{"id":415,"date":"2011-06-25T16:08:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2011-06-25T16:08:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T15:08:59","slug":"maya%e2%80%99s-got-a-new-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"Maya\u2019s got a new toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or the title could just as well have been \u201dmama\u2019s got a new baby\u201d. I might as well admit it; I\u2019m a gadgets person. And even though I hate to admit this one: when it comes to brands I\u2019m a complete Mac geek. Still, to go on and spend so much money on something that practically is \u201djust\u201d a phone is ridiculous, so I\u2019ve been avoiding the temptation for a long time. Then it occurred to me \u2013 this can be useful, I actually need an Iphone as a tool in my everyday life. Let me elaborate. <\/p>\n<p><em>Tittelen kunne like gjerne ha v\u00e6rt \u201cMama har f\u00e5tt en ny baby\u201d. Jeg kan like godt innr\u00f8mme det; jeg er opptatt av tekniske duppeditter. Og selv om jeg hater \u00e5 innr\u00f8mme dette; n\u00e5r det kommer til merkevarer s\u00e5 er jeg en Macnerd. Allikevel, det \u00e5 bruke s\u00e5 mye penger p\u00e5 noe som tross alt bare er en telefon er rett og slett latterlig, s\u00e5 jeg har unng\u00e5tt fristelsen lenge. S\u00e5 gikk det opp for meg: dette kan v\u00e6re nyttig, jeg trenger faktisk en Iphone som et verkt\u00f8y i hverdagen. La meg utdype.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/Iphone1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been blogging for many years, in the era of cyber world and social networking I\u2019ve been on it like \u201dforever\u201d. I started my blog back in January 2006, by the way you can actually have a look at my earliest attempts to blog right here  http:\/\/mayasworld.blogdrive.com\/, as it of course is still out there on the never-ending Interweb. So what is my blog? My definition hasn\u2019t changed much over the years; to me a blog is a combination of pictures and words in an independent publication. And do I have words? If you have read my blog for a while you know that I don\u2019t have the ability to be short, I always have a lot to say and so my entries tend to be long. This is also why I try to have good pictures on my blog, to illustrate, to inspire and not at least to balance all my text. Needless to say, all this writing and taking crisp photos takes a lot of time, and the regularity of my posts reflects this. The last year or so I\u2019ve noticed more and more \u201dinstant messaging\u201d blogs; you take a snap shot, type a short message, and publish this on your blog, all using one device \u2013 your phone. I don\u2019t plan on making my blog into a collection of short picture-messages, but I do believe that my Mr Maciphone can come in handy trying to increase the number of post each month.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jeg har blogget i mange \u00e5r, i cyberverdenens tidregning har jeg s\u00e5 og si hold p\u00e5 \u201cfor alltid\u201d. Jeg startet bloggen min i januar 2006, forresten s\u00e5 kan du ta en titt p\u00e5 mine f\u00f8rste fors\u00f8k her http:\/\/mayasworld.blogdrive.com\/, fordi alt ligger selvf\u00f8lgelig fremdeles ute p\u00e5 det uendelige Internettet. S\u00e5 hva er min blogg? Min definisjon har ikke endret seg s\u00e5 veldig i l\u00f8pet av \u00e5rene, jeg oppfatter min blogg som en samling ord og bilder i en uavhengig publikasjon. Og gjett om jeg har ord? Hvis du har lest bloggen min over tid s\u00e5 vet du at jeg ikke evner \u00e5 v\u00e6re kortfattet, jeg har alltid s\u00e5 mye \u00e5 si og dermed blir innleggene mine lange. Derfor pr\u00f8ver jeg \u00e5 ha gode bilder p\u00e5 bloggen, for \u00e5 illustrere, for \u00e5 inspirere og for \u00e5 balansere all teksten. Det er jo klart at all denne skrivinga og det \u00e5 ta bilder er tidkrevende, og dette reflekteres i hvor ofte det kommer nye innlegg. I l\u00f8pet av det siste \u00e5ret har jeg lagt merke til flere og flere \u201c\u00f8yeblikksblogger\u201d; du tar et kjapt bilde, skriver en kort melding, og publiserer dette, alt ved \u00e5 bruke ett verkt\u00f8y \u2013 telefonen din. Jeg planlegger ikke \u00e5 endre bloggen min til en s\u00e5nn samling av korte bildemeldinger, men jeg tror at min Mr Maciphone kan bli hendig i et fors\u00f8k p\u00e5 \u00e5 blogge oftere.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/Iphone2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After opening the shop I\u2019ve become more and more active considering social networking too. I\u2019m on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MayaKnits\">twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Knit-with-attitude\/188291237720\">facebook<\/a>, I\u2019m a member of several web communities, and I read loads of blogs. So no more need to bring my loveable but quite old and fragile Mac, or bring my brilliant but quite heavy camera, a lot of my everyday activities can now be handled in a few moments using my phone. Do you see where I\u2019m going with this, it is absolutely necessary for me to have and Iphone to manage my tasks, right? As you can see, I\u2019ve used a lot of time justifying this to my self, and I really don\u2019t think that my arguments are that bad&#8230;really. <\/p>\n<p><em>Etter at jeg \u00e5pnet butikken har jeg ogs\u00e5 blitt mer og mer aktiv i ulike sosiale media. Jeg er p\u00e5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MayaKnits\">twitter<\/a> og <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Knit-with-attitude\/188291237720\">facebook<\/a>, jeg er med i flere ulike websamfunn og jeg leser veldig mange blogger. Men n\u00e5 trenger jeg ikke \u00e5 ta med min kj\u00e6re men noe utslitte Mac, eller mitt brilliante men tunge fotoapparat, en rekke av mine hverdagslige aktiviteter kan n\u00e5 h\u00e5ndteres kjapt ved bruk av telefonen min. Ser du hvor jeg er p\u00e5 vei hen med dette, det er absolutt n\u00f8dvendig for meg \u00e5 bruke en Iphone for \u00e5 h\u00e5ndtere de daglige oppgaver, ikke sant? Som du kan se, s\u00e5 har jeg brukt mye tid p\u00e5 \u00e5 rettferdiggj\u00f8re dette for meg selv, og jeg synes virkelig ikke at argumentasjonen min er helt grunnl\u00f8s heller&#8230;virkelig.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or the title could just as well have been \u201dmama\u2019s got a new baby\u201d. I might as well admit it; I\u2019m a gadgets person. And even though I hate to admit this one: when it comes to brands I\u2019m a complete Mac geek. 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