I've been doing a lot of de-cluttering of my home recently...call it a Feng shui attack - a lot of 'crap' is gone, a lot is lined up ready to ship out. If the last box remaining isn't the last of it, it's very close to it.
I've done the same to my car which was a mess inside and out (now it's looking good) and my work space at work.
Something about work is I finally feel as though I am fully equipped to take on any challenge that comes in for me. I feel my major clean up (after 5 years of hard work, living and travelling) gave me a condensed look at what I have achieved. Usually I don't stop to take time and appreciate what I have done.
As most regulars might have already picked up on :P is that I have a background in 'Information Technology' and I still have a strong interest in developments in most, if not all, aspects of what is known as simply 'technology'.
I've been at my current place of work for over 7 years now - To young people that sounds like a lot, to others...they'd say that time passes so fast 7 years would have went by quick.
Anyhow in 7 "short" years (I still consider myself somewhat 'young') the reduction in size for pieces of technology and their increased abilities is really quite fascinating...not to mention the prices.
When I first started I had a 'tower' PC with a 15 or 17 inch CRT monitor, then during computer upgrades it became a 'desktop' computer with a 17 inch flat screen display that outperformed its predecessor AND took up less space...now I have a i5 Laptop which outperforms its predecessor and takes up even less space.
Now I think I could almost, perhaps get away with working with a current, or upcoming generation 'smart' phone running Android. Why not get a tablet? I imagine some of you are thinking. My answer to this is the issue is size, I want something that takes up as little of possible but is still usable.
If I were provided with one it would replace the following tools of my trade both out in the field and in the office.
- Digital Camera (with ability to capture location)
- Audio/Video recording
- Clock/Watch//Stopwatch/Timer
- Clip board and pen/pencil
- In car navigator
- Phone Directory
- Calendar
- Communications (Phone, SMS/Pager, Email, GPS)
And no doubt potentially a lot more It sounds like I'm preparing my speech to management doesn't it? :P All I need now is USB input, better software support...and an everlasting battery!
hahah, everlasting battery... yeah... your so silly. But invest or make a solar charger for your phone, it can make a big dent in how often you have to use a wall charger.
ReplyDeleteGoing from the solar charger Atley suggested, may I recommend looking into the possibility of having one mounted directly into the back of the phone? It doesn't add any bulk, and you can just put it down in the sunlight like that to charge it!
ReplyDeleteI have a nook color rooted and running as a tablet. I don't know that I would replace all that much with it. I find it to be capable enough for entertainment purposes and my wife has dropped it once but in all it is a finicky toy. Android doesn't support transparent proxies right now unless you install the a multitap kernel and one of the later versions of android (CM7 for instance does not right now work with proxies but I haven't installed a custom kernel yet to test).
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