Stray thoughts on the iPhone

Sitting at Starbucks here in Steglitz and reading the New York Times – no, not the 4 day old paper edition that costs a whopping 10€ at the newstand ( remember this is Germany). No, I’m skimming through the latest news on my iPhone, the data coming off the Wifi that is the staple of every Starbucks in Germany. And since it’s coming from T-Mobile, it doesn’t cost me a cent, being part of the unlimited data plan. It’s quite astonishing if you think of it, even more so if I think of the days before internet.

I have also been playing with the iPhone app of Last.fm. Which, in it’s own right, is quite mind-boggling. Last.fm play all the music I like, real music in excellent quality. All of streamed to my iPhone. Is this is the end of syndicated radio? I dare say yes, at least more likely than the death if newspapers.

And I am blogging this post using the mobile version of WordPress, this is in fact the first post using this medium.

Migrated to WordPress

Yesterday, on the spur of the moment, I decided to give WordPress a try. So I migrated all my postings in my former blog at http://macmerized.blogspot.com to a WordPress blog I had established before my California trip at the beginning of the year. It had lain dormant for some time, and was previously called WhamRap Reloaded – SF to LA and back.

I am just scratching the surface here, but I am beginning to like the features as well as the look-and-feel of the WordPress engine. Hoping for a iPhone app which would easily let me blog while on the go. Have tried out Shozu, but its feature set seems almost like an over-kill