +0000 http://amadcity.com/?p=155#comment-125 [...] Feeling skeptical and somewhat cynical, I tweeted to an audience of several thousand Twitter followers, asking about lost or stolen phones that were subsequently returned. Within minutes, I received dozens of short stories about how lost phones eventually made their way home (see a snapshot of the responses, left). San Francisco resident Ashley Mayer told me she was able to retrieve a stolen phone when a random taxi driver went into “Hollywood car chase mode,” and followed her muggers through South San Francisco’s bustling streets. It’s a thrilling story — read Mayer’s blog post here. [...]

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