Be of Use

So $162 later, I had a iPhone replacement. Like most others with Smartphones, this is so much more than a phone. Pictures, books, music...pretty pedestrian stuff, but I get my money's worth out of it and then some. While I was well aware of how iCloud helps manage content from the iTunes and Apps Store, I was really happy to get my contacts and Photo Stream back with just a username and password. How did we get along before the cloud? Beats me...I guess we just accepted data loss or jumped through hoops to back stuff up. A few weeks ago I just wrapped up listening to Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson for the second time. The part of the book where he Jobs berates the Mobile Me staff is memorable - the changes he made payed off from my vantage point. I'm sure there are people who can poke holes in the service, but it does it what I need it to do. Have my back.

Dropped my iPhone in the water yesterday. Yup, needed to check my email so badly that I had to take it out over water. I watched the life flicker out of it, then Googled what to do - so now it sits in a sealed bowl with rice. I have little hope. What was so important? Nothing...just the feeling that I can check it, so I should. Being that this information obsession is going to cost me, its time to take a breath and re-evaluate my usage.

Started this up as a New Year's resolution this year. If you look at my time stamps, it's been too long...like another resolution gone bad. But here I go again. Hoping to be more consistent. Update: Looking back on it, it may have something to do with the beginning of the Spring semester at UWM, along with doing it with two kids for the first time...just saying.