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Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

DMC — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:10:56 -0000

The problem I have is that I prefer a large screen - the bigger the better. I've got the 17" MacBook Pro, not because the 15" is a lot worse, but simply for the extra screen space. If I could have a lightweight lappy with a 22" screen, I'd take it! In fact, the recent issue of Mac|Life has an artist's conception on the cover of a MacBook with fold-out screens on either side... I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat.

There was a trend for a while where phones were getting smaller and smaller and smaller--pre-iPhone--and I couldn't figure out why people wanted everything smaller. As far as I'm concerned, I'd be thrilled if the iPhone added another inch or two ;)

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

thomaswhitley — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:08:34 -0000

Looks great, Sam. I'm reading this post and commenting from my iTouch. Doing the digital nomadicism this weekend myself.

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

Sam Harrelson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:19:13 -0000

Headed to Target now to copy you and pick up a wall charger for the Touch :)

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

Sam Harrelson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:30:12 -0000

Haha... I know the feeling. It took me about a month or two to really get
(somewhat) proficient with the Touch's keyboard. I'm a longtime Blackberry
user, so I had to learn some new muscle memory skills. I still have the
Blackberry, but find that I'm quickly getting up to speed with the Touch.

Nothing will ever replace a "real" keyboard, tho! It's like playing real
guitar instead of Guitar Hero :)

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

Targuman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:10:14 -0000

I have been trying using just the touch since I got it for Christmas. Unfortunately I find typing more than a few sentences very taxing. For any serious writing (which I am supposed to do with reasonable frequency) think I will still need a real keyboard. (This took 3 minutes to type with corrections!)

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

Sam Harrelson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:14:07 -0000

Amazing times we live in!

I wonder if our kids will even now what a laptop is or if these types
of devices will take their place and function?

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

jangro — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:58:48 -0000

I could totally live only on my iPhone.

The only reason I bring a laptop anywhere is so I can SSH into servers in a pinch if something goes wrong. Most trips, my laptop acts as nothing more than a big battery for the iphone.

This Summit I'll be traveling with the eee and likely won't even crack it open.

Re: My Experiment With Digital Nomadicism

june — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:56:11 -0000

I only brought my iphone to sxsw and felt pretty connected. but then again I'm - gasp - laptopless anyway...so I don't really know what I'm missing.

I also rely heavily on the cloud, as its not uncommon for me to jump between 3 or 4 computers in a single day.

I'm all about lugging around the minimum. So if you can get by on the touch I say go for it!