Music Player (Remix)

In addition to Uberkernal and Govnah (for turning up CPU speed) there is another great reason to Homebrew. Music Player (Remix).

Stronger Than Ever

I love HomeBrew!!

Palmed On

The new multi-billion-dollar Canada Line (built for the Olympics) was built with full 3G (or 4G) coverage, so you never lose  your signal in the tunnels, in fact it may be the best coverage in town.

\l It looks the close relationship I have with my Pre is safe and secure. I was a little concerned that it might be relagated to second fiddle, but I think at this point I can see how things are going to shape up.

I have grown too fond of mobile writing and blogging. It seems like I do some of my most productive writing while on Transit or just walking down the sidewalk, or standing in line somewhere. I can never predict when inspiration will strike. I have found it to be pointless to wait until later to write. I need to go with the flow when the going is good.

My laptop is not nearly as portable - or as immediately accessible - as my Pre. And the unlimited data plan on my Pre sure is nice. I have a 3G Rocket stick from Rogers on my laptop with tighly monitored (and billed) data usage so I need to do as much on my phone as I can.

What I think is going to happen is that my laptop is actually going to play second fiddle to my phone! I love the twenty-first century. This second decade is going to be amazing as humanity really becomes connected and the rest of the planet joins the Information Age. I plan to be there for all of it - don't miss a thing!

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-- Sent from my palm Pre

Paid Deletion

I am going to be deleting some paid apps. I think I may have deleted a couple cheap games, but nothing else that I paid for. 

I have two apps in mind. And they are both good apps. I think I paid $5 & $3 for them. But I don't need or use them any more. Scratch and ClassicNote were both good apps for writing with, and I'be  blogged with both apps. 

But Notes is just so much better, for myself at least. I now use notes exclusively for nearly all my writing. I even compose my emails on it. I also write up my lengthier facebook posts (of which I have many) as well as posts I make to various online articles and essay. Same with forums. I find it too difficult to make longer posts in those little boxes. So I just paste them in after I've written them up in Notes.

I am hard pressed to say just what it is that makes Notes better. A lof it is "feel". Notes feels better. It's just more pleasant to use. And the updates seem to be weekly. The only things I wish it could do is edit my blogspot posts, but I think I need a real computer for that.

I have been doing lots of writing lately, which means this app is getting lots of use. It just may be my most used app right now. It's a close race between Notes, GrooveShark and the default music player for what get's the most use.

It will be interesting to see how my Pre's role in my will change now that I have a laptop. It is currently not connected so it's impact has really begun. I have come to realize that an unconnected computer is next to useless. I need to figure out how sync a laptop that isn't on the cloud with my Pre, then I will be good. I am seriously considering a rocket stick. I hear that the data usage can be pretty expensive if you're not careful. We'll see what happens, but I don't think I really want to have to go for coffee everytime I need to get online.

http://ferenczyram.blogspot.com - my personal blog
http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

A kick in the Lap

My priorities seem to have been in flux lately. The main reason I had thought to make this blog my top priority was because I thought it would be the easiest to write for. It turns out I had a bit more inspiration than I thought and just haven't had a lot left for here. What has really eaten up my time and attention is the new laptop I just picked up. I have no internet yet either, which is delaying the integration process considerably. Been working allot as well.

I will probably take a few weeks to re-establish a little more discipline in my routine and find a new rhythm that works for me. I acquired the laptop to allow me to write and communicate more effectively. It is my intention that the end result will be even greater ease and ability to express my self.

Despite all that, the other really significant reason for getting my own computer was so I can finally homebrew my phone. I will write all about that. Lots of apps to discuss as well. I will be more active here soon enough.

http://ferenczyram.blogspot.com - my personal blog
http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

FaceBook on my Pre (14 Sep 2010)

FaceBook seems to have taken over my phone. I have no idea how it happened. Only that it did. At least I am having fun and meeting really interesting people. And some of the discussions are quite substantial. 

The experience can be a little hampered by the phone itself (or by webOS). For the most part I do like the FB app, but it does have a few short-comings. I can't like individual comments (just the original post). There are lots of pages that won't load in the app, so it will fire up the browser. It will often not show all my notifications, but it is not as bad for this as the mobile browser. Notifications in the mobile browser is terrible, with way too many not being listed. For example, the only way I can even see the palm discussion that Rahul Sood is a part of is on the full browser. And loading the full browser is difficult. Even when I am able to get it open it will often reload as the mobile. Frustrating for sure.

The app is the most responsive, except when it loads the browser. I have on a few occasions been able to use FB chat, but only from the full version, since it is not supported in the app or on mobile. 

I am really getting to rely upon FaceBook throughout the day. I look forward to seeing it work better under 2.0. In the mean time I try a little harder to get on a real computer every day just to maximize my FB experience. I hope to not always have to. I will probably have a new computer before then...

http://ferenczyram.blogspot.com - my personal blog
http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

Less is More

I am regularly surprized by how many apps I have. And by how many of them I have never (or nearly never) used. And the many that I have used but still haven't really figured out. The craziest part is that I have already deleted every app that I am willing to. I do so at least every week or so. At the moment I actually believe every app on my phone is useful.

Or it is one app in a niche I haven't fully flushed out yet for myself. Even for documents I am still not completely settled. I am feeling pretty satisfied and comfortable with Notes, but I will not be deleting Scratch or ClassicNotes any time soon. The fact that all are paid apps may provide some protection from deletion. If space does become a premium it is nice to know I can reinstall them any time should I decide to erase them.

There are two areas right now where I need to perhaps trim some fat. I have too many list apps and too many money (financial/bills apps).

Daily and ShopList serve similar functions, but have different functions for me. Daily I actually try and use every day. It's main purpose for me is to help me discipline myself on a daily basis. Shoplist I don't use every day, but I do use it regularly as more of a custom Agenda for special days or as a simple breakdown of more complex tasks. I use TrackMyWork to track my blogging, martial arts training and my work. MyLists and Checklists are quite similar. I think I prefer Checklists and may very well uograde to the paid and delete Checklists. We'll see.

For finances it is my hope that Dough will allow me to delete the other two apps. I have been using cashbox, but often forget to use it. Financial apps seem to work best when I actually use them consistently. When I am broke it is easier to stay disciplined.

I still don't get twitter, but I sm learning and I think I will purchase Bad Kitty soon. In the mean time I will figure things out first on the free twitter apps. I am still new to the various social media apps. I've only been on FaceBook a few months after all.

I am still not comfortable with the gps-based apps. Mainly because I am not very confident in that area of my Pre's performance. Google Maps just isn't that impressive, and I guess I judge other apps by the same standard. So I have Yelp and Foursquare but haven't really used them (yet). But I mean to, one of these days.

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-- Sent from my palm Pre