Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Public Transport Tickets by Mobile Phone

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

photo by rugbyxm Just a quick follow up to this week's article on mobile applications. Today I have learned that it is possible to buy tickets for local public transport company by mobile phone - well, actually they are paid by credit card or direct debit. I think that's great. No ...

Mobile Apps and Websites

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Since about two weeks I am the proud owner of a new mobile phone, a Nokia 82. Actually that's my first phone which can be used for real mobile internet applications. Yeah right, most of you use those phones since several months, if not years already, but it's really a ...

This Time of the Year Already

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

It's Christmas time! And I am definitely not in the mood yet. The older I get the more this time seems to come as a surprise anyway. However I will be away until Wednesday, visiting my parents, my brother, my sister in law, and my godson who I haven't seen ...

Email? Send a Fax

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

People are telling me that faxes have become obsolete, no one needed a fax machine anymore; email and PDF documents had replaced it. Some people even proclaimed email to be old school. Well, in the last few days I have learned that faxes are still relevant. Last Friday I asked three ...