Riding with the iPhone
I’m on a motorcycle trip this week, and left all technology behind… Except the iPhone. It gives me the chance to get away without having to lug along a laptop and plan my trip around wifi hotspots. Before leaving, I subscribed to the Rogers data roaming plan. It’s still unreasonable, but it’s better that the abuse I’d otherwise take for data roaming. It makes email cheaper than text messaging while I am in the US.
It’s then end of the first day, and the iPhone has already proved itself. First save came when one of my friend’s bikes broke down. Google quickly gave us the location of the nearest Harley dealership, and their technician helped us with the diagnosis. A bit of tinkering and we were on our way.
A couple of hours later, I got a SMS telling me that there was a problem with one of my servers. I launched the SSH client on my iPhone, logged into the server, found and fixed the problem. A few minutes later I was emailing my partner to let him know it was running.
Of course, the three other guys did make fun of me for not having the tip calculator app installed after lunch, but we were able to pay our bill anyway.
At stops for food and gas, I updated my facebook status so my wife could follow my progress. Mapping is quicker and easier that it ever was with my handheld GPS. The WordPress app let’s me write and publish all this from my iPhone. I even use it on occasion to make phone calls.
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on July 2, 2009 at 9:19 am
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on July 2, 2009 at 9:49 am
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on July 2, 2009 at 10:06 am
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on July 2, 2009 at 11:17 am
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on July 2, 2009 at 1:26 pm
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on July 2, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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I found myself doing the same thing with my iPhone last year when going from Florida-Wisconsin-Niagara Falls-Nova Scotia-Florida. Used it to find FedExes (FedExi?), close restaurants, hotels, and 2 dealerships for repair (battery and chain/sprocket). With some light surfing/emailing/music/games added in it was the perfect portable computer. As space is a premium on a motorcycle it was great.
Doing something similar again this year, but more westerly. Florida-Wisconsin-Edmonton-Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP-Florida.
See you on the road!
on July 3, 2009 at 3:08 am
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on July 3, 2009 at 9:31 am
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on July 23, 2009 at 11:07 am
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