Fun with iPhone …

iphoneI attended NECC in DC this week, armed only with my iPhone (previously, I never would have attended a conference without my laptop). I decided to go for lightweight convenience over the ability to type my notes. Amazingly, I had absolutely no need for a laptop. I was connected via the free wireless 100% of the time. Took my notes in Evernote and checked websites during the presentations. Worked really well.

Of course, my daughter snagged my phone to check out the new voice control and we had an uproarious time trying to get it to work. She was only interested in playing music … and several of her requests were hilariously misinterpreted. She told the phone to, “Play songs by Frank Zappa” and we immediately heard Ring Ring by ABBA. A request for songs by Aerosmith resulted in a call to my former Superintendent (she hung up immediately, thank goodness). We finally got pretty goofy and requested the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Apparently that brings up ABBA as well. Maybe the phone knows something …