hasbean Steve iPhone Fund
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UPDATE - Steve has already commented on this post and we have just spoken on the phone, so any donations are going to be made to www.coffeekids.org
If you fancy donating something, you can do it direct on their site here 
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For those of you have met Steve Leighton, you won’t forget him. He is one of the most generous, kind, thoughtful and top chaps you could hope to meet. He does so much for other people, both in this country and for the people he meets on his coffee travels in Africa, and South America.
He never asks for anything back, he just gives, and that deserves recognition and in this case, us giving something back to him.
A fellow Mac fanboy and a lost iPhone
Steve and I started keeping in touch after I began to order my coffee from him and we had that fateful “ooo, you’re a Mac fanboy too!” conversation 
He was VERY excited to get his first iPhone before all of us, and then his 3G and then his 3GS last Friday. Unfortunately, he has now lost it 
And this is where we come in. As I’ve stated before, Steve always gives, and in this case we can help someone who really deserves it.
hasbean Steve iPhone Fund
My suggestion is that we buy Steve his new phone. He has many, many customers, and so if everyone gives a little, it will all add up very quickly
So, I think the best thing to do is to use PayPal. My paypal email address is
jonmoss at mac.com
Please mark donations “hasbean Steve iPhone fund” and just send what you can For starters, I’m giving a tenner, the very least I can do for all the generosity Steve has given me personally over the years. (If anyone has a better suggestion, don’t be shy and let me know quickly!).
I’m sure with the power of the web, we can soon get this moving, so please retweet, please blog about this and link to this post.
Steve you are a star mate, and you truly deserve something back after all the times you have given.
Nick Hand and Slowcoast
I first met Nick at the Do Lectures last year. We instantly got on with our love for Canon gear, photography, and Macs
It was by chance we met once again at Liverpool’s b.tween event last week, so it was great to catch up and chat. He did tell me about a little, or rather, large adventure which begins for him on Sunday.
Slowcoast. So what’s all this then?! Well… simply put …
So, as you can see, this is not only an adventure of a lifetime, but something which is going to have some great outputs too. Nick is going to be coming past Hull, and so I’ll be catching up with him then
You can follow his travels in a number of ways:
So, please do follow him on twitter and give him some support. All that remains is to say, have an amazing trip Nick and see you soon!
Fiat’s Eco Drive
Fiat’s Eco Drive, originally uploaded by JonnyMoss.
Brilliant. Green technology from Fiat, and done very, very well by the looks of things.
Wordpress 2.8 Launched
Check out the video below, telling you all about the great new features of Wordpress 2.8 “Baker”:
Great job guys! Launch details can be found here >>>> click!
WWDC Shirt
WWDC Shirt, originally uploaded by Icon Designer.
Love this Tshirt -fingers crossed it will be for sale soon!
Quick WWDC 09 thoughts
So, some very quick thoughts after today’s keynote (it’s been a L O N G day and the week is completely full until Sunday!).
- Shame we did not see Steve – hope he is doing ok – hello Steve!
- Gruber had the 3GS nailed in his post over the weekend
- iPhone 3.0 software looks great, and not bad for free, and coming on 17th June (I think)
- New iPhone – iPhone 3Gs – not as radical a change as anticipated but some nice new features such as video camera (no video chat), faster, better battery etc. Full details here.
What was great to see was the price for Snow Leopard, $29.99 in the US so about £100 here and the focus on faster and smarter. Not coming until September, but this will be a good one and I have high hopes of it on the MacPro (good excuse to max the RAM out to 16GB!).
Lastly, although first on the keynote agenda, were the hardware updates for the 15″ MBP, the 13″ MacBook, now part of the “Pro” line and the MacBook Air. Lots of new features, with the main ones being the special new battery now in the 13″ and 15″ as well as the 17″, Firewire 800 on all models (bar the Air) and faster processors. I bet there are a few people smarting right now who have bought a 13″ or 15″ model in the past month or so, as these announcements were a complete surprise.
What stood out for me, being an Air owner, is the BIG drop in price and a bump in procesor speed on the SSD version. Good effort!
So, overall a VERY impressive keynote, some great new software, and hardware, and really does set Apple up for a great summer. Roll on the availability of iPhone 3.0 and the info on the 3GS in the UK
