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Months later, using N95 and iPhoneJune 10 2008

Several months ago, when Apple released the iPhone, many in the early adopter circle spent countless hours comparing the high-end Nokia N95 with Apple’s new phone. In fact, N95 vs. iPhone has been the number one search term that brings people to my site here.

I had not been aware of the N95 until the chatter became a roar. I investigated and wanted an N95 badly. I thought that it was the better phone. It’s dangerous to proclaim something ‘better’– would you say that a convertible sports car is better than a 4wd truck– regardless of the fundamental different utilities of each? It’s not that fine of a line.

Anyway, here I sit now, months later, with both an iPhone and an N95, with substantial mileage on both.

The new iPhone with the high-speed data network and GPS is a big sell for me, as well as allowed software that can be installed (some programs are free, others not). Both phones are amazing, with each having some excellent features the other doesn’t have (that 5 MP camera on the Nokia is divine, although, miserably slow to focus and respond)

Which phone works better for me? The iPhone. Here’s why:

Maybe because I’m a bit older, maybe because I’m not European, but the concept of text messaging (SMS) came to me late. My first experience texting was with a full keyboard. The idea of repeatedly hitting a key on a numeric keypad feels absolutely prehistoric. With the iPhone (and I imagine some Blackberries and

For Only One Day (also, “Ouch!”)June 4 2008

When not talking about Twitter, what do you do in life?April 22 2008

Today I asked a very simple question.

“When you aren’t blogging and talking about social media and software, what do you actually DO in life? Tell me something echo-free.”

The answers are awesome. And normal. And human. People play guitar, paint, do some fairly interesting jobs; ride BMX, sketch, read books (wtf!), run, sell bicycles and even build robots! Which shouldn’t be surprising. But it is.

I am learning things about people I’ve known for a while. Did it never occur to us not to ask? If we aren’t part of a solution, we’re part of the problem.

As a human, a brother, sister, mother or father. A son or daughter. Outside the echo chamber of web geeks chattering about web geek things, what do you do?

UPDATED: That annoying FriendFeed ‘feature’ people likeApril 19 2008

Update at the end of post. The feature I’m griping about here IS there, but heh, poorly implemented. Sorry guys, it’s an iPhone world we live in. Be like Apple. I’m not going to delete this post. Skip to the end.

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Some software can be palatable with simple toggles: on/off. That’s my solution for the FriendFeed team regarding this ‘feature’. I discovered odd behavior with the aggregator site, where I have around 400 people following me. I used to follow around 200, but only by way of importing my address book. I was too lazy to go on the big ‘add, add, add’ crusade.

Recently, I ditched everyone and started over. To start, I follow only 10 people. What a great way to manage the noise!

I don’t follow Jason Calacanis or Jeremy Hall, but I know people who do.

Then I noticed something weird. I was getting updates from people I do not follow.

Eventually, I figured it out, with the help of some folks on Twitter and Flickr, commenting that this is a feature that a lot of people are apparently happy about. If one of the people you follow (a ‘friend’) makes a comment on someone else’s post (who you don’t follow), you will see

My overly irritating $80 Wordpress theme adventureApril 18 2008

I found a seemingly great theme for this site (for 80 bucks, mind you), installed it, and it felt like I was dealing with a freebie. Things broke everywhere, I had to manually muck with code, and of course, other support? Forums. It’s all my problem, now.

If anyone has experience with Revolution Pro Media, drop me a line. It’s great (makes the blog feel less blog-ish and more media-ish), and I really want to use it–I just wasn’t planning on my day being sucked up by support (I followed a youtube link embedding tutorial PERFECTLY and no such luck. I’m not an idiot.). So I’ve rolled back to Copyblogger theme.

I’ll get to it when I get to it.

Update: Playing with The Masterplan: The morning after