iPhone

Back in at the beginning of 2009 Google launched the beta of Google Sync. Google sync allowed Google users to synchronize their Gmail contacts and Google Calendar events to their iPhones or Windows Mobile devices (Android natively syncs data). Syncing mail was not included but that was until now. Google now has push email for Gmail. Now if I could only figure out how to sync my gmail (Google Apps) with MicroSoft Outlook and my Iphone.

My favorite task management program is having a buy one get one free sale for thier PRO accounts. They say it is a valentines special but we will see how long it lasts. As of right now (02/15/09 - 11:00pm EST) it is accessible from the rememberthemilk.com homepage. While the free accounts are just fine for most things online, the PRO account is required for the really superb Iphone app. Too bad they didnt have this a few months ago when we purchased our accounts.

Here is nice video clip that Grizgza sent to me. A good diversion for a Friday afternoon... IphoneGuy on Gizmodo

Over the past year I have read numerous articles and posts about a great website/web application to help track your tasks. Rememberthemilk.com has been praised as a new way of handling To-Do Lists. Being an avid Outlook fanatic, I never felt the need to stray from my existing system. Outlook has everything in one nice neat package: Email, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks & Notes. And it all syncs with my phone. Recently with my new purchase of an IPhone, I realized that the Tasks & Notes did not synchronize. While I had to find a new way to track my shopping lists and other miscellaneous notes, it came to my attention that I never really did use the Task feature in Outlook. Maybe because it just doesn't work well. I did use the Notes feature to track shopping lists and other misc notes that I may need from time to time such as an IP address, CPR reminder, store shopping prices (which has been replaced with my camera phone) and others. Since my IPhone purchase several months ago, all of this has abruptly ended.

If only we had a few more hours in the day... We have been using an internal web application to track our studio's work for many years now. We call it the EZHitlist and it is a very simple job and time tracking application that can be used for any type of task or project. What began as a simple spread sheet and is currently a robust PHP application is now looking to become an iphone application. The only problem is that since this is an internal application, it always comes after our client work. Here is a little history:

2000 - Excel Spreadsheet 2002 - Single page web app that writes to a text file 2003 - added ability to track multiple clients 2004 - MySQL database and full php support. Created print versions and ticketing system. 2004 - Ability to add multiple clients and multiusers. 2005 - Added time tracking, invoicing & created client portal. Interface overhaul. 2006 - Added minor reporting features. 2008 - Moved to a live web server (outside of our network). Still in Beta. 2009 - Iphone Web Application Support???

Well almost a week into my phone switch and I am in heaven (as close as I can get to heaven at the Newark airport). Being a devoted Treo fan for years, I was scared of making the change to an iPhone. The browser sealed the deal though. No other mobile device comes close. Not to mention all of the apps and the interface. While it has taken a few days to get used to typing on the screen, I actually feel this is superior to my last Treo 680 (I haven't tried a blackberry to compare). But the HTML rendering of email is much more eye appealing than the plain text of most blackberrys. There is not a mobile device available that is suitable for anything more than microblogging, however I would have never attempted blogging from my treo at all and I have had data access for years. Even if there was a way to do it (other than the wordpress email plugin).