Switching from the thumbs

February 20, 2009 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

I’m really still adjusting to the finger typing of the iPhone. I was a master thumb-typer on the Blackberry, but it’s tough to do on the iPhone.

One app that’s made it a bit easier is TouchType. It allows a user to compose email and Tweets, with spell-check, in a separate window, using the landscape mode keyboard. It works nicely and does make it a bit easier to thumb-type. Even at that, the missing tactile response of the Blackberry buttons is a big minus. I’m adjusting, but it’s the one thing about the Blackberry that I really prefer over the iPhone.

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Another Start

February 19, 2009 in Personal, Phone Posts by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

It’s another start for the site. I’ve killed off the other blogging projects for the sake of a better focus here. I hope to do much more original stuff here than I’ve done in the past few years.

New look. New feel. New commitment.

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Climbing

February 19, 2009 in Personal, Phone Posts, Technology, Writing by Tony Steidler-Dennison | 1 comment

The new book climbs to almost #610,000 on Amazon.

It might be a bit of a niche …

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Cleaned and Waiting

February 19, 2009 in Apple, Phone Posts, Technology by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

I cleaned up some of the apps on the iPhone this morning – stuff that looked attractive and useful when I downloaded them, but that seldom get used. I’m now down to three screens, all of which contain apps I actually use regularly.

The app I’ve waited for with the most anticipation is the uSirius StarPlayr Sirius XM app. It’s been in Apple’s approval queue for nearly three weeks, now. Hopefully, it’ll be out in the next few days and I can add CNN and MLB Home Plate to my daily listening.

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links for 2009-02-17

February 17, 2009 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

  • memeorandum
    Online news is changing. Increasingly, stories are broken and analyzed in near real-time and away from established news sites.

    memeorandum offers you a window into this new world of news, focusing primarily on U.S. politics and current affairs.

    It auto-generates a news summary every 5 minutes, drawing on experts and pundits, insiders and outsiders, media professionals and amateur bloggers.

    (tags: reference tools politics media online social journalism political)
  • OpenCongress
    OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to help make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation.
    (tags: politics activism reference news opensource government congress legislation transparency)

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