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Twitter Updates for 2010-09-02

johnmc — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:37:00 +0000

Iron Bird Cafe is the best coffee in the world. See all my highlights and add yours: http://wal.la/r/25uUD #

Twitter Updates for 2010-09-01

johnmc — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:37:00 +0000

was sad to learn about Mick Lally. Well holy God Miley, rest in peace. The man was a legend in Irish eyes. #fb #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-31

johnmc — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

Bacon mints! http://flic.kr/p/8wJZEq #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-27

johnmc — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

Watching cooking channel and unable to stop drooling at all the piggy goodness on screen. Only problem: no HD. #
Sometimes I just want to copy someone else's status, word for word, and see if they notice. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-23

johnmc — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

Fueling up at @ironbirdcafe before driving north. #
I just entered to win a trip to Argentina from AT&T and TOMS Shoes on Gowalla! http://bit.ly/TOMSfun #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-22

johnmc — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

I just earned the 35mm Film Pin on @gowalla! http://gowal.la/r/243e9 #
drove down to Fresno for some ribs. Enjoying them so far. #fb #
Eating ribs (@ Eaton Plaza) http://4sq.com/dk4oaS #
Cowboys from Ft. Worth make some good ribs, but their music is awful. #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-21

johnmc — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

went to get an oil change. Sitting beside an ignorant loud mouth reading about FLDS and spouting bigotry. #fb #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-20

johnmc — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

will be back in Fresno on Saturday for the rib cook off. Want me to visit your city? Light a fire and throw pig bones on it. #fb #
If you can't get your message across without shortening 2 and 3 letter words, find another way to say it. #

Living in the future

johnmc — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:00:47 +0000

Yesterday I did something that made me think I was living in “the future”. You know, that nebulous time/place that we all thought of as kids. I mentioned it briefly on Twitter, not that there’s really any other kind of twitter mention, but I’ll expand here. That thing was to make a FaceTime call to my brother.

Video calls are nothing new. I’ve used Skype before and there have been plenty of phones with front facing cameras and video calling capabilities. What’s new about FaceTime is how easy it is. I opened my contacts list on my iPhone, picked my brother’s contact details and hit the FaceTime button. We spoke for a bit, he showed me what the weather was like in Dublin and I showed him what it was like in Roseville.

Like I’ve said many times before about many different things, Apple wasn’t the first to do this, but they did it right. It felt normal to make calls this way. Before this, video calls were cumbersome. Both parties needed to be signed onto the same service and in front of whatever device they were using. I guess this is still true to an extent, but the device is a phone rather than a computer and the service is built-in and doesn’t require a conscious effort to connect a client to it. This removes the effort needed to make video calls, which will result in more people doing it. Furthermore, the protocol will be available to others who want to offer their own solutions.

So there we go. Video calling has just started to hit the mainstream. Next up, flying cars, food pills and teleporting.

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-19

johnmc — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:37:00 +0000

iPhone 4 FaceTime not working? Here's the solution http://post.ly/sNKg #
just got off a transatlantic FaceTime call. The future is amazing. #fb #