Brushes for iPhone

After reading some headlines about Brushes I decided to give the app a shot. I must say the art you can put out with this app is very surprising. After watching Mike Miller's video and two hours of painting I was able to accomplish this piece. Though the drawing looks very similar I made sure the artist's work was not copied verbatim. I have not put pencil to paper in years and I must say that this app may get me back in the mood. If you love to paint or draw give the app a whirl. You want be disappointing. Kudos Mike if you read this. It was your piece that really sold me on the app.

Not in my infrastructure you don't!

Should Apple and the iPhone integrate with the business world more like Blackberry? My answer is no. Here's why. I have been in the I.T. field for over ten years. 90% of today's I.T. departments are understaffed in today's work place. With all of the technology we are forced to introduce, adopting another platform just does not aid in increased productivity. Companies are pushing their I.T. departments to the limits. "Hey let's incorporate this into our business model and quick!" has been the attitude lately. So why not put the iPhone in? It is just not built around the business environment. Don't get me wrong it has many business functions but it is not the core functionality. Blackberry has a business infrastructure behind it that can give you control and security strong enough for government use. Until Apple builds such a model I say to the CEO's of the world "Yeah Apple has great products but I don't want it in my infrastructure until we can have full control over it!" "Yes we will push your email and can even make our website iPhone friendly but no I will not support it on my secure network."

How Apple could take over the home computing market!

In my opinion now is the time for Apple to step up and convert home PC users. To do this I recomend a new OS. Apple already has adopted Intel based hardware. Why not put out a PC friendly OS. I don't mean a bootcamp version, I mean full blow OS. So many homes are stuck with budgets that put Mac's out of the picture. We all know Mac is better than Windows. I say that as an avid user of Windows since Windows 95. Have a go at it Apple. It will not change anything with the hard core Mac fans that love your stylish hardware. But it will open up a new world to those who can afford to spend a few hundred on a OS upgrade. Besides they are going to have to eventualy pay Microsoft the same if not more for an upgrade. Where's the love. Here is the kicker. Don't even worry about technical support. Microsoft users are very used to the fact that call up for OS support is a waist of time. That is why all the little PC doc's in town still have a business.

Blog Press and Byline continued...

[Blog Press] I have to say that I am really liking this app. For 2.99 you really can't beat the functionality this app offers to Blogger fans and some select other blog domains. This app is a great app to post, edit, add photos, and blog offline. Though I do not have multiple accounts I am sure the option to send to your multiple accounts at the same time is a plus. I have only encountered one issue during use. When I edited a post and added more photos, when checking the post the images were off centered. By that I mean they were completely outside of the post merging with the previous post. Was not a huge problem I just corrected the issue once in Blogger but non the less was not thrilled when I saw the post. Though I do believe the problem may have been more of a page design flaw on my blog. Once you get use to using the app it really puts a joy into mobile blogging. I think my favorite feature is the offline option to save as a draft and post later. That to me seems to be the most productive tool a blogger can have. Beside lugging around a notebook and finding a place to blog. So I give this app 5 out of 5.


[Byline] This app on the other hand has good quality but lacks a feature that I would really like. That is the ability to choose which folders you would like to update. For those who do not know this app allows you to view your Google Reader offline. The problem I have is that I get so many feeds that before it finishes loading I am ready to close the app. Some feeds I subscribe to I really don't want to check the content every thirty minutes or so and I go in and mark them all as read later. It just makes it easier to weed through all the info and find what you are really wanting to know about at that moment. No one has the time to go through over a thousand feeds in a day unless that is your soul job. I don't get paid for so its not my thing. Though I will continue to use the app I would really like to see this option in a future update. My rating for this app is 3 out of 5. The reason is I have ti sift though and wait while the app loads the feeds. This also causes problems when you are trying to scroll to a feed and data keeps moving your screen while you are getting ready to tap on a interesting feed.

Testing the waters with BlogPress

After reading many reviews I finaly decided to go with BlogPress over iBlogger for the iPhone. I also downloaded byline to get my Google Reader feeds and view them off line. Will post my thoughts on the app in the coming days!

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Google Voice the free phone?

cnr1109 over at dslreports has a very good inkling on a topic that I have been questioning myself. With the recent Google Sync making mobile sync such a breeze and good ole Gmail's contacts it looks like Google could not only knock on Skype's doors, but put a model together to test the waters of carriers with Google Voice. Personally I can not wait for the day to come to test Google Voice. I have been use Google's tools since the first beta Gmail and have moved most of my content since onto their servers. Using Google as a voice mail slash calling service with SMS also is a perfect tie in with business and communications. To think all the money companies spend on voice mail PBX's when you can have Google's powerful infrastructure do it for you free and maybe even better.

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Hidden Gym or not! Dropbox

The next step in computing is cloud computing. We are just moving in that direction. There are many storage sites for files, photos, videos, ect. So I am testing now to see what makes dropbox any different than all the rest. So far day:1 I'm not too impressed. I have used folder share and seems to be almost identical. The only thing I am seeing so far that that entices me is the mobile access. Too be continued........

R.I.P. old friend.........

As a prior owner of OQO Model 2 I am sad to hear the doors closing over at OQO. The company that really put UMPC's on the map has fallen to the market. With the uprise of Netbooks for pennies on the dollar it is not to surprising. One thing is for certain in the current economy. It is about price and quantity not quality. So R.I.P. Old Friend ...

Favorite Mashable of the day! Tweetstack

Tweetstack for iPhone. If your into twitter, love using Tweetdeck, and own an iPhone or iPod Touch then check out the new app in iTunes Store. Follow the read over at Mashable to get the details.

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On a roll!

I think i have the final layout i will use.

Just Getting Started

I'm not sure if I like this layout yet but just getting started here.