My Phone (2014)

(This is the sixth post in a series.)

This is the most recent of the phone portion of this series. The previous version was a Razr Maxx.

This post deals with my personal phone purchased in 2014, the Samsung Galaxy S5.

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My work tablet

(This is the fourth post in a series.)

He has kept things running at his current job using minimum resources, lots of patience, and an interesting variation of stubborn loyalty. When others would have bailed, he stuck with it to see his plans change and go to fruition. He has been in charge of websites, networks, podcasting, social network monitoring and information dissemination, among other things.

He has two tablets (three if you count his Nook Color), one for work and one that is his personal. This post deals with his work tablet, the iPad 2 (WiFi).

Tablet: iPad 2
Alerts: no audible
On the main screen: Nearly full of icons, unlike the Android tablets, the iPad puts all icons on the screens. Yes, you can put them in folders, but there is no way to “hide” them without deleting them.
Case: It is one that a former co-worker bought and left for someone else to use. It folds back to lay flat and folds so that you can prop it up on your desk.
Background: I am not sure what the character is called, but it looks like a robot made out of cardboard boxes, standing in the street just after a shower of rain.
Last email: A somewhat lengthy email with several metaphors in it talking about how website traffic should have been aimed at one goal not to several. About how posting to Twitter and Facebook can drive people to the site rather than from the website to Facebook and Twitter. And how with planning ahead that the most pain-in-the-neck posting tasks can be done.
The last app I used: App store, to update ten apps that haven’t been updated in some time.
Currently obsessed with: Not sure I am obsessed with any app on the iPad 2. I use Evernote and Chrome browser the most.
Last download: Presence so that I could test the camera streaming functionality of the app (using iPhone as the transmitter).
Most surprising app on the home screen: Paper by FiftyThree. I’ll just let you read what it is about. I use it for scribbling drawings. My best one so far is an image of a beach.

A sketch was done using the Paper app by FiftyThree – http://www.fiftythree.com/paper
Text or call: Neither.
Remaining battery: 51%. I haven’t charged it for several days, and it has been on standby.

(Inspired by a Vanity Fair article)

My Work Phone

(This is the third post in a series.)

He carries two phones, work and a personal. This post deals with his work phone.

Phone: Black iPhone 4s
Ringtone: Darth Vader breathing
Case: Very similar to the one that Verizon sold me for my Razr Maxx with similar features. It has a holster, and the back of the phone has a fold out stand. I don’t use the holster much, but I use the stand for when I am listening to music at my desk or while charging so if someone calls I only have to glance over to see who it is and not pick up the phone.
Background: A photo of one of our dogs looking up at the camera.
Last text: Notification of a status change to a co-worker.
The last app I used: Evernote
Currently obsessed with: Evernote, I have been a long time personal user and I make notes about items I am working on, record notes of meetings in case I don’t get them written down fast enough. Also used to store drafts of social media posts and tech manual excerpts.
Last download: Presence. It turns IOS devices into streaming cameras. A neat idea for old IOS devices that have no other use.
Most surprising app on the home screen: Fitbit. It provides an interface for the Fitbit service and syncs my Fitbit One.
Text or call: Text, I don’t like to talk on the phone unless it is brief.
Remaining battery: 85%