Apple

My Thoughts on the iPad

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 9:06am by shrop

I think the iPad is a luxury. May be a luxary that I desire, but I am more interested in upgrading our iPhones this year before purchasing one. Since I can only afford so much at one time, I may be able to hold out for v2.

If I were to purchase an iPad, I would probably go with wifi only. I have an iPhone and most places I would use this i would have wifi.

Possible use cases for me:

1. With keyboard, good note taking device for meetings, conferences, etc. Think netbook type device. I do all of my notes electronic and with Evernote so I think it fits well for this use.

Amazon Mobile for iPhone

Posted Wed, 12/03/2008 - 6:52am by shrop

Just in time for Christmas shopping, Amazon.com released an iPhone native app.

Shrop's Favorite iPhone Apps

Posted Sun, 11/09/2008 - 10:41pm by shrop

Okay, I finally got around to listing the iPhone apps I use a lot on iusethis.com. A few aren't on the site and I didn't have time to add them as new apps.

Check out my list here: http://iphone.iusethis.com/user/shrop

Feel free to comment on apps that you like too.

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Steve Jobs On Being Meaningful: What Can The Church Learn?

Posted Wed, 08/27/2008 - 6:55am by shrop

In the short video below, Steve Jobs talks about marketing a company's core values so that the company is meaningful. Keep the message simple and don't let mixed messages confuse customers about what your company is really about.

Does your church market its core values well? Do web site visitors, fist time attenders and even members/regular attenders get what your church is about? If not, you may want to rethink how you market your church's core values.

Refund for NetShare

Posted Wed, 08/13/2008 - 7:00am by shrop

I feel like one of the lucky US iTunes users who was able to quickly purchase the application NetShare while it was available in iTunes for a few hours two weeks ago. NetShare allows you to surf the web on a wireless computer/laptop using your iPhone's Internet connection.

Setup Local Apache/MySQL/PHP Dev Environment in OS X Leopard

Posted Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:38pm by shrop

I have used MAMP for a long time, but I recently decided to build a development environment on my MacBook Pro to mirror my test and production servers. MAMP uses Apache 2.0 and I really wanted to run Apache 2.2. I also needed custom PHP for use with Oracle databases. I just want

ed to share the documentation to setup my development environment. Feel free to comment and let me know if you have any improvements.

Apple sells 1 million iPhones - Other iPhone thoughts from Shrop

Posted Mon, 07/14/2008 - 1:08pm by shrop

Wow one million phones! Read about it via the link below:

[From Apple sells 1 million iPhones, 10m app downloads | 9 to 5 Mac]

Other thoughts about my 3G iPhone adventures since Friday:

Got in line around 6:40 am Friday for the 3G iPhone purchase. Walked out the door with a working 3G iPhone around 10:30am and a non activated 1st gen iPhone for my Wife. Wasn't able to activate her phone at home till around 4pm due to the iTunes activation issues. I then restored her iPhone to the official 2.0 firmware without restoring data so she had a fresh phone to start. She loves it BTW!

The Mac Attack Podcast Ends After 90 Episodes

Posted Tue, 06/24/2008 - 7:03am by shrop

After 90 shows, Steve Stanger is stopping production on The Mac Attack podcast. His web site will remain online for the foreseeable future due to the donations of some of his listeners. Steve is going to pursue other projects, including podcasts. He has not ruled out starting The Mac Attack back up at some point.

WWDC Keynote in 60 Seconds

Posted Tue, 06/10/2008 - 2:31pm by shrop

The video below would have saved me a ton of time yesterday! Thanks to www.appleiphoneschool.com for the news on this video.

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WWDC Keynote Thoughts

Posted Tue, 06/10/2008 - 5:54am by shrop

I was jazzed about the WWDC Keynote before it started yesterday. I was all setup with twitter, ichat, plurk, macrumors, engadget, ustream audio, etc. The live ustream audio feed was very helpful. Thanks to my friends for pointing me to that link. I will catch the full video tonight on my AppleTV so I can get the full experience.