Things We Would Like to Say to Clients at 2 a.m.

While we remain on Impossible Project Deadline, please enjoy this Russian kitty who’s channeling our thoughts.

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Y’know… I was worried that my cat wasn’t all that vocal.

But now, I’m glad.

That’s exactly how I imagined you sound on the phone, Nojo.

The pugs really enjoyed that.

In breaking news: I am now in the Cloud. And yes, it is awesome.

@Bene: How’s Steve doing? Any messages from on high?

@JNOV: Don’t make me cry. I only just managed to stop.

@Benedick: I’m sorry, Dear. I’ll stop.

The guy sitting next to me in the library, the guy who is listening to music thorugh headphones and, oh, SINGING, is making me cry. Why is it harder to sing when you’re wearing two headphones? Shouldn’t you be able to keep a tune without hearing yourself?

Oh, Hey! The Pleasure Chest in Rittenhouse Square is still open.

Catt! I need you, and time is of the essence!

@JNOV: Catt doesn’t usually check in until afternoon East Coast time.

If I were site admin I would check the drafts to see if something fun was there. Since I now live in the Cloud, Mail has crashed and I can’t access my email.

I’m sure this is a design feature I just don’t quite see how yet.

@JNOV: Before lunch he can be found trolling WeHo.

@Benedick: It’s like everything suddenly makes sense. Especially when you have a Mac and two iGadgets automatically syncing with each other.

I don’t see any iCloud shit on my phone. Might have a 3G…

Okay — so if I have a free upgrade to a 3Gs (8 gigabytes) and my unlimited data transfer plan gets grandfathered, should I take it? I mean, 8 gigs are kinda meh, but my 3G is almost dead, and the 4S is so so?

@JNOV: I think the 4S is still an iPhone 4, which everyone went apeshit for, when it came out. Presumably the same levels of apeshittedness apply to the 4S, it’s just got some clever voice features now.

Still and all, I’d take a free 3GS if the existing 3G is dying.

@IanJ: Thank you, Ian. Yeah. Maybe I’ll even buy a cover for this one. ;-)

@nojo: Most of the iCrap is of dubious utility for general business applications but the utility aspect of basic internetwork and interdevice communication is very nicely done in OS X. My cell phone is an R520m Ericsson triple band that runs everywhere in the world and sounds fine on any GSM that isn’t hypercompressing its voice channel. (I can sit on a call and take notes for 20-30 minutes without listening fatigue, so I don’t see ever replacing it except in the case of complete meltdown.) Even though it’s 11 years old, the MacBook Pro picks it up and syncs address books without a hitch, wirelessly. First time I paired them, it told me everything about the phone except the name of the Swede who assembled it. Windows – with a hardware cord could not even find the fucking thing.

@FlyingChainSaw: Most of the iCrap is of dubious utility for general business applications

I’ve trained all my clients to use email. Saves a shitload of time.

@JNOV: Silent Creative Partner still has a 3GS, and he’s still quite happy with it — especially after yesterday’s software upgrade.

He also has the grandfathered unlimited data plan, and he’s very happy with that. (I had to kill Granddad to get Internet tethering, which for me was a very reasonable trade-off.)

@IanJ: The 4S uses the same case as the 4, but the innards are totally different — in particular, a beefier processor. And “Siri” looks like a lot of fun. But I’m still on contract with my 4.

@nojo: Doesn’t work for operational questions that need immediate feedback, often with third parties in the room, or on concall, who need answers to commit to milestones right then and there. Deliverables development, yeah, if it’s not sensitive can go on email.

@FlyingChainSaw: Doesn’t work for operational questions that need immediate feedback

Client, 12:34 pm: “My print broker needs to order the paper now so I need to give him a page count – what are we at right now?”

Nojo, 12:40 pm: “44 pages + 4-page cover”

That would have been a five-minute phone call. I don’t get paid to jabber.

@nojo: Sundries and prepared deliverables are different from operational planning in some industries, that is true.

@nojo: 3GS on a grandfathered data plan here, and I’m happy. Of course, mine is also jail broke and unlocked. I need the latter so I can use it in the Far Abroad, but is wi-fi spot creation now a feature of newer OSsssss? If so, I might upgrade from *cough* 3.1 and lose the jailbreak. It’s buggy, but I need to use my phone as a wifi hotspot on a regular basis (like now).

ADD: @ yes, go for the free 3GS upgrade.

@Nabisco: I was at REI looking at solar chargers for my Blackberry today, a bivvy sack for the unexpected overnight stay in the woods, bought a topo map of the place I’m thinking ’bout looking for Mr. Elk . . .

@Nabisco: I don’t recall whether the wifi hotspot was introduced with the iPhone 4, or whether it’s also available on the 3GS, or whether it’s just an iOS 4+ thing.

But I do know that AT&T screws you for the privilege of using a built-in function. You have to pay the initial rate of $25 for two gigs of data, then $20 for tethering and an additional two gigs.

And if you’re me, you claim it all as a business deduction. Because the Internet’s my fuckin’ livelihood, man.

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