I am rarely bored. I am an artist AND I have ADHD. Believe me, I live in a swirling vortex of ideas, and notes to remind me of other ideas and half finished projects I work on when I am not doing something else.
And I don't like hype. I have visceral reaction to it and get uncontrollably annoyed when the sheep are led to slaughter by a well-managed media campaign. A good PR person can convince most people that HiIlary Swank is drop-dead gorgeous, or Pulp Fiction is the product of pure genius.
So I don't own an iPhone. I haven't felt the need to spend the night in front of an Apple store to guarantee my right to own one. I couldn't see spending the money.
Hurricane Ike taught me a few things no advertising campaign could ever convince me of:
- Home Depot is great. When they were the only ones in the neighborhood with electricity, they provided chairs and plugs and extension cords for us to juice up our cel phones.
- AT&T has great coverage in Houston. .
- Late at night, with no lights and no a/c, it's hard to sleep and hard to do anything else.
I upgraded my package to include MediaNet and starting surfing. Suddenly, my cel phone became a lifeline, entertainment, and a flashlight. I found myself craving a bigger screen, and ... well, here is another app that makes me want an iPhone. Gesture By Big Stone Phone is an amazing app which lets you turn your photos and snapshots into digital paintings just by dragging your finger over the photo.(this cool comic reader was the first)
Maybe for the next hurricane.
