Brian Dusablon

Along with the new MacBook Pros, Apple had some news about Mac OS X Lion, today. The biggest news for me, other than that they inexplicably don’t come standard with SSD, was that Lion Server is part of the regular package. This is awesome.

What intrigued me the most about Lion Server is this tidbit:

Profile Manager Profile Manager delivers simple, profile-based setup and management for Mac OS X Lion, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. It also integrates with your existing directory services and delivers automatic over-the-air profile updates using the Apple Push Notification service.

I might be reading too much between the lines, but is there hope for profiles on iOS devices? Oh how I would love to be able to manage multiple profiles on our iPad(s), and do it all from my Mac Mini hub.

This post is about Saddleback Leather Company.

I’ve been drooling over Dave’s creations for a while now. I’ve sent their customer service folks a bunch of blabbering emails about size, quality, fit, etc. They have been more than gracious and are incredibly responsive and sincere. What I should have done was bought one. I’ve finally done that, and now I’m eagerly anticipating the arrival of a dark coffee medium traditional briefcase. I picked one up off the “Dave’s Deals” page, at a significant discount.

Saddleback Leather Traditional Briefcase

I’m trying to minimize my setups and what I carry, but I went off-course a little with this purchase. I could have bought the slim or even a satchel, but I went with the traditional briefcase. The reason: my SLR. I want to shoot more photography. I love it. Why don’t I shoot more now? Because I never have my SLR with me. Why? Because I don’t carry my camera bag everywhere. I carry a backpack. I want a bag that is my everything, everywhere, every time bag and I’m hoping this is it. It should hold, comfortably, while not being ridiculously bulky or heavy (the bag alone weighs in at a moderate 6.5 lbs), my laptop, my iPad, cables, cords, notebooks, my SLR and a lens or two.

The quality will no doubt be amazing. I will be shooting some video (using a tripod and my new glif) when I receive it, and will post a thorough review.

My old method was to buy cheap and replace often, mostly because I’m indecisive and easily influenced. My new method: find quality, buy quality and use the hell out of it.

This bag will last me a lifetime (“they’ll fight over it when you’re dead”), and I hope to give it to my son when I’m finished with it.

Also, a side note, I love writing as well. I hope to post more on this blog, and possibly even start a book I’ve been pondering for a long time. This is the first attempt at writing more – I had a though, and rather than waiting until later to post about it, I just wrote. It felt wonderful.

Valid points. I don’t have an iPad (yet), but when I get one, I reckon (not sure why I just used that word) I will use it in about the same way. I will create content on it when it’s convenient (on a plane, bus, train, boat, patio, sofa), but I will not be replacing my Macbook Pro with it any time soon. I’ve pondered about the next stage of my technology setup(s), and while an iPad is definitely there, the absence of multiple laptops and/or desktops is not.

It’s new. It’s gorgeous. It’s cool. It’s not revolutionary. It’s nice. It’s got limitations. It will succeed.

It’s the iPad.

While I don’t need one, I think it would be cool to have around the house. Not sure $500 (for the bare bones edition) is worth it for a 3rd or 4th computer, though.

I hear lots of people talking about getting one for the family, including kids. Not so sure about that. My five-year old girl with grubby syrup hands does not need to mess with the $500 piece of glass.

No SD slot? No multi-tasking? No thank you.

What it is, is an awesome gadget for those who will use it for specific things. Like to read e-books? Perfect. Kindle-killer. Like to sketch/draw? Go for it. (Philip is an example).

I won’t use this thing a lot. If I traveled more, maybe. But then I’d have to have my Macbook Pro and my iPad. Two devices. Why not just use the MBP?

Around the house, sure, it’d be awesome, but $500 for an additional machine that gets used occasionally is not in my budget.

My uses would include: reading mags/books/RSS on the pot and on the couch, occasionally writing blog posts and updating Twitter. I can do these now with my iPhone, and I prefer real books.

I think doctors, students and older kids could use these quite a bit. However, in most cases, they also need a full computer for some activities the iPad cannot perform. So, again, this becomes an extra device.

It’s a very cool product. And, of course, Apple did it right, and waited until they could do it right, to launch.

There is a market for these. I’m just not in it.

Not sure why I haven’t seen this before, but I’ve been complaining about the length of time it takes to sleep my Macbook Pro since I got it. This SmartSleep preference pane is my solution.

It’s a simple configuration that tells your Mac when to go to basic sleep, and when to go to full sleep and hibernation (depending on battery power). Perfect!

Thanks to Dan Benjamin over at HiveLogic for putting me onto this.