I did something interesting recently. I bought a "dumb phone" to replace my Windows Smart Phone. Why would I do such a thing you ask? Two reasons, the Verizon XV6800 isn’t a very good phone and I wasn’t getting my money out of the data plan to justify the data charges. I like the features of the XV6800 and Windows Mobile is OK but in the end I’m very happy with my decision.
By the way, I have been "cheating" so far. I still have the XV6800 and I am using it much like a PDA. I connect to Exchange using ActiveSync, still upload notes in Evernote, etc using the wireless. I am considering selling the XV6800 and purchasing an Ipod touch or something similar but for now this is working out for me.
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Just a quick heads up that I’m on-board for the "Social Network Revolution". Over the last few weeks I’ve created accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, and Friend Feed. I’ll be integrating a lot of this information into the blog "in the near future". For now, here are the links to everything.
A quick note on Friend Feed in case you aren’t familiar with it. Friend Feed is really nice because it aggregates all of your social networks into one feed. My friend feed has the blog, twitter, and delicious all in one place. NICE!
Delicious - http://delicious.com/aarondelp - If you subscribe to the feed, you already see these links (Hint! Hint!)
Twitter - http://twitter.com/aarondelp
Friend Feed - http://friendfeed.com/aarondelp
FaceBook - Friend me up if you know me in real life. I’m saving that space to stay in touch with old friends.
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Posted by: Aaron Delp in Life
Something interesting happened to my plane on the way back from the IBM Technical Conference. I flew back on a new 757 with an “entertainment system” in the headrest. In the middle of the video about passenger safety, the video froze and after about a mintue I saw the following:
It’s a blurry picture from my phone (yes, it was supposed to be off but I couldn’t resist pulling it out and turning it on to capture this). The picture is the system rebooting itself. The seats use Red hat Linux. I thought it was hysterical. Everyone around me was just looking around, confused what all this “stuff” was on their screen. In a few minutes, everything was fine.
I played around with it and I found some features I liked. The music was free and had a great selection. The video is another story. I’m sorry but I’m not swiping my credit card to play a movie or a TV show. I know the airlines are desperate for cash but come on…
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