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MobileUs – MobileMe for Small Businesses

Kurt Trew — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:25:27 +0000

Apple Inc. have big visions for cloud computing and seem to have concentrated solely on the consumer without much obvious, or at least visible, thinking for business. Yes, they have dabbled, but I think it’s time for something with a bit more meat on the bone. Something similar to using Snow Leopard Server, but ‘in the cloud’.

I am a small business owner who is also a paid-up subscriber of a Mobile Me family account. But I use these accounts for personal purposes and I think that Apple are missing a trick by not offering some form of Cloud Computing system for business. Sure, you could use the regular account for business, but here’s what I would want out of it specifically.

Calendar

A shared calendar that all team members could edit, or permissions could be set.

Address Book

A company-wide address book that is added to by all members of the team account and synced over the cloud.

iWork.com

A similar service to iWork.com, but harder working.

iDisk

This is a given. Share company files such as brochures, price sheets etc.

I think there is a genuine need to have a system setting and separate service for Mobile Me and Mobile Us, as some team members will also want to keep their personal account separate, especially when it comes to synching their home iPhones or iPads with their computer, for example.

Just a quick idea I had and thought I should get it off my chest.

What do you think?

Lendle. The easiest, fastest, fairest, and best way to lend and borrow Kindle™ books.

Kurt Trew — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:25:04 +0000

This is a really nice idea and brings the social web another step closer. If a fellow Lendler requests a book you own, you’ll get a notification asking if you want to lend it. When you lend a book, the borrower will have it for 14 days, and then it will be automatically returned to your Kindle.

Don’t forget that you don’t need a Kindle to read Kindle books; you can run Kindle on iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and Android.

iPhone User Interface Stencil by Kapsoft

Kurt Trew — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:50 +0000

There is now another iPhone user interface stencil on sale for those of you who are interested in creating your own iPhone/iPod Touch application.

What makes this one unique is the fact that it is made from a durable plastic, as opposed to the aluminium version that I previously blogged about offered by UI Stencils.

Sony’s Walkman is 30 this week!

Kurt Trew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:10:47 +0000

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The BBC sends roving reporter Scott Campbell, co-editor of Net News Daily on a ragga-trip down memory lane; at least, for some of us!

Wacom Bamboo Graphics Tablet

Kurt Trew — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:22:50 +0000

I’m a complete newbie to the world of graphics tablets which is why I was excited to find a (fairly) new product from Wacom, called Bamboo.

I’ve always heard how good Wacom tablets are, but they’ve always been placed just outside the kind of budget where you’d buy one to see if you like it. Bamboo cost about £60 and I think this is excellent value for money for those people who, like me, are entering this ‘mouseless’ domain for the very first time.

I understand that it has its limitations, having only 512 levels of pressure sensitivity etc., compared to the higher end of the market, but I am finding it so easy to adapt to.

The one thing I did find difficult to comprehend after using a mouse for the last 20+ years, was the fact that the tablet is mapped to the display area. Unlike a mouse which you have to pick-up and reposition every now and then.

I think that I’m going to like it a lot.