iPhone 4S and Siri Impact on Productivity

Apple 4S Siri scheduling calendar item

Last week Apple launched their latest phone, the iPhone 4S. Included with this phone came some amazing software called Siri. I’m using Siri right now to write this blog. The technology behind Siri is nothing new. The system is powered by a popular dictation software company called new Nuance. Nuance produces great software for the [...] Read more »

Video: My first impressions of iPhone 4

I got the iPhone 4 this week. Here’s one of my first videos and some early impressions. After 5 days I still absolutely love it versus my old iPhone 3G. … Sent from my iPhone Read more »

My fist QR Code – scan this into your phone

If you’re not familiar with QR codes, they are an increasingly popular method of sharing information similar to a bar code. Users with a smartphone can focus their camera on this code and the QR code software will save the information behind the code on their phone. In this case, it’s my URL, but it [...] Read more »

Audio and Video: How to podcast from your iPad or iPhone and publish on WordPress and iTunes

Mobile Podcaster

It’s finally here … Mobile Podcaster. Since January 2011 I’ve been podcasting on from my iPad and publishing to WordPress and iTunes without ever touching my blog or a computer. It’s a really awesome system.  I’m really proud of it and it’s now available for you too, so if you’re interested check out Mobile Podcaster. The [...] Read more »

Use Safari, MobileMe and Ping.fm to share browser bookmarks and content across iMac, iPhone and iPad

Here’s a quick video to illustrate how I use Safari, MobileMe and Ping.fm to share browser bookmarks and content across my iMac, iPhone and iPad. Why do I take this approach? MobileMe syncs Safari bookmarks across any Apple device you setup with MobileMe and Safari Safari is a great browser - fast, reliable, and compliant [...] Read more »

Mac Custom Human Finger Mouse Cursor for iPad and iPhone Simulator Screencasts and Tutorials

mac iphone ipad custom finger mouse cursor

Have a new iPad or iPhone app you want to demo?  You probably want this Mac custom human finger mouse cursor app that offers a great solution for screencasts and tutorials using the iPad/iPhone Simulator. PhoneFinger transforms your Mac’s mouse cursor into a realistic simulated human finger for testing and demoing iPad applications and websites. [...] Read more »

Mobile Phones Will Serve as the Online Content Consumption Platform of Choice by 2013

wptouch wordpress theme iphone screenshot

More evidence today from Gartner that mobile phones will serve as the online content consumption platform of choice by 2013.  Is your company preparing for the shift?  It’s happening now, so get on-board. By 2013, mobile phones could easily surpass PCs as the way most people hop onto the Web. Gartner’s statistics show that the [...] Read more »

How to post audio directly to WordPress from iPhone

Audioboo record audio to Wordpress

Posting audio directly to WordPress from my iPhone has been a project of mine for a few weeks and I have a very good solution now that you might try. Audio is a great format to communicate with your readers for several reasons: audio blog posts are much faster to produce audio blog posts do [...] Read more »

Don’t Stop, Don’t Think, Don’t Edit

2010

2010 is off to a running start and we all have goals we want to achieve this year at some level.  Typically, my first advice is to write your goals down.  It is such a simple thing that most people take for granted, yet it is so effective. But then what?  How do you get [...] Read more »

How to start a podcast quickly, easily and without spending a fortune

Samson CO1U USB Condenser Microphone

Listen or Download Starting a podcast is easier than ever these days.  You can use some of the free tools that come with virtually every computer these days or make a few modest purchases to improve the quality of your podcast.  I recommend you focus on content creation before buying a bunch of unnecessary equipment. [...] Read more »