iphone Blogging

the trick, it turns out, is that I couldn't make this work earlier just because I had the password wrong and had been blaming the phone which actually works fine. One word of caution is that buying one of these will make you do a lot of things that inspire your friends and blog readers to call you an asshole. Just keep telling yourself they're just jealous.

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As stated previously, the following is a more likely reason why folks would want to call you an asshole:

xblog.xman.org/articles/2007/07/07/iphone-poseur-sighting

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And why the fuck can I still not post an apporpriately formed link the comments? Turn back on a proper comment system. The internet works on links, asshole.

Posted by Petey | July 9, 2007 3:21 PM

My goodness, what an asshole.

Posted by TDE | July 9, 2007 3:24 PM

FYI, I've discovered that Matt's blog accepts one properly formatted link per post. It takes two to muck things up.

Posted by LaFollette Progressive | July 9, 2007 3:26 PM

And FWIW, I've had a chance to play with the iPhone, and it is indeed a fun toy and useful gizmo.

Personally, I'm not getting one for three reasons.

- I really like the Verizon voice network.

- I tend to lose/break cellphones with regularity, and value using cheap cellphones for their disposability.

- The fashion of the iPhone is atrocious at the moment. Folks call you an asshole because you actually look like an asshole when carrying one. Why not wear a propeller beanie while you're at it?

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The thing that will eventually make me break down and pick one up is that OmniFocus is building a webserver into the app so you view and edit your data on the iPhone.

I really dig good ToDo systems on a portable. I always thought Like Balance was the killer app on PalmOS devices.

Posted by Petey | July 9, 2007 3:31 PM

"FYI, I've discovered that Matt's blog accepts one properly formatted link per post. It takes two to muck things up."

The two link rule has been in effect for a long time. While not loving it, I can accept it.

What's changed in the past month is that the fact that my name is a hyperlink now counts as my one link.

I'm not going to drop my advertising name link. If I'm going to add value to the site, it's the very least I'll accept as a reward. And that currently means that I can't provide a clickable link inside my comment, with I love to do because it's more fun for readers.

Posted by Petey | July 9, 2007 3:36 PM

you know what makes one an even bigger asshole? Stepping away from one's perfectly good desktop in order to post a comment from one's iPhone. I like how the automatic spellcheck on the iPhone has actualy improved Matt's spelling. I'm afraid the iPhone still isn't smart enough to understand the proper instance of 'know' vs. 'no' but once it is I suggest Matt make this an all iPhone, all the time blog.

Posted by js | July 9, 2007 3:41 PM

i think you're more of a douchebag than asshole. glad to see that even progressives will willingly buy into the disposable, conspicuous consumption of capitalist consumer culture.

Posted by matty | July 9, 2007 3:57 PM

actually, you're totally mega-cool for buying a iphone. i used to think you were a douche, but now i'm like "whoa, that guy must be awesome." and you must be so productive now. how did the world ever exist without these ingenious devices?!

Posted by bob | July 9, 2007 3:59 PM

The fashion of the iPhone is atrocious at the moment

I agree. What I hate is how the media talks about how "sleek" and "stylish" as though those aren't subjective things. I personally find the thing hideous. If it's functional, of course, that's what's important. But all I hear about is how cool looking it is.

Posted by Freddie | July 9, 2007 4:09 PM

What's changed in the past month is that the fact that my name is a hyperlink now counts as my one link.

Bogus. I guess it pays to be a slacker with no blog of his own, nor affiliated Presidential campaign, nor affordable anti-impotence drugs to advertise for sale with no prescription required.

Posted by LaFollette Progressive | July 9, 2007 4:10 PM

Hey asshole, are iPhone headsets white?

Posted by jerry | July 9, 2007 4:29 PM

iPhone blogging may be even more boring than footware import duties blogging.

Posted by blah | July 9, 2007 4:40 PM

Did you ever notice the AT&T logo looks like the Death Star? I'm just sayin'...

Posted by joejoejoe | July 9, 2007 5:06 PM

Any of you know if there is any potential application with the iPhone for the MagicPoint digital pen thingy? The stock price of InPlay Technologies, the owner of the MagicPoint technology, has accelerated higher since about when the iPhone was released (See the chart for NPLA here.

Could just be a coincidence, but as the proud owner of an entry-level Nokia phone, I have no idea. Maybe one of you does?

Posted by Fred | July 9, 2007 6:06 PM

I think most people find it hard to think that anyone other than a poser will plonk down five or six hundred dollars for a really neat cellphone, no matter how many technotricks it can do. It's like the man who wears Diesel jeans to go bronco riding.

I'm not getting one, any time soon. Maybe if the price got down to one hundred, I might consider it. But I've got perspective. I was raised in the era of rotary dial phones and manual typewriters.

Note to Petey: just add your website's name as a one text sig. It will require a bit of an effort from readers to paste into their browser, but, on the other hand, seeing the pattern of your comments, I'm not tempted at the moment to investigate your site anyway.

Posted by kishnevi | July 9, 2007 9:55 PM