iPhone changed my life
(my real life, not my geek life!)
alan jones
www.doingwords.com
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Defining
“changed my life”
• Cure for cancer? Third season of
MadMen?
• Hundreds of little life improvements
• Always in my pocket, connected,
replicated
• Always easy, learn by exploring
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Some examples
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
• At rehearsals
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
• At rehearsals
• Showing me da money
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Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
• At rehearsals
• Showing me da money
• Dude, where’s my plane?
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Keeping my
thoughts
together
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Keeping my
thoughts
together
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Keeping my
thoughts
together
•With me when I think
•1 click away
•Backed-up
•Searchable
•Email-able
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Keeping my
thoughts
together
•With me when I think
•1 click away
•Backed-up
•Searchable
•Email-able
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Dude, where’s my car?
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
• Drops a pin on the map
where the car is
• Blue dot shows where I am
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
• Drops a pin on the map
where the car is
• Blue dot shows where I am
• Use the countdown timer
for parking meter reminder
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
• Drops a pin on the map
where the car is
• Blue dot shows where I am
• Use the countdown timer
for parking meter reminder
• Someone else can fetch car
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
• Drops a pin on the map
where the car is
• Blue dot shows where I am
• Use the countdown timer
for parking meter reminder
• Someone else can fetch car
• ZERO PARKING FINES!
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Dude,
where’s my
car?
• Drops a pin on the map
where the car is
• Blue dot shows where I am
• Use the countdown timer
for parking meter reminder
• Someone else can fetch car
• ZERO PARKING FINES!
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7 Photo: Martin Burns

At rehearsals
7 Photo: Martin Burns

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At rehearsals
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
• Pinch to zoom
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
• Pinch to zoom
• Really clear type
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
• Pinch to zoom
• Really clear type
• Bright, crisp screen
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At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
• Pinch to zoom
• Really clear type
• Bright, crisp screen
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Never forget a birthday
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Never forget
a birthday
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Never forget
a birthday
• Add most any calendar
service (e.g. Google)
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Never forget
a birthday
• Add most any calendar
service (e.g. Google)
• All my Facebook friends
birthdays from
www.fbcal.com
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Never forget
a birthday
• Add most any calendar
service (e.g. Google)
• All my Facebook friends
birthdays from
www.fbcal.com
• ‘Social calendars’ like
www.mixin.com
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Never forget
a birthday
• Add most any calendar
service (e.g. Google)
• All my Facebook friends
birthdays from
www.fbcal.com
• ‘Social calendars’ like
www.mixin.com
• My friends and family’s
birthdays
• My wife and my colleague’s
schedules
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Never forget
a birthday
• Add most any calendar
service (e.g. Google)
• All my Facebook friends
birthdays from
www.fbcal.com
• ‘Social calendars’ like
www.mixin.com
• My friends and family’s
birthdays
• My wife and my colleague’s
schedules
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Show me da money
11 Photo: stuartpilbrow

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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
• Keeps expenses in
something I want to have
with me
• Email straight to the book-
keeper
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Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
• Keeps expenses in
something I want to have
with me
• Email straight to the book-
keeper
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Dude, where’s my plane?
13 Photo: Fihliwe

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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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Travel plans
in my pocket
• Tripit.com
• Email it my airline, hotel,
event confirmation emails.
• Tripit parses them, builds
an itinerary
• My whole itinerary’s detail
in my calendar, on my
computer, on my iPhone,
and shared with friends/
colleagues/family
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iPhone and AppleTV
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iPhone and AppleTV
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It’s the...
integration
simplicity
fun of discovery
...little things,
important things.
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