[crouton] Nathaniel Trost: iPhoning It In

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Posted by Nathaniel Trost:
iPhoning It In
http://crouton.powerblogs.com/archives/archive_2007_01_28-2007_02_03.shtml#1170013523


   One of my major problems with this blog is I havenât gotten routine in
   writing to the point where it becomes an engrained habit. As soon as I
   start becoming a bit more regular in posting, I end up going out of
   town for a week for an intensive on-site client visit. Then I return
   and am wiped, but still trying to maintain productivity and writing
   falls by the wayside. Next thing I know, itâs a couple weeks later and
   typing up a blog entry seems like starting a marathon cold.
   Yes, the iPhone looks insanely slick. No, Iâm not going to be an early
   adopter this time. I did buy the original iPod the week it came out,
   but however much geek lust it inspires, an iPhone is not in the cards
   for me this year.
   I do have to replace my ailing stone-age phone from 2001. If the
   iPhone were available now, it would be extra difficult to resist. June
   makes it easier, as does the fact that Iâm on Sprint versus Cingular.
   Current strategy: retire medieval phone in the coming weeks with
   something cheap on a one-year contract, probably flip to
   second-generation iPhone model in the first half of 2008.
   I have two days left to ping-pong internal monologues regarding the
   pros and cons of attending the 2007 Game Developers Conference. On the
   pro side, now that E3 is gone, this is the primary opportunity to
   catch up with folks, network, and do business development. On the con
   side, the sessions get less useful every year and the convention gets
   more commercial, making it purely about the networking benefits. And
   the main con is cost: both of attending and the break from billable
   hours while attending. Ordinarily, it would be a no-brainer. But, the
   timing seems just off in terms of doing business development with
   where Iâm at right now, and my middleware projects are nowhere near
   ready to try and flog. Still, Iâm pretty sure I need to bite the
   bullet and go.
   January has been a frustrating month. Iâve continued the trend of
   being able to get everything done that Iâve absolutely needed to get
   done, but I still feel like Iâm falling behind of a bunch of things
   that I really want to get done. Even taking the new expansion pack
   into account, I canât really blame World of Warcraft either. I think
   itâs time for some readjustment, and part of that is going to involve
   posting status updates with as much detail as I can muster, barring
   confidential or overly embarrassing detail. This should help me get
   into a posting rhythm again, albeit a bit dry. That, however, might
   help inspire me to do something interesting with my posting instead
   of, well, what I have been doing.
   Coming tomorrow: a mini book/movie review round-up of what Iâve
   consumed in the past few months. For now, I must put head down and
   bang out several hours of solid code.