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How the iPhone Changed My Life
1. iPhone changed my life
(my real life, not my geek life!)
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2. 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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7. Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
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8. Some examples
• Remembering random crap I just
thought of
• Dude, where’s my car?
• Never forget another birthday!
• At rehearsals
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9. 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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10. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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32. At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
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33. At rehearsals
• No-fiddle interweb
connection, either 3G or
wifi
• Flip phone for landscape
view
• Pinch to zoom
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34. 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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35. 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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36. 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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42. 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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43. 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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44. 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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45. 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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50. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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51. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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52. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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53. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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54. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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55. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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56. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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57. Expenses
done!
• Oh God, I hate doing
expenses
• XpenseTrkr means no
more messing with receipts
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58. 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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59. 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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65. 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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66. 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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67. 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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68. 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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69. 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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70. 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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71. 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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