So what is a social network good for?

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I can see such things would be useful for lawyers and prosecutors. But for the rest of us it's an argument against using such sites.

My point exactly.

Also very useful in screening job interview candidates. Again, though, this is an argument against actually using social networking sites oneself.

As far as sharing vacation photos goes, I always just post them to my own website over my iPhone using WordPress and let my RSS feed notify family and friends. I suppose that at least part of why social networking sites never appealed to me is that I've had my own site to share vacation and pet photos on since sometime circa 1998.

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Again, though, this is an argument against actually using social networking sites oneself.

Unless you really are a good job candidates, not just plotting to cheat your prospective employer into believing that ;)

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As far as sharing vacation photos goes, I always just post them to my own website over my iPhone and let my RSS feed notify family and friends.

Yeah ... that's an option.
Except, if you are like my wife, who has about a hundred "friends" on facebook, and if all those friends posted their photos on their own sites and published their own RSS feeds ... pretty soon it gets out of hand.
There is a certain value in being able to see what everybody you know is up to on a single page, without having to track each person individually (most people don't know how to create an rss feed too - that's another problem).

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I'm currently reading Annie Duke's book, Decide To Play Great Poker, on my Kindle app on my iPhone.

Don't you find the screen too small?

More important, do you feel your eyes getting tired and/or irritated faster or more often than when you read a paper book?

For the record, I'm capable of reading an entire book in one day without stopping for anything other than food or a bathroom break. My personal best, so to speak, was reading a Trek TNG novel in 6 hours, but it was only 200 pages of large print long.

Thanks.

I don't like the Kindle because it isn't backlit. But, as far as reading on an iPhone, I watch foreign movies and TV shows on my iPod (320x240) with subtitles all the time no problem, and I don't have especially good eyesight. People do tend to assume that the subtitles would be too small to read, but then I pull it out and show them and point out that the subtitles are, relatively speaking, no smaller than they would be on a TV screen on the other side of the room. It's never been a problem, even late at night.

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I don't like the Kindle because it isn't backlit.

I've heard that as a selling point, as it's supposed to be easier on the eyes.

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But, as far as reading on an iPhone, I watch foreign movies and TV shows on my iPod (320x240) with subtitles all the time no problem, and I don't have especially good eyesight.

It's not quite the same thing. Even if you read the subtitles, your eyes roam all voer the screen to see the action as well. When reading a book, you stay focused on the line you're reading. I mean you do move your eyes all over the page, but slowly and wlays focused on the line. That tires your vision earlier if you're getting too much light.

Quote: Nareed

Don't you find the screen too small?

No.


We're getting off topic here, but...

Here's a screen shot of my iPhone, of the current page in Annie Duke's book.

The first image is my setting, font size 2 - which I think is the default. Then I show size 1 (smallest) and 5 (largest), as well as size 2 in sepia and white.

Note that the resolution of the iPhone is higher than a typical PC, so they may appear larger than life size. They should be 2" x 3". For what it's worth, I think that the extra resolution makes it easier on the eyes. Note this is the iPhone 3G. The 4G has even higher resolution.

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I watch foreign movies and TV shows on my iPod (320x240)

When did we as a society switch from wanting the biggest TV screen to the smallest TV screen?

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No.

Very succinct :)

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We're getting off topic here, but...

It's ok. We've about exhausted the vast wasteland of social netowrking (whatever the hell that is). Oh, maybe I'll ahve something to say about it later, but I doubt it.

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Note that the resolution of the iPhone is higher than a typical PC, so they may appear larger than life size. They should be 2" x 3". For what it's worth, I think that the extra resolution makes it easier on the eyes. Note this is the iPhone 3G. The 4G has even higher resolution.

As you say, it's hard to really say. In any case I wouldn't get an iPhone. IN principle I'm against expensive pocket gadgets that are easy to lose. I would like a portable gadget I could use for reading, writing and browsing the web, so maybe I'll get an iPad or some other kind of tablet PC.

Thanks.

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I'm against expensive pocket gadgets that are easy to lose.

I understand. There's an app for that too. Of course, you can call it if it's simply misplaced. But if it's lost or stolen, with this app, you can remotely lock the phone, get it's location, and even erase personal data.

For what it's worth, my last cell phone was shorter and narrower but about twice as thick as my iPhone. I think the iPhone is more comfortable in my pocket. If it matters, I'm a front pocket guy. Left front for my iPhone, right front for my wallet.

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I understand. There's an app for that too. Of course, you can call it if it's simply misplaced. But if it's lost or stolen, with this app, you can remotely lock the phone, get it's location, and even erase personal data.

Unless the app includes insurance that also refunds your money, it's not that good :) I don't keep any sensitive data in my cel. It can get stolen or lost.