Things are starting to look rosy on the job front. I’ve got just under 2 weeks left at my current job, then I’ve got one week off, and then I will hopefully start my new job. I’m finally (FINALLY!) moving away from M$ technologies and will be working mainly with PHP, and maybe even a little Python. I’m quite excited, because this allows me to broaden my skill set. In the past I’ve felt that I was too narrow-minded about technologies, or never really had opportunities to try different things. But hopefully this year will change all that.
After waiting for a few weeks, I’ve upgraded my phone to an Android. It’s been great fun so far. My favourite apps at the moment are Angry Birds, Bebbled, GalaxIR, Gem Miner, JuiceDefender, StumbleUpon, Todo.txt Touch, and WhatsApp. Particularly I want to highlight WhatsApp. Basically it’s a replacement for SMS. It pulls your contact list and shows you everyone who is also using WhatsApp. You can then start chats with these people, and you get automatically notified when you have a new message. And you don’t even need to have WhatsApp open for that! Very cool. I use the StumbleUpon app mainly for finding more apps (which is a new feature they’ve recently added). Todo.txt Touch is a cool way to keep an up-to-date todo list. It synchronizes with DropBox, which allows you to edit the list on any other device or computer as well (as long as it’s DropBox enabled). JuiceDefender is also very useful. It disables unneeded services while you’re not using the phone, thereby extending your battery life. You can even set how aggressive the app will be at saving on power.
I’m still contemplating whether I want to start a 365-day photo project. I would limit it to my phone camera, and I would have to edit and submit the photo from the phone itself. It’s looking quite likely that I will take on this challenge, but I haven’t made my final decision yet.
That’s it for this week. Hope you have a week full of awesome challenges!