Hello World!

[Rocco Augusto]

Recently Smartphone Thoughts took me on as a Contributing Editor for the site and I wanted to jump out there and introduce myself to everyone! For those of you who do not know me, my name is Rocco Augusto, though some of you might remember me as the witty and handsome optikalsaint. I am a territory manager for a Cingular Wireless premier dealer out of Portland, OR., with three stores under my belt and several more along the way. Joining the site in May 2005, I have spent the last year offering support for Cingular related inquiries as well as general Smartphone related questions that have sprung up.

http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/augusto_20060602-rocco.jpg
(witty and handsome, eat your hearts out ladies!)

When not dabbling in the realm of cellular technology or trying to preach the word of the good book of Microsoft, you can usually find me tinkering with my Home Theater PCs or writing tutorials to help out the community, such as my video conversion guide (http://smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8665). I'm really excited for the opportunity to be a part of this site and I want to say thank you to the Smartphone Thoughts News Team for bringing me on!

[Darius Wey]

Welcome to the Thoughts team, Rocco. Nice tat. ;)

[edgar]

witty and handsome

Who's the picture of then? :)

Congrats Opti - thank god the skull keeps the head from expanding too much :twisted: I look forward to your new insights, keepign Jerry/Mike/Kris in check and the continued growth of nerdofsteel.com.


Darius,
The ink is fake! I saw the exact thing in DisneyWorld being sold at the end of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. It's stick on! He wears em to attract the ladies and sell handsets. :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

Welcome to the team Rocco! Don't brag too much though, or we'll all mock you. ;-)

[edgar]

Welcome to the team Rocco! Don't brag too much though, or we'll all mock you. ;-)

TOO LATE! Was I supposed to wait?

-Edgar

[Pete Paxton]

You look to young to be an editor :lol: *wait* my wife just walked by and said "Oh honey, the problem isn't that he looks to young - you're just beginning to look old" :cry: Anyway, welcome to the team, you've already helped me a couple of times.

[Mike Temporale]

Welcome to the team! It's great to have you onboard. 8)

[Rocco Augusto]

Welcome to the team Rocco! Don't brag too much though, or we'll all mock you. ;-)

:lol: i had to brag a little bit, i mean this is the best smartphone website in the universe ;)

You look to young to be an editor :lol: *wait* my wife just walked by and said "Oh honey, the problem isn't that he looks to young - you're just beginning to look old" :cry: Anyway, welcome to the team, you've already helped me a couple of times.

pfft, tell her you dont look old and i just moisturize very well ;)

[Rocco Augusto]

witty and handsome

Who's the picture of then? :)

Congrats Opti - thank god the skull keeps the head from expanding too much :twisted: I look forward to your new insights, keepign Jerry/Mike/Kris in check and the continued growth of nerdofsteel.com.


i dunno about keeping mike and kris in line, theyre pretty good. its that jerry fellow and his one man crusade to kill portable media, now that guy is trouble ;) :P


Darius,
The ink is fake! I saw the exact thing in DisneyWorld being sold at the end of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. It's stick on! He wears em to attract the ladies and sell handsets. :wink:

if you keep telling everyone my secret then everyone will have fake inked arms ;)

[Janak Parekh]

its that jerry fellow and his one man crusade to kill portable media, now that guy is trouble ;) :P
I'm still trying to figure out who looks more badass in pictures, you or Jerry. ;)

Welcome to the team, Rocco!

--janak

[Darius Wey]

Rocco, it just occurred to me. You look a lot like Vin Diesel. Are you sure you don't live a secret stunt double life when Vin can't handle his gadgets? ;)

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/media/users/13148/RoccoVin.jpg

[Rocco Augusto]

Rocco, it just occurred to me. You look a lot like Vin Diesel. Are you sure you don't live a secret stunt double life when Vin can't handle his gadgets?

just call me triple R ;)

[Mike Temporale]

Rocco, it just occurred to me. You look a lot like Vin Diesel. Are you sure you don't live a secret stunt double life when Vin can't handle his gadgets? ;)

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/media/users/13148/RoccoVin.jpg

8O You guys look like twins. I tihnk you just need to shave the top a little closer, and star in a couple more movies. ;)

[Jerry Raia]

Welcome to the team, it's good to see the west coast now dominates this site.

its that jerry fellow and his one man crusade to kill portable media, now that guy is trouble ;) :P

I'll make you see the light! 8)

I'm still trying to figure out who looks more badass in pictures, you or Jerry. ;)

We both do, I'm just saltier. :lol:

[Jon Westfall]

Hi Rocco, Great to have you on the Thoughts team! I'm sure you'll make a great addition to the Editorial Staff here at SPT!

[Rocco Augusto]

We both do, I'm just saltier. :lol:

and im more diesel'r ;)

[Kris Kumar]

Welcome aboard Rocco!

i dunno about keeping mike and kris in line, theyre pretty good.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. :D

[edgar]

[I'm still trying to figure out who looks more badass in pictures, you or Jerry. ;)


That's easy - Jason of course. Who's more badass than Spiderman?

[edgar]

Rocco

if you keep telling everyone my secret then everyone will have fake inked arms

They ran out of the good ink sets when I got off the ride. Some how the tigger and pooh gauntlet I got didn't work The girls just pointed and laughed. :( :oops:

[Pete Paxton]

I don't know about the pics but "Rocco Augusto"? What a badass name! I just said it three times and I swear I can feel my testosterone level increasing :D More hairs on my chest too, my wife will love that :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

That's easy - Jason of course. Who's more badass than Spiderman?
Well, I was basing it on actual pictures, not avatars. By avatar metrics, Jason's PPCT avatar might win. ;)

--janak

[edgar]

Janak,



So after Jason said all that nice stuff about you in the Birthday note ( Happy Bday old man) you are now inferring that your boss isn't badass looking in real life and looks like a weenor? :twisted:

[Jerry Raia]

We both do, I'm just saltier. :lol:

and im more diesel'r ;)

You are actually, though I get that I look like him alot too, to which I reply, "Yeah 50 pounds and 30 years ago" :lol:

[Jerry Raia]

Rocco

if you keep telling everyone my secret then everyone will have fake inked arms

They ran out of the good ink sets when I got off the ride. Some how the tigger and pooh gauntlet I got didn't work The girls just pointed and laughed. :( :oops:

You guys are gonna make my flash my tats if you dont stop!

[Mike Temporale]

You guys are gonna make my flash my tats if you dont stop!

I'm starting to feel left out here. Where can I get the Smartphone Thoughts tat? :? :lol:

[Jerry Raia]

Where can I get the Smartphone Thoughts tat? :? :lol:

Now that's dedication. :D

[Janak Parekh]

So after Jason said all that nice stuff about you in the Birthday note ( Happy Bday old man) you are now inferring that your boss isn't badass looking in real life and looks like a weenor?
If I had to describe Jason, I'd say he's a pretty mellow Canadian in person. ;) Jason certainly doesn't fit the badass type... except for his online persona when he needs to. :lol:

--janak

[Jerry Raia]

So after Jason said all that nice stuff about you in the Birthday note ( Happy Bday old man) you are now inferring that your boss isn't badass looking in real life and looks like a weenor?
If I had to describe Jason, I'd say he's a pretty mellow Canadian in person. ;) Jason certainly doesn't fit the badass type... except for his online persona when he needs to. :lol:

--janak

Now hold on, Jason embarrassed and humiliated me so much once, because I left out a ", that I had to go to therapy for months. I still have a twitch too. :scatter:

[Kris Kumar]

Now hold on, Jason embarrassed and humiliated me so much once, because I left out a ", that I had to go to therapy for months. I still have a twitch too. :scatter:

Jerry, you are scaring the newbie! :lol:

[Jerry Raia]

Now hold on, Jason embarrassed and humiliated me so much once, because I left out a ", that I had to go to therapy for months. I still have a twitch too. :scatter:

Jerry, you are scaring the newbie! :lol:

Oh it gets worse! Jason tried to turn me into a newt!

[Darius Wey]

You guys are gonna make my flash my tats if you dont stop!

I'm starting to feel left out here. Where can I get the Smartphone Thoughts tat? :? :lol:

Go on! Do it Peter Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Moore_(Microsoft)) style! :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

If I had to describe Jason, I'd say he's a pretty mellow Canadian in person. ;) Jason certainly doesn't fit the badass type...

Yup. Sounds like the rest of us Canucks. ;)

[Mike Temporale]

Go on! Do it Peter Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Moore_(Microsoft)) style! :lol:

8O Now that is dedication to your job

[Janak Parekh]

Yup. Sounds like the rest of us Canucks. ;)
Yes, you're pretty mellow too. :lol: Except when it comes to Smartphone file sync. I think that's the one time you got seriously animated during the Summit talks... ;)

--janak

[Mike Temporale]

Yes, you're pretty mellow too. :lol: Except when it comes to Smartphone file sync. I think that's the one time you got seriously animated during the Summit talks... ;)

:mrgreen: That, and the location of "Time" in Call History. :evil:

[Kris Kumar]

:mrgreen: That, and the location of "Time" in Call History. :evil:

I am glad you lost your cool! How many Windows Mobile releases does it take to move one row up.

And who designed the new Contacts page.

[Mike Temporale]

I am glad you lost your cool! How many Windows Mobile releases does it take to move one row up.

Trust me on this; You don't want to know the answer to that question. :?

[Rocco Augusto]

Now hold on, Jason embarrassed and humiliated me so much once, because I left out a ", that I had to go to therapy for months. I still have a twitch too. :scatter:

Jerry, you are scaring the newbie! :lol:

Oh it gets worse! Jason tried to turn me into a newt!

i dunno how i missed this ;)

oh man, now im gonna have three different people check my work. the last thing i want to be is a newt, then i would have to spend hundreds getting all my pants hemmed down :(

also i would happily sport an SPT tat if someone wanted to buy it for me, i can take a que from all those ebayers and start selling space on my body for jason to logo me up ;)

[Jerry Raia]

last thing i want to be is a newt

I wasn't pretty I tell ya!

[edgar]

How appropro - Opti's thread being hijacked into a completly separate tangent!

HO HO HO! :lol: