bill prescott

U14.2 Fixture

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:10:52 +1100

U14.2 Fixture

Snowy day

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:36:38 +1000

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Snowy day

Pension Grimus

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:31:37 +1000

Pension Grimus

Why blog

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:30:46 +1000

When you have no opinion, have nothing to say, just existing.

Life’s good…

I’m at North Warrandyte “Checking out Gowalla upgrade. ” ...

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:21:35 +1100

I’m at North Warrandyte

“Checking out Gowalla upgrade. ”

Follow me on Gowalla

iPhone 4 Front camera faulty

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:02:50 +1000

Finally got my iPhone 4 and lurv it. ( let me know if anyone wants to hug it).

I did however have a problem. When swapping between the back and front camera the camera would freeze. The shutter would then remained closed.

The only way to get it back is to do a hard reboot.

I returned to apple and they replaced it. Problem was that they ran out of iPhone 4’s except a handful of swap outs which I was lucky to get but a number of people started to complain that I was buying one and almost caused a “situation”. Apple gal said she needed to remove it from the floor before a riot broke out.

iPhone 3G struggling on OS4

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:26:12 +1000

Apple appears to have acknowledged that there could be an issue with the 3G phone running OS4.

The phone runs extremely slow resulting in many apps not running.

It does appear to be due to memory and the only work arounds that have alleviated the issue is to first turn off the spotlight search and doing a hard reboot every few days.

There is some chatter that a fix is on the way.

iPhone 4.0 OS for the 3G - Features

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:56:37 +1000

If you are wondering what you actually get on the 3G phone when you upgrade to iPhone 4.0 OS here be a list of what we have found so far.

Folders - Simply press on an app and drag it to another app and let go. A Folder will be created. You can add and remove apps as well as change the name of the folders.

Camera Zoom - Simply tap the screen when running the camera and you will get a slider at the bottom of the screen. Not real great zoom but better than nothing.

Photos now have places. Once you click on the photos, you will see Albums and Places icons. Click on places and you will get a map showing the location of you photos (those with lats and longs). Click on the market and it will show you which photos.

Search - You can now search the Web and Wikipedia from the iPhone spotlight search.

Email - Now you have a single thread option for all emails. Click on you mail app and choose “All Inboxes”.

iPod - New playlist functionality including easy edit and delete. Some nice UI changes for selecting music.

iBook App - Download from the App Store - Not sure yet if it will sync the page you are up to between iPad and iPhone.

Images and Video to come.

Enjoy.

First 10 hours of iPad play. @twiipad @lons

Sat, 29 May 2010 15:02:00 +1000

Hour 1. Setup is a breeze, basically plug in to iTunes and Sync away. Most of the time is spent optimizing photos.

Hour 2. Setup mail, Twitter App, Realize that there is no need for a Facebook app, just use the standard website and save link to home page. Make a call on the iPad using Fring.

Hour 3. Looks at Apps. First you will be asked to install the iBooks Store. Install Angry Birds and Scrabble. Download a few free books in the bookstore.

Hour 4. Kids steal iPad :-(

Hour 5. Kids still using iPad.

Hour 6. Steal iPad back from Kids. Install Kindle App, Marvel App and search for Lucifers Hammer via iTunes audible books. Download a few comics. Very kewl.

Hour 7. Play scrabble with family, this iPad thing is already a hit.

Hour 8. Catch up on a few tweets, emails an FB updates. Review a few movies, the quality of the stream is outstanding.

Hour 9. Finally down to 20% battery, 9 HOURS insane!! Wifey and I turn on the slideshow and reminisce over photos we have not seen for a few years.

Hour 10. Angry Birds. Oh nooo so addictive, need to conquer ASAP to get my life back.

What a great device. Yes it’s a little like an overgrown iPod Touch but the screen size totally changes it’s dynamic.

Well done Steve. I give this 9 out of a possible 10 Turtlenecks.

Twitter tools covered in http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/ #TWiTwi @thisweekintwitt EP12

Fri, 21 May 2010 17:14:00 +1000

TWiTwi Episode #12 with Jessica Gottlieb @JessicaGottlieb Serial Mommy Blogger

www.twitter.com is still very popular for accessing tweets.

Tools mentioned

tweetdeck for the ipad - http://www.tweetdeck.com/ipad/
tweety - http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/
boxcar - http://boxcar.io/
twitterific - http://twitterrific.com/
tweet FLOW - http://www.presselite.com/iphone/tweetflow/
tweetings http://www.tweetings.net/site/
twittelator - http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/

In the News.

ad.ly - http://ad.ly/ - Ad.ly is an advertising platform on Twitter where people get paid for tweeting … Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc. and is not affiliated with Adly, Inc.
twittercounter - http://twittercounter.com/ - Get a clear overview and graph of your twitter stats

Something to ponder - Should mommy blogger’s give dating advice to their children on twitter?

Twitter tools covered in http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/ #TWiTwi @thisweekintwitt EP11

Tue, 11 May 2010 17:50:12 +1000

TWiTwi Episode #11 with Mike Prasad @mikeprasad

Tool of the week.

Flirt140- www.flirt140.com - Twitter dating site - Flirt140 is a site that helps Twitter-ers find each other for dates and more.

Tip of the week.

Twitter backgrounds - Is it a branding opportunity? Its not really that important for the normal tweeter. Large % of people access twitter via phone client anyway.

http://twitter.com/jonathan360 is a good one.

Some pointers

Do proper dimensions
Consistent theme
Use a Photo
Catchy Tag lines
Clean and not to busy

Not a great example - http://twitter.com/comcastcares

In the News

Blackbird Pie Tool. http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ - tool takes URLs of tweets and turns them into easily embeddable HTML. Would love to show you but it does not work on Tumblr :-(

For those that do no know.. To get your url click on the timestamp on the tweet and then copy the link.

Something to ponder - Has twitter caused a dip in RSS feed consumption?

Twitter tools covered in http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/ #TWiTwi @thisweekintwitt EP10

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:49:49 +1000

TWiTwi Episode #10 with Aaron Cohen @AaronCohen777 (another tweetdeck user)

Tool of the week

Listorious - http://listorious.com/ Follow @listorious on Twitter to be notified of more follow-worthy lists!

Other Tips Mentioned

http://search.twitter.com/advanced - Complete twitter search..

If you want to understand the operators for the search goto http://search.twitter.com/operators , Pretty handy RSS feed for the search as well.

http://www.buzzom.com/ - Buzzom is a smart and fast way to experience Twitter. It provides best platform for social media monitoring, marketing , business strategy planning.

Klout - http://klout.com/ - Klout measures influence on topics across the social web to find the people the world listens to.

Something to Ponder - Does the Twitter Retweet Feature have to go?

Qantas iPhone Boarding Pass

Tue, 04 May 2010 08:44:26 +1000

Just used the iPhone boarding pass to reduce paper. You scan the phone then they print out a paper reciept!! #fail

Twitter tools / applications covered in http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/ #TWiTwi @thisweekintwitt EP09

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:38:25 +1000

This week in Twitter Episode 09 - Seth Harwood (another tweetdeck user!)

http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/twitwi-09-with-seth-harwood/

Tool of the week.

twittertimes - http://www.twittertim.es/ - The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account. (well not really real time).

Other tools mentioned.

twilert - http://www.twilert.com/ - Twilert is a Twitter application that enables you to receive regular email updates of tweets containing your brand, product, service.

Twapperkeeper http://twapperkeeper.com/index.php - Archive tweets, trending tweets and hashtags.

Tip of the week

Twitter Bio

Detail who you are
Explain what it is that they are going to get from following you.
Super Quick and Punchy
Almost like a CV

Stay clear of

Politics
Religion
Your credo
Do not get too Jokey

Something to ponder - Would you pay twitter to avoid the ads?

Here be a summary of the twitter tools / applications covered in http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-twitter/ #TWiTwi @thisweekintwitt

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:20:00 +1000

Episode 08

Tools mentioned in the News.

Bit.ly http://bit.ly/ - Shorten, Share and track your links
Twitpic http://www.twitpic.com/ - Share photos on twitter
Stocktwits http://stocktwits.com/ - Open, community powered, investment idea and information platform. Share ideas and learn from professional traders and investors.
Spymaster http://playspymaster.com/ Game.
yfrog http://yfrog.com/ - Photos and Videos for Twitter
ad.ly - http://ad.ly/ - In-stream advertising on twitter
Magpie http://be-a-magpie.com/en/ - Advertising Network on twitter
flixup http://flixup.com/ - Where people talk about movies
brizzly http://brizzly.com/ - See and share photos, videos and more. …

Tools and Apps

powertwitter http://powertwitter.me/ adds multimedia tools via browser plugins
monitter http://monitter.com/ - like tweetdeck but a twitter monitor.
twitlonger http://twitlonger.com/ - post longer messages - adds a link like a more button.
For the iPad - twitterrific http://twitterrific.com/ - twitter client, simple and solid
twitrans http://twitrans.onehourtranslation.com/ - translate your tweets. Human translation.
trendsmap http://trendsmap.com/ - real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world.
isfollow http://isfollow.com/ - Help you quickly and easily find out who is following who without having to login and scroll through ‘following’ result pages
friendorfollow http://friendorfollow.com/ - Management application that shows the user who they are following that is not following them back and vice versa.
tweepi http://tweepi.com/ Twitter Follow Management Utility is a set of Twitter tools to add, follow and unfollow tweeps in bulk.
untweeps http://www.untweeps.com/ - Unfollow twitter users who do not tweet often enough
secrettweet http://secrettweet.com/ - Allows users to share secrets anonymously
Tweeting Too Hard http://tweetingtoohard.com/ - ired of people posting nothing but pretentious tweets about themselves? Give them the recognition they deserve
Tweetpsych - http://tweetpsych.com/ lists creates a psychological profile of any public Twitter account and compares it to the thousands already in the databas
whatthetrend http://whatthetrend.com/ - leading trending engine for twitter

Something to ponder.. Is twitter a telephone or a microphone?

Telstra home bundles

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:20:20 +1000

Be aware of the latest Telstra Home Bundles. Just found that your better off negotiating each service separately and getting them linked onto the one bill. Getting a similar service as I have today using the Home Bundles would have cost $50 extra per month.

If you do however like Bigpond they are offering 25GB for $49.95 per month which is a $30 saving per month. http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/cable/latest-offer/ need to sign up for 24 months but.

2010 Tech Products I can't live without.

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:18:00 +1100

Here be a list of products and services I use nearly every day. Inspired by http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/04/2009-products-i-cant-live-without/

iPhone
Dell XPS Laptop
Twitter
Newsfeedtweet on Twitter*
Facebook
TWIT podcast
TWIST podcast
Digg
Diggnation vodcast
Geo-defence
news.com.au*
Eurosport iPhone app
Gowalla
Foursquare
Tumblr
TomTom
Motionx gps
Skype Zynga poker app
Beyonwiz DVR - insanely good!!
Techcrunch
Engadget
FatWire CMS (obliged to say this.. It really is a great product!)*

* some personal involvement.

Short term wishlist??

Ipad
Kodak Playsport
Augmented Reality Products - bring on the semantic web!!

Here be some iPhone apps you should try.

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:53:09 +1100

“hoccer” allows you to select images, text or contacts and exchange them with other iPhone users by simulating a throwing action. Other iPhone users can hold their phone up catching the data.

“bump” also provides ad hoc data exchange but instead of throwing the data you hold the phone in your hand and you bump your hand against someone else who is holding an iPhone.

Very kewl.

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:27:38 +1100

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:26:29 +1100

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