One of those things has to give. I really hate to admit it, and although I’ve done my fair share of layingabout in the past, I’m not lazy. Be damned what you hear of me, I work and play (hate that term) insanely hard. Yes, in fact, I’m terribly busy and spend nearly ever waking hour intensely focused on whatever task might be in hand. Of course, these tasks might be work related or I might be out with friends but in each case, I really have become addicted to staying connected to everything all the time. And this is annoying.

When I first heard of “crackberry’s” I hadn’t a clue as to why someone would want to be on their bloody phone all day long. What is the benefit to staying connected at all times of the day, say in the shower or on the bus when I feel its entirely inappropriate and possibly hazardous to be connected. Why must I constantly be present the second someone emails me or a billion posts are put into my reader like those crack heads I see everyday on the bus? To be honest, I abhor those people and grant them an early death. They must be so consumed in their petty little world.

Then I got an iPhone. Sweet, sweet, sexy iPhone. I love my iPhone. It’s the GTD thing of the gods. At times, I coo sweet nothings into its receiver while pondering over visual voice-mails from my grandmother whilst checking emails from work. Yes, its love. Perhaps more than my cat and certainly more than life itself. I’ve become the person I’ve hated, constantly connected, constantly checking email and reading feeds no matter how boring or unwarranted it needs to be consumed. Information that is organized is true power. The big question: has it improved my life?

In a way, yes. In a way, I feel atop an ever-growing mountain of information as it piles up. This is both a luxury and a burden of th e modern age. Google helps GTD via Google Mobile in some very profound ways. Their new website, which connects me to my reader is an instant hit with me. Their old version lacked some of the strong technical abilities that a normal web-browser could handle (such as scrolling iFrames) but this mobile version more than solves these issues in a format that is easy to use and read. I’m surprised that Google would feel the need to create a mobile website, because their old sites worked ok, but this new site is going to ruin me as it caters more towards my addiction.

p.s. you can be happy too, just get an iphone.

Creating a Visual Language – top quality from Garrett.

InfoCamp 07 Seattle – this weekend and promises to be quite good.

How to Ruin Web Design – This is difficult in a corperate landscape but don’t let your co-workers\bosses ruin designs. You are the expert, they are not.

The Warehouse – a svn browser that doesn’t suck. I should just auto-link to any post encytemedia.com does.

“I’ve been amazed at how often those
outside the discipline of design
assume that what designers do is
decoration. Good design is
problem solving.”

- Jeff Veen in Garrett Dimon’s Web Visions presentation

How to properly deploy a website Widget. – Mike uncovers how to put a widget on a site correctly.