Entries from May 2008 ↓

off to sydney this afternoon for a quick couple of days with the ACOM folks over there. busy morning between now and my flight later this arvo.

always lots happening around warnbro church, and the last couple of weeks have been no exception. i’ll try and post some updates in the next day or two, assuming i have some downtime in sydney.

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• Unbelievable! Vodafone gprs is back… After over 48 hours down… #
• Off to Sydney tomorrow & I’ve got a busy day before I hit the airport, so off to bed early-ish. #

• Hot worship this morning – Chas & @baggas were hot on the strings. Very cool! #
• Wow – feel exhausted this arvo. It’s always amazing to me the physical impact of preaching two services. Nap time? #
• Just discovered from the helpful man at Vodafone that their data services are out nationally. Wow. That’s quite a feat to pull off! #

The latest news about the iPhone coming to Australia on Vodafone is causing a bit of stir, but to be honest I’m not that excited. I thought I would be because I do love all things Apple, but I can’t see myself getting an iPhone. For me, the biggest issues are two-fold…

Firstly, input on the iPhone is unbelievably slow, and if you’re someone who uses his phone a lot for email (like me), then the touch screen input is a killer. I know several people across the world who have changed back to Blackberry as their primary device (keeping the iPhone as a secondary plaything for surfing and non-essential stuff).

Secondly, I was listening to a Macworld Weekly piece the other day, where all of the contributors were lamenting the battery life on the iPhone, and how they all ended up having to shut down various functions on the phone to make it last a day. This, to me, would be unacceptable. And, with 3G, it’s only going to get worse. I was surprised to hear this expert consensus about the battery problem because I reckon this is a big problem, and it’s certainly something I don’t have ANY issues with on the Blackberry. In fact, from what I understand, the RIM people are fanatical about trimming power consumption on their devices, so this is never likely to be an issue. I don’t want a device that I’m afraid to use because it might not last the day. One contributor, Merlin Mann (of 43Folders fame) made a joke about the “iPhone thing” where it seems to be fine and then suddenly tells you you’re out of power and boom…

So, although I would love an iPhone as a secondary plaything, I just can’t see myself being able to justify the considerable cost nor the hassle of carrying two devices, which I’m glad to have done away with some years ago now. I reckon the Blackberry Curve has to be the best phone I’ve ever had for what I need a phone for – absolutely superlative. I haven’t found a thing I dislike yet.

• GPRS seems to be down in our area. I realize how much I use it at times like these. Spoke to a person @ Vodafone who knew less than me a … #
• Preparing to preach this morning on something I don’t feel I know much about, so this should be interesting! #
• GPRS is still down for Vodafone and it seems to be a bigger problem than just our area. Over 24 hours now… #

• Up pretty early this morning and been working since about 4.30am. Time for a coffee & snack! #
• curry night – lamb korma… hoping i don’t burn this one like i did last week when i had to run out to pick up kids… :-( #

• Up pretty early this morning and been working since about 4.30am. Time for a coffee & snack! #
• curry night – lamb korma… hoping i don’t burn this one like i did last week when i had to run out to pick up kids… :-( #

• off to talk design stuff for worldchangers. i love design stuff! good design is beautiful… #
• did i mention i love design?! great meeting with james and max, and we really got some great ideas together for worldchangers this year. #
• Currently wading through a bunch of reading for my doctoral seminar in July – woo boy! Hard to get into the groove of this kind of reading. #

i think i’m figuring out a good definition for “leadership”… leadership is largely about making good decisions in a timely way. it’s about being decisive and picking what should happen next, and being good at that.

at the end of the day, it seems to me that there are a bunch of things that leadership is about, but when it comes right down to it, that’s leadership in its purest form. there’s other stuff that follows the decision, but that’s the point that starts it all, and it’s the point that non-leaders can’t get past well.

just a thought i’m thinking…

“What you cry about today, you will laugh about tomorrow.” – Fred Smith

Gee, I sure hope so! :-/