by Vince on October 10, 2009
I’ve been on Android for a year now and it has made my communication life awesome!
There are plenty of apps that are just fun and goofy and seem like a good idea, but at the end of the day all they do is take up room on my phone. I don’t do a lot of goofing around with my phone so I am finding that besides the core communication tools I only use a few apps with any frequency:
Twidroid | Does your twitter app notify you of a mention or a direct message regardless of it being open? Twidroid does. It’s a solid app that handles all of the twitter essentials as good as any I have seen or used. I have heard of a few apps on the iPhone that will push notify you, but I don’t know anyone using them and this feature is the main reason I won’t consider any other phone.
PixelPipe | Take a picture and send it to all your online spaces at once. I snap a pic and send it to twitter, facebook, Tumblr, Posterous, Flickr and Picasa with one click. Simple.
Shazam | I thought this one was a gimicky app that I would soon forget, but it has earned a place on my main screen because I use it all the time. Shazam will listen to a song and let you know who/what it is. A must-have in Austin where our mainstream stations make your indie station look like ClearChannel headquarters….lots of new music.
by Vince on November 26, 2008
So I scored a G1 on Friday and I have been getting to know it. You know all those features that you always dreamed your phone could do, well it does now. Of course I’m a guy and I love me some cool technology.
Here are the highlights of what it does
ShopSavvy
I can scan the bar code on stuff at the store and it will tell me how much the other stores near me and online are charging for it.
Gmote
Control my computer from my phone. I use it to control iTunes from all over the house. If you have been to our house then you know that music is always filling it.
Shazam
Hear a cool song and don’t know who it is. Shazam will listen to it and give you the info.
Pintail
Want to hang out? Text ‘locate 9999′ to me and it will tell you where I am. I change that code every now and again.
Zombie Run!
This let’s me know when zombies are getting close and yells at me ‘Zombie, Run!’
What else do I need?
by Vince on August 23, 2008
For this
I have to admit I like a new tech toy every now and then, and I have been following the progress of android for a while.
by Vince on March 19, 2008
Needless to say, I am anxiously awaiting the release of phones running Google Android and from the sound of things, T-Mobile should have an offering by holiday time.
I have been a fan of open source stuff for quite some time. It is interesting to see the advancement of open source products versus copy written stuff. Like browsers for instance. Anyone who spends significant time online knows that Firefox is the best browser ever and the add ons built by individuals are the icing on the cake.
We are starting to see the open source model trickle into other areas off line. Like Life Church Open. It is really cool to see the ideas being shared through the blogs in this community of churchie bloggers. I have really enjoyed picking up cool ideas for doing church and ministry and also the great feedback from ideas I have shared. The Impact Church Sermon Notes was a big hit. I ended up sending PSDs and fonts all over the country to people wanting to pull it off.
What ‘open source’ ministry ideas have you implemented lately?
