Wednesday Thoughts

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Life in general 

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Well, the blogging has been a little on the sparse side as late. Nothing drastically wrong here, just a tad short of time! Juggling a number of great projects is fun, but doesn’t allow much time for a lot else.

Organisation – perhaps I need to streamline my calendars, project management, to dos etc. One of the downsides of having a love for all things web and technology is that I am easily tempted to use the latest and greatest online apps, and also desktop apps. Having totted up the number I use, it’s actually quite a few, which, of course, takes time to manage.

I’ll write a post up on this in the near future….. I know a few of you are avid GTDers, and I’ve yet to really dabble in this area. Things is looking very promising, but needs to sync across multiple computers.

Air time – after 6, yes, 6 poorly finished MacBookPros 2.53ghz – all singing and dancing mobile powerhouse Macs, I finally through in the towel and said no more. To say I have had my Apple brand love dented is an understatement.

However, the new MacBookAir is superb (although was STILL not perfect out of the box – scratch on bottom, and small scuffs – tiny but noticeable to the Moss eye!). The 128Gb SSD seems to make the machine very snappy and so far, performing well. The iSkin Pro Touch FX keyboard cover arrived which will keep the keys pristine and a Radtech cloth is also on the way.

The only negative so far is that the fans do come on during video chat, something that didn’t happen with the old MBP.

Stockholm – last week I spent a hugely enjoyable couple of days in Stockholm, Sweden with the orbitsville gang. There were a number of things that really stood out – a superb welcome and really good to meet like-minded people, all with a passion about the web and marketing, the broadband speed (which is still making me chuckle in awe!), and finally the quality of the buildings and services. My initial view of Sweden is that they are getting an awful lot right. Just like the UK. Yeah right :(

It’s late and I have an early telecon, so that’s all for now folks!

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2 Responses to “Wednesday Thoughts”

  1. Jonathan Robertson on November 20th, 2008 2:11 am

    Can't believe you had SIX MBPs!!!

    Not surprise it has dented your opinion of Apple.

    Have to admit, mine hasn't moved off my studio desk since I bought it and I'm currently very reluctant to take it out on my travels with me because the unibody does fell like it will scratch easily and 'chip' on the edges.

    So you went for the Air did you? Is it powerful enough for work or are you just going to use it as a mobile machine and continue to do your work on your tower?

    Jonathan

  2. theappleofmyi on November 20th, 2008 10:54 am

    Six is not good eh?? Dented? Almost snapped ;-)

    The Air is purely mobile, MacPro for any heavy stuff, but I spend most of my time using web apps and email etc. It seems pretty snappy to be fair and perfect for travelling.

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