With the recent introduction of the iPad, the question has been posed by many people.  Will you get an iPad?  I didn’t have to think very hard on this question.  I have already made a commitment to develop software for Mac OSX, iPhone & the iPod.  The iPad is the next logical extension of my programming skills.  I think the question is not will I get an iPad.  The question is when will I get an iPad.  For me personally, I will probably get one after I have gotten a few iPhone Apps under my belt.  Who knows, by then, maybe the service plan for WiFi will be FREE   Okay,...

I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS with 16GB of memory.  This is my first iPhone and my first experience using Apple’s multi-touch interface.  I have never used an iPod touch either.  I purchased the iPhone  for the purpose of learning Objective-C, Cocoa and doing iPhone Application development.  Up until this point my experience with Smart phones has been limited to using and programming Palm OS & Windows Mobile Smart phones.  This post covers my personal experience with the iPhone. User Interface: I am very impressed with the user interface.  It is very easy &...

You have a lots of appointments to keep.  You need something to help you remember when to leave for your next appointment.  Wouldn’t it be great if you got a text message that told you about a meeting coming up?  Google has an App for that. Now you can have text messages sent to your phone at a predetermined time before an event will occur.  I can see myself using this feature a lot.  This will especially be handy for reminding me about Appointments, Birthdays and Anniversaries.  Not to mention keeping me on task for ongoing activities like this blog post. WARNING:  If you...

Last week I posted two articles “No more USB access to public computers” and “More reasons for online storage“.  In the first article I listed 8 online storage service providers that had a free storage option.   I didn’t receive any other suggestions so I will be reviewing the options in that list. The storage options: SugarSync Mozy Box.net FilesAnywhere ADrive GoogleDocs OfficeLive SkyDrive Acid Test:  A sure test, giving an incontestable result. When I first thought about the different kinds of tests I could do.  It all came down to what basic...

While preparing for another post related to my online storage article, No more USB access to public computer,  a friend’s data file became corrupted.  In addition to that incident, a shared computer came down with a virus about the same time.  The corruption cause is unknown, but the file contained data that represented many man-hours of work and there was no backup.  He had a deadline and asked for my help with reconstruction of the data.  I helped him reconstruct the data.  Getting the reconstructed data from my computer to his computer. In most collaborative environments you...