I really liked the Microsoft surface when I first tried it years ago. But now with the iPhone it seems like something of the museum of ancient computing. Today Microsoft Labs showed it again and I didn't like it. The surface is rough and the interface ackward. The possibilies very limited. I hope that Microsoft will develop this further but have my doubts...
While I was sitting in the lobby of hotel Rex I tried my new iPhone app: Exposure which connects flickr with your iPhone. A nice feature is: photo's of your location which uses the GPS part of the iPhone to find flickr pictures of the area where you are at that moment. Funny enough the first picture that pop-uped was the one of the chair in which I was sitting.... :-)
What else could we do on a sunny Sunday then biking the Bridge? We got new racing Treks from Bike & Roll and set a new record time to ride to Tibron and from there took the ferry back to Pier 41.
The Giants played against the Dodgers and we went to the game. It was one big (food) party with people paying attention to the game from time to time. The stadium was sold out and whole families where present. The Giants originally came from New York and the Dodges from Brooklyn (now LA) so they are each others sworn enemies. But that didn't matter to the crowd: everyone cheered for a good strike of either team.
Marijn and flew to San Francisco for the UXweek next week via London with BA. Mainly to avoid flying dreadful KLM (and to enjoy the excellent services of British Airways). BA improved their Business offer even further and you now have a secluded private area in which a flight of 12 hours is a joy.
Terminal 5 however is a terrible industrial nightmare where you think you are in a sort of factory. Especially the security area is horrific. with a sort of conveyor belt.
I was on prime time national (NOS) news while having lunch with with my friend Maartje at the IJ kantine in Amsterdam. They had a feature about the changing environment of Amsterdam North with his industrial harbour seroundings quickly changing into hip and up coming culture. Hence some images of the terras of the IJ kantine with me and Maartje in it.
The iPhone is great and I cannot image ever been without it... Always being connected to the internet is a dream come true. But its screen seems very vulnerably so I am looking for a nice sleeve. I found these: Sena orange leather (€ 20), Louis Vuitton (€180) and Dior (€300). I like the Vuitton most - but when I tried it it turned out to be only for the iPhone GEN I... :-( So the quest continues.
At Le Restaurant we had a excellent dinner with our dear friends Niek and Noor. (photo by iPhone...)
I switched today from my BlackBerry Curve to the iPhone 3G. I am curious about the applications and the navigation. The first use experience was typical Apple:
1) everything works
2) everything works the way you expect it would work
3) everything works very nice...
I do not eat cheese so much anymore because of my diet (they contain mostly 48% fat) but I still like them...So here's my top 10:
1. Old Cumin Cheese from Leiden
2. Emmentaler
3. Gruyere
4. Roquefort
5. Reypenaer
6. Cottage cheese
7. Old clove cheese
8. Parmesan
9. Cheddar
10. Pecorino
