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Playing around with Time-Lapse Photography

Trying out my new tripod with an N82. Prepping for doing some time-lapse photography around work.

Where you at?

Funny video. [via Peter B]

Write-by tagging by Darla Mack - 8 Random Things About Me

I usually don't appreciate being tagged, but it's from Darla, so it's hard to ignore. I will share things relevant in this context (see random item 7). Also, this is a good time, as you will see below.

In any case, I'll post the rules, though I might have to ignore a few (sorry for being a spoil-sport, but it'll be evident below, why).

8 Random Things About Me: Darla Mack - Nokia S60 News and Reviews:

RULES
* We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
* Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1) Origins: My parents and I all come from different continents, and I have lived on all three of them. And I'm proud of it.
2) Interests: I am deep into my second career (maybe third), which all seem quite different from each other, but I do see a thread through them all.
3) Vices: I am addicted to writing. It's a compulsion. I have a ton of books I want to write and never got to write one last summer (though I wrote it all down in a concentrated version that seemed to purge the need to write the book). I am trying to do a writing project this summer, though, and actually have made some significant progress (that's a good sign).
4) Changes: I've lost my lust for gadgets. Yes! Or at least it seems that way. I'm more interested in the user.
5) Near future: I'm in the middle of some big things. And we're all excited.
6) Now thinking: This site is not about ME, but about some things I think of around the Mobile Lifestyle theme. It may continue that way, even as it wends away from the current topic to the topics that are now getting my attention. My publisher-self has been thinking hard about this site and where I want the writing to go, since I use this site also to be able to point folks to what I've been thinking. The Mobile Lifestyle still dominates my thoughts, but other threads are making their way in and I know it will soon dominate my thinking. I thoroughly enjoy all my readers coming by and discussing things, and I am thinking that maybe as I drift, I will hold everyone's attention, teaching them new things outside their field, interesting things, I hope. Let's see. I think this random nudge is a good time to voice these thoughts.
7) Now people: What's more, I am stressing more my 'first life' connections rather than my 'second life' connections and the conversations that arise in the real world, so I am increasingly tightening my attention channels (with regular 'attention purges' to borrow a phrase from Matt Jones). No offense, but it's really what fits my life best at the moment.
8) Tagging: Hence, I, myself, am leery of any threads that not only rope me in but make me bang my head to think of folks who would enjoy such a thread. So, in the interest of my sanity, I am flipping the last two rules above on their head to read:

* At the end of your blog post, ask eight people to tag themselves and list their names in the comments.
* Don't forget to leave them a comment, thanking them for tagging themselves and leaving a trackback on your blog.

So, eight of you might feel inclined to post 8 random thoughts about you on your site. Be more creative than me. Just remember to leave a trackback here (I'll approve it as soon as possible) and a comment that you posted it so I can go read it too and leave a 'thank you'.

Tchau.

Admob - Transparency at its best

Happened to stop over at Russ' Admob to read up on them and I was definitely impressed with the clear and understandable marketing: show the real business stats.

Way to go Russ!

Thinking about the Web 2.0 Expo 2007

Eh, I'm not so interested in this conference, but I'll be on that side of the world just the week before.

In any case, this workshop might be reason enough to go.

Link: Web 2.0 Expo 2007, April 15-18, 2007, San Francisco, California:

The Iterative App: From Discord to Design

Kelly Goto, Principal and Founder, gotomedia

Track: Design and User Experience
Date: Sunday, April 15
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: 2003

Due to the diverse demands of clients, bosses, engineers, and designers, web application design has reached a new level of frenzy and discord. Kelly Goto can help you refine your application development process and project management to an art form. Learn the behind-the-scenes techniques for rapid prototyping and learn to include iterative usability testing cycles in your project development.

But, $1500 for a Web 2.0 conference? Am I cheap or is that a lot?

What the heck? Ford Schick? In a game?

Following a string of cognections, set off by twitters from Matt Jones on game god Warren Spector, led me to Spector's Wikipedia page and this photo below.

I rarely see my name not connected to someone I know or a box of razors.

Ford Schick (from Wikipedia)

* D&D Trivia: One of the game developers was called Lawrence Schick.

Separated at birth?

Happened to be browsing the T3 gadget magazine and noticed the colophon:

Which reminded me of the Sonera logo:

Download the Nokia N73 Time Zone Upgrader

Go figure. I had recently heard of the new Daylight Savings Time rules in the US (at least) and saw some discussion regarding Apple and such.

Well, at least my companie's hands are sort of clean. :-) Here (link below) is a file to update the time zones on an N73. I guess there are other ones for other Nokia phones. At least the S60 ones.

This makes me proud.

I'm curious to know who else had been making such files available - Apple? Sony Ericsson? Microsoft? Please let me know.

Link: Nokia - Smartphone - Phone software - Nokia N73 - Product support - Get support and software:

Nokia Time Zone Upgrader
Nokia_N73_TimeZone_upgrader.SIS
23-Feb-2007 | 15.30 KB | English

The date of the "Daylight saving time" will be changing in certain countries during 2007. This application updates database in the device containing the daylight saving time dates. This will help e.g. in avoiding a conflict in calendar synchronisation if the device and PC are having a different time. Please restart your device after installation for the changes to take effect.

Update: While I was posting this, I was doing an SW Update check and, lo!, Apple is also offering a Time Zone update. Yeah!

Awesome video: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Stephen Johnston pointed out this great video about what the Web has become.

It tells a great story and shows with great examples and animation where we are today with respect to people and the Web.

Check it out.

Click here to go straight to YouTube.

Mobile Le Web 3 pages - get 'em to your phone from here

I set up a link on my WINKsite to the Le Web 3 feed so that you can read it from your mobile.

On your mobile, type in the URL: http://winksite.com/cschick/mobile.

Or, if you live in the US, send MOBILECHARLIE via SMS to 41411 (courtesy of TextMarks).

Or, WINKsite can send an SMS to your phone (more countries) - click here.

Oh, and there's a WidSet, too. Use the button below to get it to your phone.

Heh heh, let me know if any of these aren't working.