July 2007 Archives
Today, we were supposed to have our normal BS Breakfast meeting in the basement of Irvings. People showed up, but their wireless access was out again. So I thought I would see if I could access the Internet on my laptop using bluetooth and the Edge network on my iPhone. This really didn't work. I could connect my iPhone and laptop, but the connection doesn't actually do anything. The good news is that I was able to see my calendar on the iPhone and then write my weekly report in a text file for later import into Google Docs. [The iPhone can see Docs but not edit them yet.] I was also able to add two more sites to the ETS communities aggregator, although that would have been quicker if copy and paste was possible on the iPhone. Speaking of quicker, I'm getting much better with two-thumb typing...as this blog post indicates...all done from the iPhone.
So far, I've been to all of the ANGEL User Conferences. They're good opportunities to share what you're doing, unique issues, new tool requests, etc... with the people who make decisions about the future of ANGEL. In any case, this is the poster that Jeff Swain and I presented at the conference this year. It illustrates the idea of the ANGEL Community Hub that Jeff manages and how we integrate the hub into faculty and staff support.
I missed the original hoopla on Friday since I was at Hershey Park with relatives, and when I got back in town, the iPhones were sold out everywhere I could think to check. I was hoping someone in the office today would be one of the iPhone trial people, but no such luck. Even Brad (who got one on his own) was out. He did offer to come into the office to show me his though, which I thought was nice of him.
So I gave in and ordered an iPhone online. Hopefully, I should have it in a couple of days. Honestly, I've been waiting a very long time, looking for the right smartphone. I was almost sold on the Motorola Q when I heard about the iPhone rumors and decided to wait. So what the heck...I blew my gadget budget for the year, but I don't really care. I just hope that the few inconveniences that others have noted can be resolved with software patches.
