ios Taking Charge Of My Attention Over the past few weeks I’ve experimented with leaving my Phone at home when I head out for the day. The release of iOS Screen Time shocked me. Having a look at my raw usage data around how much I was using my devices/apps pushed me into trying
mobile Kids And The Network; A Progression It's been awhile since I've written about my kiddos (boy, 13. daughter, 10) and their relationship with, and use of, the Network. Anecdotal Stuff * If I ever utter the word "ethernet cable" my son rolls his eyes. My daughter does nothing because she doesn&
apple After Several Weeks With Apple Watch I keep putting it on each day which means something I suppose. I use it for * Checking the time. * Strava start/stop for commuter rides when I'm wearing the watch. I don't wear it for true sports activities. * Paying for stuff at the grocery with Apple
gps Apple Watch Review I just spent a week with the Apple Watch. I thought it was going to be the answer to my sports activity tracking needs, however it’s not. Surprisingly though I’ve found a ton of value in it in ways I didn’t anticipate. The Good Wearing the following
handset iOS to Android Migration Complete Punchline if you don't want to read further: I'm successfully using a compact Android phone (for now), but I want an iPhone 4S with NFC, running iOS. Well, I did it. For the first time since Apple released an iPhone, mine (latest, iPhone 6) now sits
location Location Labs & Non-GPS API based LBS I'm a heavy FourSquare user and am intrigued by Location Based Services at large. LBS related stuff will lead to the most significant behavioral changes on Earth since the network came online 15 years ago. Just The Beginning While we're all basking in what feels like
programming Google I/O: My Impressions Photo from Matthias Schicker's post. [http://www.medien.ifi.lmu.de/fileadmin/mimuc/mmi_ws0405/uebung/essays/matthias.schicker/Devices_for_text_input.htm] [http://www.medien.ifi.lmu.de/fileadmin/mimuc/mmi_ws0405/uebung/essays/matthias.schicker/Devices_for_text_input.htm] I attended last week'
handset The Mess of Carriers, Handsets, App Stores & Consumers. I remember the day my mother brought home her first cell phone. It was the true brick (pictured here), and looking back it was the result of the carriers of the day defining the handset as a product that would run on their network, and having someone build it for
location BrightKite for iPhone. The fact it took BrightKite and Loopt as long as it did to distribute their iPhone apps must be some indication as to how niche the market continues to be. That's a bummer because location is going to be the next axis upon which the web tilts. GPS
location Loopt for iPhone; wow If you don't want to see a grown man gush like a tween at a Britney Spears concert, stop reading. I've been a sucker for the pairing of lat/lng based data/apps for many years. Threading location into the fabric of the web "only
apple iPhone 3G/2.x firmware disappointment I had two concerns just over a year ago with leaving my Palm Treo 680 for the iPhone. One, how was I going to do going from a physical keyboard with plenty of tactile feedback, to a touch screen with none? Two, how was UI responsiveness going to be? Physical,
iphone iPhone/iTunes sync pain It's beyond me why the iPhone & iTunes don't support sync'ing from multiple computers. Jason Snell has a good video post [http://iphone.macworld.com/2007/07/video_iphone_multisync.php] that proves it is possible to do multiple machine sync; but it is
apple iPhone, Safari, Mobile Apps, and mobile carriers. Apple did it! Hosted mobile applications on the iPhone are powerful and useful. We've long desired a useful browser on a mobile device, but no-one has pulled it off; until now. I've been involved in many efforts to wedge a full-blown browser onto tiny solid-state devices;
iphone iPhone keyboard and laziness Spell-checkers have given all of us a crutch when it comes to writing; we let them fill the gaps in our lacking spelling capabilities. We've stopped memorizing the phone numbers of friends and family and have given that responsibility over to the contact lists in our cell phones.
gadgets iPhone A friend of mine and I went to the Boulder Apple store around 5:45 and got in line. We were number 165 (out of say 250) by the time the doors opened. We were inside the store buying our iPhones by about 6:30 and we were all set
