I just found out I was a Facebook Friend of the Day back in October on WKOW. I guess they don't notify you on Facebook. :-)

Thanks, Elishah Oesch!

-Tony

"Sent from my iPhone"

Yeah, that's the default signature that Apple puts into the iPhone - either you love it or hate it, I guess. I think it's a good idea to have a signature like this so that people can excuse your spelling and typing mistakes. I'm even thinking of putting this signature in my email program so that people will either be impressed with my one handed typing ability or else forgive any mistakes there, too.

To change "Sent from my iPhone" to something else, you simply go to:

Settings > Mail > Signature

Change it and then go back to "Mail" with the left arrow at the top. There's no "Save" button there. You don't need to.

But what should you change it to? What are some good "Sent from my iPhone" alternatives out there? Well, I found a few and put them here with some of my own. If you have some good ideas, put them in the comments:

• Sent from my iPhone… jealous?
• Sent from my Atari 2600
• Sent from my iPhone, jerk
• Sent from my $400 phone
• Proudly typed on an iPhone
• Sent from my ipwn
• You’ve been iPhoned
• I make more money than you do
• Sent from the Future
• Yes, I have an iPhone. Want to hook up?
• Sent from my Whiteberry.
• Sorry for my spelling mistakes and for non-formated text
• Sent from my eyePhone
• Sent using the interwebs
• Sent using up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, select, start
• Sent from someone else’s iPhone
• Sent from my iPad Mini
• Sent on my iPhone while driving
• Sent from my iRotaryPhone
• Sent from my iPhone... against my will.
• Typos made by my iFone.
• Sent from my iPhone I stole
• Sent from your girlfriend's house
• Sent from my iPhone, dictated to Siri
• Sent from my iPhone, read by you
• Sent from my iPhone 4s

Any more???

Phone Call or Email?

I thought I'd pose a question here and see what people say - please leave your comment:

When should you write an email and when should you make a phone call?

When You Do Both Wrong:

Today, and from time to time, I get someone who emails me and asks me to call them. What? I'm sitting here, next to the phone. It's not ringing / not busy. There is no voice mail from you where you tried to call me and you're emailing me to tell me to call you by phone? Why don't you just call me? Are you assuming I'm busy? Why take a minute to write an email when you could have just picked up the phone? That seems like it would have been faster... for both of us.

Are you not available right now? If I call you, as you're requesting, will you be there to pick up? I have to assume you won't be there - otherwise you would have picked up your phone and called me instead. So when should I call when you will be around?

I just don't get it!

It seems to me like the way you contact someone is the same way you want to be contacted back.

Pretty simple, right? Why mix the two up and make it confusing?

-Tony

Easy Photo Blogging

I've decided to start a photo blog. I was going to start it at the beginning of 2012 but found some time to do the research on how to set up a photo blog. I wanted a photo blog set up so that I could just simply take the picture from my iPhone and email it to my website / blog. I did some work and get it set up running pretty smoothly, so I figured why not start it now instead?

You can find it here:

photoblog.tonyherman.com

It's using WordPress and a few, good plugins along with a photo blogging theme. I have a special, private email account programmed into my iphone and all I do is take a picture and send it as an email to my website and then it appears on the website. If I was going to do it, I wanted it to be set up as conveniently as possible. I didn't want it to be a hassle or where I would forget to do a sync or something. I simply wanted to take the picture, send it and be done. So that's what I did.

How to Set Up a Photo Blog

Later, I'll come up with a small eBook and some instructions so that if someone else wanted to set one up, they could. Or maybe people would want me to set one up for them so it would be easy for them.

Why a Photo Blog?

I think a photo blog is a great idea because you get to look back and see where you were each day. Maybe some days, it'll just be a picture of the pen on my desk or other days, I could be traveling and send in something more exciting. Your friends and family get to peek in on your life and see what's going on as well. The great thing is that the picture can say a lot.

The cool thing about a photo a day is that you sort of have to decide what will be your photo. You only get one a day, so make it count. I'll be looking for the opportunity to take a good picture wherever I go. I'll have to set some kind of reminder at night to remind me to take one in case the day gets busy and I forget.

Why With an iPhone?

I'm getting more and more into photography and have had some really nice photos - especially around Madison. I just got the iPhone 4S and the camera on it is actually really good. It's just 8 mega pixels, but that's enough but the optics of the camera have really improved - noticeably improved if you ask me. You can take some really great photos with an iPhone. You just have to recognize the moment. Since it's on the phone, I'll pretty much always have it with me, too.

What Else Can Be Done?

I might also hook it into Facebook and Twitter so that my picture also automatically gets sent there as well.

-Tony