“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
~William Arthur Ward
parislemon: Power
My single biggest takeaway from SXSW was all the talk about battery life. Every single person. All the time. People changing plans because they needed to recharge their phones. People walking around with chargers. People who were chargers. Mophies galore. People uninstalling apps that would drain power.
This is the way I live my life, almost every day, with the iPhone 4S but I don’t use a Mophie Juice Pack or any of its brethren.
I got a Zagg Sparq last year - an external battery with two USB ports - for two reasons:
1) I can charge anything with a USB port, not just my iPhone. In fact, the Sparq even comes with an “optimized” port for charging the iPad (up to 60% on the iPad 2. I’m sure much less on the new iPad.)
2) I prefer a “naked” iPhone. I store it in a leather iPhone wallet that I found on Etsy from seller “Tuchmade.” It rocks.
The downside: The Sparq is bigger, fatter and heavier than two iPhones. Maybe more.
I’ve even considered getting a second one (or perhaps try a different model from another company) as I’m finding that I can kill a fresh iPhone battery and a fully charged Sparq in a single (albeit long) day, especially in NYC.
So, all the weight that I’ve “lost” in my gear bag by getting a MacBook Air is now being replaced by spare batteries for my iPhone. There’s something very wrong with that.
Reblogged from ParisLemon
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
My iPhone, of course.
Reopen Recently Closed Tabs in Safari for iPad
In Safari for iOS 5, just press and hold on the “new tab” plus sign on the right, and you’ll see a menu of your recently closed tabs. Nifty!
This is a really good tip.
Reblogged from Minimal Mac
GIF SHOP: an animated GIF maker for the iPhone
Looks very cool. Learn more at gifshop.tv.
Reblogged from What I See Now
Swap.com’s New Scan App Makes Trading for Books & Other Media Easy
Want to save your bank account and the environment at the same time? Swap sites, where you trade your books and other media, can help.
Manually entering ISBN or UPC codes for every item you’re willing to trade, however, does not make a lot of sense.
Swap.com is the first of the mainstream swap sites to solve this problem with an iPhone app that it released on Thursday. The new app allows you to simply scan the books, video games, movies and music that you want to trade. No manual entry necessary.
Read the full story at Mashable.com
So excited for our team!
Reblogged from OH! RYAN KELLEY
Water supplies in the United States are safer than they used to be, but plenty of old and new dangers still lurk beneath the surface. Check out the water quality in your state.
Reblogged from Mother Nature Network
