May 10, 2010 Posted by alan jones

The best camera to have is the one with apps on it

They say the best camera to have is the one you have with you. Never more true than this evening when the universe hit me with a stunning sunset as I crossed the shared cycle path across the Warringah Freeway at Neutral Bay. I certainly wouldn’t have thought to take my DSLR out with me to pickup tomatoes from the shops. Very little trickery used here, just the iPhone in my pocket with the apps... read more

December 10, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Welcome to the Century of Live Streaming Semi-Conciousness

If this century is to be remembered for anything other than fiddling while Rome burned, Beijing fumed and various tiny island nations sank slowly beneath the waves, I predict we will be remembered for the tremendous progress we’ve made in communicating nothing interesting, to millions of people worldwide. This is the Century Of Live Streaming Semi-Conciousness. The professionals have been doing it... read more

September 28, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Augmented Reality: your ad makes me want to hurl chunks

The original headline for this story was “Lucy in the sky with De Beers?” — a reference to the final sentence of the story’s first paragraph. Shortly after I first published the story, the news broke that Lucy O’Donnell, the woman who’d inspired the Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was dead. It wasn’t me — she had reportedly been suffering from an... read more

May 29, 2009 Posted by alan

The iPhone changed how i park my car

How the iPhone changed how i park my car If you don’t yet have an iPhone but you have friends who do, chances are you’ll have seen them struggle to define how the iPhone is more than just a phone. It’s hard to describe, but for me the essence is that the iPhone’s hardware components are programmable. I’ll delve into that in more detail in a later post but for the moment,... read more

March 18, 2009 Posted by alan

mHits needs a bit more for mobile payments to work

mHits needs a bit more work Originally uploaded by... read more

November 17, 2008 Posted by alan jones

iPhone apps that help me mock Blackberry users

  So far I haven’t written much about iPhone apps, considering they’ve changed my life, and all. They help me get more productive, stay organised, record thoughts, check directions, split bills, mock Blackberry users and fill in the many interstitial moments of nothingness in my day that I should really spend focusing on remaining in the present, observing my ahamkara… rather than... read more