I’m trying to keep busy at work, but it’s not very motivating when there’s no direction from management and little communication between the only other member of your team. This place is really going downhill.

People have left. People have been let go. On Thursday we were all on a “MANDATORY” conference call where we were yelled at for 45 minutes by our CEO for something that 90% of us had no idea what it was about. The structure is being rearranged pretty much weekly - yet it’s not being announced, so most people don’t know who they report to anymore. I think it’s only a matter of time before there’s a rash of more people leaving (perhaps myself included if I can get a portfolio together?). I love this company, but this environment isn’t very healthy at all. Read the rest of this entry »

I will be going on a few trips out of town over the next few weeks. This will delay any updates or major modifications to the website until sometime in August or maybe even September. I have a lot of catch-up work to do for school as well.

I’ve only had the iPhone for 25 hours, and so far I’ve learned a few things.

1. I REALLY like the white iPhone. Does that make me girly?
2. The 8GB would not have been nearly enough for me. I’m glad I went with the 16GB.
3. The Remote app ROCKS. Now I just need to remember to leave my computer speakers on all the time…
4. My old iPod USB cable DOES work with the iPhone 3G.
5. My old iPod Firewire car charger does NOT work with the iPhone 3G.
6. I’m REALLY going to need a case for it. So far, this one is my favorite even though I would really prefer a neoprene case that left the back viewable so you can see the GelaSkin. Otherwise, I’m going to have to forgo the GelaSkin =(
7. Super Monkey Ball is REALLY HARD to play when in a car.
8. It’s only a matter of time before Steve gets one too.

I’m so happy (and completely exhausted)! I’ve been wanting for this for 1.5+ years now and I finally have it. I wish there was more storage so I wouldn’t need to rely on my ipod as much, but I think it’ll work out just fine. The top rated songs only take up approx. 1/2 the disk space (so far). That leaves 8GB for apps, movies (maybe only for travel), video podcasts, photos, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

I was lucky enough to not have to wait in line for too long (only 3 hours) to get my 16 GB iPhone this morning. Unfortunately, by the time I got through the door they were out of the 16 GB black. So I ended up grabbing one of the last white ones - which I’m actually starting to really like. It seems to do really well when it comes to fingerprints and smudges on the back. You can only notice them on the silver apple logo. The plastic case actually feels really nice in my small hand. Congrats to KC for getting the LAST ONE at the store. He got a few comments and dirty looks on his way out of the store.

The iTunes store is (of course) having issues due to the demand, so we were allowed to bring our phones home and finish activation from home. I’ve been trying to activate mine for almost 3 hours now, and I’m not even sure that it’s fully activated. It does seem to have partially activated… weird. At least now I can make/receive calls with it.

So far I’m really happy with the phone. My only complaint (if you can call it that):

After bringing it home and activating, I tried to connect the iPhone headphones - and at first they didn’t seem to fit! Apparently they do actually fit - but they’re REALLY snug. You have to give it a good push to get that extra “click” - and that doesn’t give me the warm-n-fuzzies.

Once you get it fully connected, it doesn’t fit smoothly because it’s no longer recessed, and the back of the phone is curved. It’s the same for other headphones so it’s no just the Apple-supplied ones that do this. Not too big of a deal, but I would have expected better from Apple. Funny thing is that the new headphones fit very nicely/easily on the old iPhone.