Ouch. After a wonderful start, this has been a frustrating year for me on the golf course. Not because of my play, but I’ve had some nagging injuries that have bothered me: I apparently have carpal tunnel syndrome in my left hand (although this seems to be improving), and I’ve tweaked my back (i.e., pinched nerve/muscle spasms) twice in the last few weeks. It’s getting old. And clearly, so am I.
That said, here are some interesting articles I’ve come across recently:
Your iPhone or Android smartphone may be watching what you do a bit more closely than you’d prefer: check out What your phone app doesn’t say: It’s watching – from USA Today.
Sticking with the phone theme, if you travel internationally, you ought to check out Avoiding a Large Phone Bill When Traveling – at The New York Times.
We all carry some sort of first aid kit when we travel, but look at the kit for someone who travels for long periods of time while doing volunteer work in developing countries, and you’ll find some things you might not have known exist – like a “temporary filling” dental repair kit, for instance. This list is from Charyn Pfeuffer of the Global Citizen’s Project: How To Pack A First Aid Kit For Travel - at Matador Goods/Matador Network.
Project Managers (and anyone else who needs to get stuff done!), check out Five Best Personal Project Management Tools – at Lifehacker. (Make sure you check out Tom’s Planner – a Gantt chart-style free app that’s especially easy to use, even for the technically challenged).
No explanation required: 10 Ridiculous iPhone Accessories – @ Mashable.
Have a great week!
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Isn’t Flexeril wonderful? :-)
Great links… these aps have to be as simple and easy to use as possible, or the usage overhead isn’t offset by the benefit.
An aside: has anyone every picked up one of the nasty malware anti-virus spoofs from LifeHacker (I assume, from an ad link)? Like Antivirus Pro 2010, as an example? I did the other night.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 8:21 PM
I swear by my Mobal phone – a bit expensive, to be sure, but since it connects in over 190 countries it saves me the hassle of buying a local SIM card in every new country I travel to. (Plus the number doesn’t expire like SIM cards tend to do.) And I only need a phone for short calls anyway.
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