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Digital Life

Sitting At The Camper

by Ron Bieber on Saturday, July 26, 2008

I’m sitting on the deck right now, writing this post on my phone using the WordPress iPhone application with a nice cold Sam Adams Irish Red while Jonna sits chilling across from me in our astronaut chairs – which is what I call these lawn chairs she found that recline and are totally comfortable.

While this is not the ideal way to blog for me (my hands get tired very quickly these days), I have to say it’s pretty cool to be able to write a blog post in the middle of nowhere and actually be able to post it.

The application also has support for the camera, so I am posting some quick pictures as well, that I just took while writing this – just to see how it works.

It’s interesting. For all intents and purposes, this place is supposed to be my refuge from technology. Up until now, I have been limited to Twitter via SMS / web and emailing Flickr photos from the phone.

Now I’m sitting here writing a blog post and watching Jonna roll here eyes at me for doing it. Life is good.

I never thought I would be this connected and have these online capabilities from a campground. What a time we live in!

Tonight is Karoke night here. Not a big fan. However, we do have a big stump to burn. Maybe we’ll just hang out here tonight.

More later. Thumbs tired.

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What Is It About Twitter?

by Ron Bieber on Wednesday, April 2, 2008

There is definitely something about Twitter that just sucks you in. The more I use it, the more I love it. Granted, my time with it is limited – I do not use it at work so most of what I do is over the iPhone or on weekends.

I’ve been really trying to figure out what it is about Twitter that is so attractive to me. I figure if I can figure this out, I will have it figured out for the world (I’m that egotistical). I was discussing it with Tom the Architect the other day, and as I was thinking about it actually think I said something that made sense:

Precogs

Watching Twitter is like what I imagine a ‘precog’ from Minority Report would experience. A million voices from all over the world all talking about a moment.

This is the one thing about Twitter that has really drawn me in. Its not blogging – and its not a chat room – its something really different. It’s like listening to the echoes of a moment from millions of people all at once, all answering one question.

This is the way that I think about Twitter, but I’m really interested in what others think about it. What makes it so attractive to you?

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Favorite Tweet Fragment for Friday 3/28

by Ron Bieber on Friday, March 28, 2008

Favorite tweet fragment of this morning goes to James Governer:  ”ideas are nothing, execution is everything”

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Google Reader Shared Links

by Ron Bieber March 10, 2008 Digital Life

I’ve added a link to my Google Reader shared items over in the ‘Digital Life’ sidebar. These are normally updated when I’m reading news from my phone.

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Miscellaneous Updates for February 2008

by Ron Bieber March 8, 2008 Digital Life

I’m doing an extremely bad job of keeping the site fresh over the last few months or so. I figured I’d give a quick update of things going on. I’m Still Not Smoking I finally started the Step 3 of the Nicoderm CQ program. This one has been rough. This is where you really start [...]

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2007 Goals – AllConsuming

by Ron Bieber April 5, 2007 Digital Life

One of my 2007 goals is to try to keep my All Consuming page up to date. I read a lot (though I tend to jump between books unless I find something really engaging) and want to keep record of where I am. I spent some time this morning updating my “should list“, if your [...]

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New NetFlix User

by Ron Bieber November 26, 2006 Digital Life

We finally broke down a few weeks ago and got a Netflix account, after finally getting fed up with local video stores. I know – we’re a little behind the times in certain areas. I have to say, I’m enjoying the experience. On the average we rent about 2-3 movies every other week. That comes [...]

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