January 2010
20 posts
1 tag
3 Things I'm wondering about on the new iPhone...
Will it have voice recognition across the OS like the Nexus One. I’ve been using Dragon dictation on my iPhone allot more and now almost consider it a must have for every text box.
Will it have a front facing camera. I think folks will do allot more video conferencing once they finally have it on their phones vs. in the living room or office.
How will multi-tasking, background processes...
What Are Your Top 5 Most Forgotten Tasks or...
Here’s Mine …
Check Process
Pay Bill
Make Phone Call
Transport Cargo
Run Errand
Does this not cover just about everything?
Moving Forward On My iPhone App
I think I’ve finally decided on my iPhone app approach. I’ve been wanting to develop what I’m calling a “one touch” reminder or alarm app but was frustrated with the lack of background timers. I’ve raised a feature request and have done what I can there.
Now my choices are to simply write the app using foreground timers (forcing users to keep the app running) or use push notifications for the...
My New Years Resolutions for the Next 10 Years
2010 - Try my hand at Stand-Up Comedy
2011 - Go sky diving
2012 - Go in person to see the ball drop in Time Square
2013 - Richard Petty Driving Experience
2014 - Get Licensed to drive a Motorcycle
2015 - Go on some sort of geeky sabbatical to silicon valley.
2016 - Take a long Motorcycle trip across the country with my son.
2017 - Start my own business
2018 - Take flying lessons
2019...
Motivation
Ever have one of those days where you really just need to work on something that you personally find fun?
Something tells me that this time next year I am going to have to explain to my son why we lie about Santa Claus
4 Newbie Apple Push Notification Server/Service...
1. I’m thinking of using the software available at easyapns.com as the start for my push server. What other recommendations are out there? Has anyone used Erica Sadun’s perl script examples in production?
2. http://easyapns.com simply takes care of pushing notifications it finds in a MySQL table. Does anyone have any sample code or tutorials for accepting some sort of data from an...
playing with the tumblr app for iPhone … just elimanted another app idea. Tumblr’s queuing plus Twitter integration means more contolled timing of Frank spam for you :)
I wonder if persistent GPS will be the “prenuptial agreement” of the next decade … “But honey, why would you mind me knowing where you are at all times?”
“Intelligence is the ability to predict the future”
– Ray Kurzweil
wondering if it’s possible to get Xbox Live data in the form of a feed … might be neat to “socialize” the family’s Xbox activity #xbox
finally got the Apple TV and the new Xbox 360 both working in the living room on a network switch … had to do some port forwarding but all is finally well
wondering what tumblr posts look like when they hit twitter … looking at tumblr as a tweet queuing mechanism
playing around with my web content and life-streaming activities … I need to draw a flow chart
Shouldn’t All Good Futurists Be Rich? http://bit.ly/6LxKwc #fb
Do you, or anyone you know, own a robot? Yes the Roomba counts. In 2020, I think the number of Yes votes will be vastly different. #fb
interesting find … The Drudge Report of Robotics … http://www.therobotreport.com/ #fb
Idea
I’d like an iPhone app with one (or two if you count launching the app) setting of reminders … have an idea of how to do it …
Statement
Looks like friendfeed sucks for real life streaming … guess I’ll try something else..
Question
I wonder if a 3D movie takes up more space on a DVD than a regular movie and if so how much more.
September 2009
8 posts
My wife Stacy is looking for a job. She’s a fantastic Administrative Assistant with 20 years of experience. Just ask for a resume. #fb
RT @tweetmeme Chase On The Chase – New Hampshire Post Race Report | Staggered Special http://bit.ly/TrG3n
Chase On The Chase – New Hampshire Post Race Report | Staggered Special http://bit.ly/TrG3n #fb
Having tech trouble … hope to be back shortly
Daddy Has a Helper on His NASCAR Website - “Chase On The Chase” - http://bit.ly/UNjAi #fb
RT @NASCAR_Foundat: Help us get to 500 fans on Facebook - encourage your friends to become a Fan of The NASCAR Foundation! #fb
room painted, oil changed, pool closed … I need a weekend from my weekend #fb
my baby starts college today … sigh #fb
August 2009
8 posts
Help Please!!! Need to raise $95 by Friday deadline for a MS Charity Bike Ride. Easy Credit Card Donation, $5 will help. http://bit.ly/92aSX
An Update on My New NASCAR Blog - Hey folks! Been awhile since I wrote anything on this personal blog so I … http://bit.ly/12AC2J #fb
gimme 10
ya know … life can be really hard with out a good sense of humor … where can I get me one of those? #fb
first our microwave blows up … next the neighbor comes over and lectures us on her armegeddon prophecies … I should write a book #fb
recovering from a busy weekend … pool finally done … survived Chase’s Chuck E. Cheese birthday party … more pictures coming soon. #fb
watching our new pool being installed and thinking seriously about a Mikes Hard Lemonade #fb
damn I’m in a good mood today … amazing what a good nights sleep, a relaxing Sunday and a sunny Monday morning can do for me #fb
July 2009
24 posts
my oldest daughter’s 18th birthday is tomorrow … I expect to get teary eyed at some point over the next 24 hours #fb
just realized I can’t search my journal in Backpack … I’m not very happy with you right now 37signals
just me or does Google’s search (something they should be good at) kinda suck in Gmail? a search for “niche” should have found “niches”
just finished watching Religulous and haven’t been struck by lightning #fb
thinking seriously about hiring a life coach … does that make me a dork?
just narrowly averted an extreme case of work educed high blood pressure … it’s amazing how well honesty works some times #fb
when I was a young man I got an extraordinary amount of satisfaction doing things for others, now … not so much. what happened? #fb
I actually scanned through 120 tweets in my “Not Really Friends” group and found nothing of value to me … time to clean house
I’d like to be able to forward iPhone voicemail in e-mail or as an MMS message … with visual voicemail it shouldn’t be that hard.
I wonder if/when the iPhone app store will get push notifications for app updates
this families staples are cereal and ice cream … there isn’t a clean bowl in the house … this has got to change #fb
it amazes me that my iPhone got even more useful with the addition of push notifications … beejiveim and prowl alone could change lives
taking feedback to heart and trying to do more networking, for someone who likes to talk as much as me it’s surprising that’s a problem #fb
half way done with my first bike ride with Tim, ass hurts but I’m still alive #fb