Jonathan 2.0
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Last Saturday, I got my birthday present. It’s not my birthday yet, I have 2 more weeks, but we will be out of town then so the timing was better now. For my forthcoming birthday, I FINALLY GOT AN IPHONE!!! I’ve been wanting one forever, but I was stuck in Verizon’s ugly contract so I had to wait.
I love it! In less than a week, this device has totally changed my life. It really has made me Jonathan 2.0. I was already Web 2.0 before since I facebook since I wiki, blog, facebook, YouTube, RSS, etc; but now I can do it all from anywhere.
Here are a few examples of my new Life 2.0:
Running 2.0 – Before, I would run with my iPod Shuffle for music and a stop watch for timing. After my run, I would jump over to mapmyrun.com and draw my path on a google map to find my distance. No more! Now, I start the music and hit start on mapmyrun’s app. When I finish, I hit stop. It automatically save’s my run, distance, pace, etc. on the website and feeds it to my blog and Facebook.
Facebook 2.0 – Ok, that was stupid because Facebook is already 2.0 but facebooking while you are in an elevator is really 2.0ish.
Reading Material 2.0 – Who needs magazines anymore in the bathroom when you have an iPhone?
Church 2.0 – I just about fell out of my chair this morning when the pastor started to read from the bible, but instead of a bible, he used his NLT Bible App on his iPhone. You know I had that app before the service was over!
I may add more later.
It’s ironic that this is the second birthday that I’ve gotten a $200 cell phone. When I turned 18, I used my birthday cash to buy a cell phone. I don’t remember the model, but it was the first Nokia that had Caller ID, digital capabilities, etc. All of that stuff is standard now. I wonder what kind of $200 phone I’ll be able to get when I turn 40?
