Communicating in a networked world
Apple Computer had already announced that there are problems with power bricks for the old PowerBook and iBook computers (now officially discontinued) - the small cord coming out of the brick (carrying low voltage) is under a lot of stress and … [Continue reading]
Automattic released their Wordpress app for the iPhone this week. Since I'm fairly mobile, I wanted to try it out. For offline blogging from a laptop computer, I already use Ecto, which gives me substantial freedom in that I can create new posts … [Continue reading]
·GlobalVoices ADVOCACY has a page they call the Access Denied Map. On it they track visually, including pop-up annotations, countries that prohibit access to web sites. The thing that made the biggest impression on me is the number of countries … [Continue reading]
One of the first things I just had to do with my 3G iPhone was to supplement those Apple-supplied ringtones with my own. I have written, performed and recorded enough music that I wanted to use snips from my own recordings as my ringtones. This was … [Continue reading]
I spent a really interesting and entertaining four hours in line at the Apple Store in Palo Alto (California, USA) last Friday morning, waiting to purchase an Apple iPhone "3G." I had a great four-hour conversation with the guy in line behind me [see … [Continue reading]