Recommendation: MobileMe July 29, 2008
Posted by Pip in Recommendations.Tags: bookmarks, contacts, email, mobileme, photos, recommendation
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If you’ve got an iPhone and aren’t using MobileMe (or, I suppose, Exchange), you’re cheating yourself.
I know, I know. The idea of paying $99 more a year for MobileMe is irritating when you’ve already dropped $199 – $299 on your iPhone. They should at least offer a free year’s subscription with the purchase of an iPhone. But they’re not going to, and there’s no point in being an ass about it, even if it is borderline profiteering.
Tip: Use Firefox on your desktop, Safari on your iPhone July 29, 2008
Posted by Pip in Tips.Tags: bookmarks, browser, firefox, safari, tip
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I was never a huge fan of the Firefox browser for Mac. I wanted to be – it’s open-source, has add-ons, great tabbed browsing, etc. – but it simply wasn’t suited for the Mac. It didn’t look like the other Mac apps, it was a bit heavier than Safari, etc.
Then they released Firefox 3.0, and that all changed. Now it’s prettier than Safari, it’s fast, and I get all the advantages of Firefox’s add-ons, etc. Now I use it exclusively.
Tip: Del.icio.us on your iPhone July 29, 2008
Posted by Pip in Tips.Tags: bookmarks, del.icio.us, safari, tip
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If you haven’t tried out Del.icio.us, you don’t know what you’re missing, whether your’re on an iPhone or a desktop. Del.icio.us is an online bookmark manager (free) that allows you to post bookmarks to it and tag them. These bookmarks are then available anywhere.
The advantage of this may not be immediately obvious. It’s not a service that (in my opinion) is meant to replace your browser bookmarks. I use my browser bookmarks for sites I visit on a regular basis, such as Gmail, my online banking accounts, Facebook, etc. I use Del.icio.us for pages I wish to remember, and maybe access at some point in the future, but don’t need regularly enough to clutter up my browser with them.
