You might be an OmniFocus guru or a Things aficionado. But the Due app for iOS is a valuable addition to any toolbox (TUAW review). It's not for scheduling your life or planning a project. It's for those times when you really don't want to forget something but it's just not going to make it into your task list. Those unplanned imminent tasks.
Due is more of a timer than a scheduler.
I received the notification yesterday. Two things strike me. The product is named "World Ease" on the tracking page and Apple and UPS have some amazing coordination. 1M units are, in theory, traveling by a similar route all over the country and due to arrive on the exact same day.
My current 32GB iPhone 4:
This is after moving photos and video off of the phone. Earlier in the week Instacast could not download anymore podcasts since I had run out of available space. Many of those 160 apps are single use tools, like IMDb, Hipmunk and AroundMe. I don't use them everyday, but then again, when I need them, I'm glad I have them on my phone.
Up early to pre-order a new iPhone. As of last week, my household is one mobile phone down from previously optimal levels. It seemed like the perfect time to get a new iPhone. Unfortunately Apple's servers disagreed. I spent about 40 minutes refreshing my browser and enjoying the familiar "We'll be right back" post-it styled note.
I've never pre-ordered an iPhone before so maybe my experience today was typical. I was surprised that what I actually pre-ordered was a reservation for an iPhone pre-order.
There's plenty of coverage for the latest Apple iPhone announcement so my round-up is not needed. However, there seems to be very little excitement about the new camera. Most of the press seems to be disappointed. I look at it differently. If Nikon announced a new point and shoot camera with f2.4 and 8 megapixels that could remotely post to any photo service and generate greeting cards, the media would probably go nuts.
Beer Tracking Trilogy Episode 4
See this post for the introduction and ground rules
Bento I started this project in Bento. A couple of years ago, I created a Bento database for cataloging beers I drank. The purpose was to know what to buy again, and what to avoid at all costs. Bento worked moderately well but had some frustrating rough edges.
Bento on the Mac has two different views into the data.
I tried Paprika (Mac AppStore link) awhile back on the iPad but I did not like their paid syncing solution and there was not a corresponding Mac application. Both of those issues are now gone. Syncing is free and the application is available across iPhone, iPad and Mac. It’s a lovely looking app and has some nice features like meal planning and shopping lists.
On the recent episode of the B&B Podcast, Shawn and Ben had a lengthy discussion about the optimal home computing setup. They got pretty close to what I settled on a couple of years ago. I think this post describes my ideal setup until Thunderbolt is ubiquitous. At that point a MacBook Air could instantly connect to an array of devices through one cable and replace my desktop. I would still keep the MacMini server though.
I bought my first dashboard GPS unit in 2006. My wife had been against the idea for the prior year. Every time I suggested buying one she suggested that we were smart enough to use a map. But then one Saturday we went on a road trip to Ikea that nearly ended at divorce court.
We managed to take the right exit, but on the wrong highway. Because it was an industrial park on a Saturday morning, there were few options for getting local directions.
I have a crack in the front glass of my iPhone 4. The device works exactly as it always has, except for a blemish on the Retina display. It would cost about $200 to get it repaired by Apple.[1] I’ve decided to leave the crack there as subtle reminder of how fragile our lives are.
Let me explain a bit. I’m not being hyperbolic or romantic when I say that. You see, our 3 year old daughter could have drown this week.
