Make a Personal iPhone App: …only to see it get rejected from the app store. There are several startups (Mobile Roadie, MobBase, iSites) empowering small businesses, musicians, and bands to create their own iPhone apps without knowing any Objective C (the programming language used to build apps). You create an account, upload a few photos, enter your Twitter username, enter your blog’s RRS feed URL, and write a couple background paragraphs. It’s so simple. Pricing for a custom app can be anywhere from a $20 to $500 activation fee, and $8 to $29 in monthly fees depending on how many people install it. What are you paying for besides avoiding programmers and designers? You don’t have to worry about communicating with Apple. These companies handle everything. As an experiment, I thought I should try it out. I spent a couple hours arranging the menus to my liking and excitedly clicked “Publish.” My original intention was to take lots of screenshots and describe the process of building an app. That idea was trashed once my app got rejected. Apple claimed that they don’t want to become a “yellow pages” store. At first I was upset by this decision, but after some time thinking about it I realized that they made the right choice. Why should there be a “David Klein” iPhone app that only provides my tweets and blog posts? Who would download it? My mom? She doesn’t even own an iPhone (although she’ll soon own an iPad)! In my opinion personal apps are a waste of space in the app store. 140,000 apps and counting, but your personal content needs to stay on Twitter and Facebook.

Make a Personal iPhone App:

…only to see it get rejected from the app store.

There are several startups (Mobile Roadie, MobBase, iSites) empowering small businesses, musicians, and bands to create their own iPhone apps without knowing any Objective C (the programming language used to build apps). You create an account, upload a few photos, enter your Twitter username, enter your blog’s RRS feed URL, and write a couple background paragraphs.

It’s so simple.

Pricing for a custom app can be anywhere from a $20 to $500 activation fee, and $8 to $29 in monthly fees depending on how many people install it. What are you paying for besides avoiding programmers and designers? You don’t have to worry about communicating with Apple. These companies handle everything.

As an experiment, I thought I should try it out. I spent a couple hours arranging the menus to my liking and excitedly clicked “Publish.” My original intention was to take lots of screenshots and describe the process of building an app. That idea was trashed once my app got rejected. Apple claimed that they don’t want to become a “yellow pages” store.

At first I was upset by this decision, but after some time thinking about it I realized that they made the right choice. Why should there be a “David Klein” iPhone app that only provides my tweets and blog posts? Who would download it? My mom? She doesn’t even own an iPhone (although she’ll soon own an iPad)! In my opinion personal apps are a waste of space in the app store.

140,000 apps and counting, but your personal content needs to stay on Twitter and Facebook.


Dark Cherry Mocha: DCM. Dark… Cherry… Mocha… Starbucks’ latest drink. Delicious.

Dark Cherry Mocha:

DCM. Dark… Cherry… Mocha…
Starbucks’ latest drink.

Delicious.


There’s a certain emotion I rarely feel, and when I do I know I’ll never forget it. It’s a combination of both extreme happiness and extreme sadness. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. For example, at the end of a movie a man and a woman get together after waiting for a decade or two since one chose the wrong person to marry and the other was forced to move on. You’re happy that they finally made it, but also sad that they wasted so much time with the wrong people. I can’t explain why I get tremendous pleasure from this. Only a few books and movies have helped me achieve this emotion. I can add a new item to that short, special list: Splendor in the Grass. It stars Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood as young adults who fall in love. Look at her. She’s so beautiful. (He’s not too shabby either.) This movie has qualities I don’t really see anymore from Hollywood: acting, spirit, and passion. Not only did it move me, but I finally got to feel that emotion again. Rent it as soon as possible.

There’s a certain emotion I rarely feel, and when I do I know I’ll never forget it. It’s a combination of both extreme happiness and extreme sadness. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. For example, at the end of a movie a man and a woman get together after waiting for a decade or two since one chose the wrong person to marry and the other was forced to move on. You’re happy that they finally made it, but also sad that they wasted so much time with the wrong people. I can’t explain why I get tremendous pleasure from this. Only a few books and movies have helped me achieve this emotion.

I can add a new item to that short, special list: Splendor in the Grass. It stars Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood as young adults who fall in love.

Look at her. She’s so beautiful. (He’s not too shabby either.) This movie has qualities I don’t really see anymore from Hollywood: acting, spirit, and passion. Not only did it move me, but I finally got to feel that emotion again.

Rent it as soon as possible.


The coolest t-shirt I own: Remember Napster? Yeah it was weak compared to Scour Exchange which provided both music and movies. It was reliable and extremely fast. These were the days when 40 gig hard drives were enormous and people had a thirst for collecting ones and zeros over T1 lines using Hotline servers. I got this shirt when I was working at Gig, my first job when I was 16. I’m pretty sure my awesome co-worker at Gig gave me the shirt (along with many other life lessons).

The coolest t-shirt I own:

Remember Napster? Yeah it was weak compared to Scour Exchange which provided both music and movies. It was reliable and extremely fast. These were the days when 40 gig hard drives were enormous and people had a thirst for collecting ones and zeros over T1 lines using Hotline servers. I got this shirt when I was working at Gig, my first job when I was 16. I’m pretty sure my awesome co-worker at Gig gave me the shirt (along with many other life lessons).


Adina coffee energy drinks: I love trying new coffee-esque drinks. These claim to be Transfair USA certified, contain natural caffeine, nothing artificial, and the antioxidant equivalent of 4 servings of fruit (hmmm). Delicious.

Adina coffee energy drinks:

I love trying new coffee-esque drinks.

These claim to be Transfair USA certified, contain natural caffeine, nothing artificial, and the antioxidant equivalent of 4 servings of fruit (hmmm).

Delicious.


Wearing my Google Buzz t-shirt to work

Wearing my Google Buzz t-shirt to work


Macworld media room setup: Macbook Pro, coffee, iPhone, Eye-Fi SD card reader.
Macworld media room setup:

Macbook Pro, coffee, iPhone, Eye-Fi SD card reader.


Apple vs. Samsung: My new Apple remote. Tiny.

Apple vs. Samsung:

My new Apple remote. Tiny.


Sometimes a boy just needs to shop

Sometimes a boy just needs to shop


New homepage: fav4.org Very slick. You can customize from a variety of popular sites.

New homepage:

fav4.org

Very slick. You can customize from a variety of popular sites.