I think I read this awhile ago on MacRumors. Anyways, I thought it's a pretty interesting trivia to past along.
Being tied up with work. Hopefully I can get some more posts up on a regular basis.
Not sure if they're having this in US, but in Japan, you can get a Windows 7 Whopper at a Burger King in Japan for the price of 777 yen (about $8.50) for the first 30 customers everyday from now to the 28th.
Known for its powerful vacuum cleaners, Dyson has a new fan for gadgeteers.
So this week, I installed Snow Leopard on my iMac and MacBook Air. I decided to go with a clean install this time.
Finally blocked out some time to do a clean install of Snow Leopard on my MacBook Air. To do a clean install, you have to boot up the Mac with the Snow Leopard DVD. And then use Disk Utility to erase the hard drive.
Sure there are a lot of multiplayer battle and competition games, but where did all the cooperative games go? You know the games where everyone works together to beat the stages.
Forgot to upload this. It's the black Wii on sale before the price drop in Japan.
I happen to be one of the unlucky ones that couldn't access Facebook for a week or so. They finally got around fixing it, and here's the apology from them.
I got my Google Voice invitation awhile ago, but I couldn't use it because I was in Japan. I was back in LA two weeks ago, and had a chance to try Google Voice out. And I can understand why Apple would want to reject the Google Voice app and still let apps like Skype on the iPhone.
Interesting interview about NIN on Twitter and iPhone. Here's the link.
My favorite quote from it:
We took to heart lessons on how people steal music, watched how people steal music and interacted with people who steal and learned why people steal music. People aren't stealing music to make money. They steal because they love music. They want it as soon as it's out and that's a good thing. It isn't like people are boot-legging the music and making lots of money off your record, they just want it.
I got Snow Leopard via the up-to-date program. It finally got here yesterday. Except I'll be too busy this week to install it. Pondering whether I should do a clean install... that would take an entire day.
Always thought this was convenient and most people might not notice. If you type in a word in Spotlight search on Mac OS X, it will also return you the results of the word from the dictionary.
One of the wonderful, or not so wonderful thing that internet devices has brought to our lives is always having a Internet connection, and allowing us to check email anytime.
For me, the iPhone has literally plugged my head into the Internet. And I find myself always wanting to check email. Check in the morning. Check while waiting for the elevators. Check before I go to sleep...
It has become and addiction and is starting to prove to be a distraction.
Yesterday, I came by a book by Naoyuki Honda, a Japanese productivity expert. Inside his book, he has a nice productivity tip - don’t check email at night. His primary reason, if I recall correctly, is that at night, you don’t have a specific time where you end and stop work.
In other words, you don’t have a deadline to stop working, and you fall in the trap of getting absorbed into the work that the emails lead you to do, and distracts you from other tasks like reading a book, studying, watching news, or simply resting.
I like this tip, and I’m going to try hard to NOT check emails after I get home.
Ok, so I don’t open my email software on my desktop. It’s all ok, right? Oh no, yes, iPhone has push emails! So, do we really need push email? My life was fine without it before, so I’m sure I can handle. On that note, I’m turning off push.
That’s right! I control my emails, not the other way around.
Just passing this on from TUAW. Looks like you can still buy the very very first and original 5GB iPod for $129.
Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can surely take advantage of the Kindle app to sample a big selection of books for FREE! (usually the entire first chapter too)
Here’s how:
At work, do you file and categorize your emails on your computer? With an iPhone, you can accomplish that on the go as well. In other words, you see an email on your iPhone, and you put it into folder A. When you get back to your office or home, in your mail application, that email will be inside folder A.
The trick here is to use an IMAP mail service so that the folder structures for your mail are synced on both your computer and iPhone. MobileMe and Gmail both have IMAP support. First make sure you have your mail application to be set up for IMAP. MobileMe, by default, should be set up for IMAP on your PC and Mac. Gmail users can use both POP and IMAP, so make sure you're using IMAP. Make some folders. On the iPhone once you setup your account with IMAP settings, you will see the folders.
A few years ago, I was not a big fan of all-in-one devices. The biggest reason is that if it breaks, that means everything on the ship sinks with it too.
Over these years, my preference has changed and I’m starting to prefer all-in-one devices and computers. Why? This can be answered with my iMac and iPhone.
Less things to carry
Before iPhone, I had to carry an iPod, a camera phone, and a PDA. The iPhone simplified all three devices into one.
Less wires, cords, and space to take up
A regular desktop computer usually needs two power cords. And a monitor cable is needed. And the tower takes up some real estate. Enter an all-in-one computer like the iMac. Boom, three cables are gone, and the tower disappears.
The cons
Well, not everything is perfect. For example, with the iMac, I can’t turn the screen off easily. And I can’t use the screen with other devices, like a Mac Mini for example.
But, in the end, I prefer it all-in-ones, and that is why with the next TV I’m going to buy, I’m considering one with a hard drive recorder built-in. However, jamming features and functions into one device is one thing, they key is to make sure the interface is nicely done, and the final product is easy to use.
One has to wonder how far all-in-one can go. What if my iMac comes with a built-in scanner and printer? What if the PS3 or Wii were built in right into the TV? Wouldn’t that be nice?
Recently I’ve been looking for apps that allows me to accomplish work with my iPhone.
Here’s one task I do on a daily basis:
They "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes".
It's like my computer is saying, "I care about your eyes, and that's why I'm dimming (or brightening) the display for you."
Isn't that nice =)
I recently just found a really nifty feature with iChat and GarageBand. GarageBand and iChat are integrated for recording conversations and meetings. This can also be very nifty for recording podcasts as well. I tried it with iLife '09.
On sale this month from Sega Toys is a toy that projects fireworks to walls and ceilings at your own home. You can choose and sequence the type of fireworks as well as being able to create your own original fireworks. Neat! It's available in Japan for around 12,00 yen ($120 USD) on Amazon Japan.
If you have 20 iPhones or iPods, then the dock for you is here - the Parasync can charge AND sync up to 20 iPhones or iPods. Isn't that neat!
Yesterday watching a TV show here in the land of the rising sun, there was a segment on finding out the origin of that iPod clicker sound when you spin the wheel. (Personally, I dislike that sound and always turn it off.)
Came across this the other day in a magazine. In Japan, they have a 24 CTU themed car navigational unit. The dubbed voices of Chloe and Jack Bauer will provide the directions to help you reach your destination. It'll even count down as your approach the destination with the 24 hour clock style.
So last time I tried out Shiso-flavored Pepsi, and recently, I had the chance of trying out Green Tea Coke. I prefer this over the Pepsi as it really do take like Coke.
About 4 months ago, I gave my quick review of the Keynote Remote app for iPhone. I do a lot of presentations during meetings with clients. Once I enter that meeting room, I want to be able to get everything set up in the shortest amount of time possible. So for those situations, I prefer to stick with the Front Row remote rather than the Keynote Remote app for iPhone, which requires me to pair it up.
Recently though, I had a chance to use it at an internal meeting where I had time before hand to pair the computer with the iPhone app.
Surprised reaction to using iPhone to control presentations
So the meeting started, and I navigated to the next slide with a swipe on my iPhone, and my boss asked, "You can do that?" So, apparently, it seems that using your iPhone or touch to control presentations is a pretty neat and cool thing.
Portrait mode in Kyenote Remote iPhone app rocks!
Since the slide shows up on the iPhone, there's no need to look at the presentation screen. That's great, but even better is to have your notes available to you when the app is in portrait mode.
Tip on using notes on Keynote Remote
Although you can put a bunch of notes and memo for each slide, but I don't recommend that. Besides, the screen real estate on your iPhone isn't very big and navigating through lots of text isn't very practical during a presentation. Instead, I recommend putting down the key message of the slide. Every slide has a purpose and a message to deliver.
So every time when I move to a new slide, I get reminded exactly what I need to convey with the slide by the app. Very very nice.
So, if you do presentations where you have ample time to set up the equipment beforehand, this app is a gem for doing presentations.
So I was going to meet a client at a train station, and I was about 15 minutes early. Listening to the latest MacBreak Weekly Podcast, I decided to see if I could get some work done on my iPhone.
I'd like to have one of these. LaCie itsaKey USB Flash Drive is a USB drive in the shape of a key.
This would be a "boxing" picture as I will be selling this slim iPod touch 2g.
Spotted this at the Japanese electronics store, Bic Camera in Shinjuku. I wouldn't mind having one of these = )
This weekend I had a chance to go to a Gundam event in Japan where they're exhibiting a life-size Gundam. And it was a great opportunity for me to test out taking video with an iPhone 3GS.
I started off as an iPod touch user, and when the iPhone was finally released in Japan, I made the switch. And after having some time playing with an iPhone 3GS, I present you an updated post comparing the iPod touch 2g with the iPhone 3GS.
One of the perks of living in Japan is being able to have exotic and strange foods. Last month, Pepsi launched a Shiso flavor of Pepsi. Shiso is an herb used to accompany sushi and sashimi, and other dishes.
If you have more than one Mac and an iPhone (like me), here are 5 reasons why MobileMe would be great for you.
In a previous post, I mentioned how you can use your calendar as a reference / index to find files. The key point here is making sure to include the date in your file name. The idea is that files and notes would be tied to events and meetings on your calendar. Therefore, it would make sense to search your calendar to that event, retrieve the date, and use the date to key up your files.
I realized that another good place to to help you find files is your todo app. If you are descriptive about your tasks and todos, you can use that to search for tasks, which in turn can lead you to the files you're looking for.
GTD and searching comes hand in hand.
The problem:
One of the most exciting new features for iPhone users is the ability to search your MobileMe email account.
I've worked on quite a couple of research projects at my previous consulting jobs. I thought I share two Google tips that I find to be helpful during my researches.
SoftBank gives you two addresses: 1 email address and the other a MMS email address. It can be confusing, so to clarify that a bit, here are the steps to set up the MMS.
The iPhone 3G can watch movies and YouTube videos. So out of the box, it isn't exactly a "real business phone." After just restoring and getting my iPhone 3G to a clean state with the 3.0 software, I'm going to walk through the steps I did to get the iPhone 3G primed up for business.
