I’d been meaning to try a day without my computer, just to see how it worked. Could I be productive on my iPhone alone? Well, last Thursday evening my laptop died, and I had my “experiment” thrust upon me. So let’s find out how it works. This post will be a running commentary on Friday without laptop.
Right now, it’s almost 10 AM, and it’s going better than I expected. I have checked and updated Facebook (both my personal and business pages). I’ve read all the blogs I am subscribed to and forwarded and tweeted items of interest. I’ve edited and posted my own daily blog post and am working on Monday’s. (This one.)
My calendar and action lists are on my phone, so no worries there. I will be where I need to be when I need to be there. I’ll see what action items normally done “at computer” can be done on the phone. Hopefully most of them.
Alas, not. Most of them involved either web research or access to files (which were backed up) that weren’t on my phone. None of them were tasks that had to be done today, so not a big problem.
Emails have been easy. No one sent me anything weird that I couldn’t open on the phone. The iPhone is an excellent email device. In my opinion the larger screen makes it superior to a Blackberry with hard keys. Never played with a Bold, so I can’t comment on the differences between them.
Blogging is very easy on the phone. I wrote a couple of posts today which puts me ahead for next week.
Overall, I wouldn’t want to live like this, but it worked. I was able to be productive in enough areas without the laptop.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, it’s fixed and fine. I didn’t even lose anything. I’ve got a great tech guy, if you need his name and number.
Tags: iPhone, networking on the go, social media