1. Get a WP7 phone that has a mini USB.  The proprietary plugs are silly and almost insulting to consumers.  
2. The soft keyboard was nice, but I would seriously consider a device with a keyboard.  Both the LG (with the keyboard) and Samsung models are the same size, so why not?

It's been the usual summer in Atlanta, hot and humid.  Venturing outside is like going into a sauna.  Most of my days this summer have been inside working on both client work and I'm back to the grind working on a Windows Phone 7 book.  My walls are covered in notes, here's a little peak.

I've been on the hunt for a really good office chair.  My attention keeps getting diverted to a lounge chair rather than a traditional Office Depot desk chair.  I vaguely remember my parents having the Eames lounge chair when I was younger, and thinking it was hideous.  After taking a second renewed look, I can see the beauty in it. Was I wrong or am I getting old?

My project, Roundtable, is the main call to action on the home page of  Microsoft's Because it's everybody's business page campaign.  This is the project:

A few month ago I spent a week in San Fransisco.  It was mostly for business, but I made sure to take the time to catch up with Brandon and go to a Giants game.  My hotel room, at the Harbor Court Hotel, had an amazing view overlooking the Bay Bridge.  It was the first time I had ever been to San Fran, so the first day I honestly thought i was waking up to the Golden Gate Bridge and wondering why it wasn't red.  After a good laugh, Brandon clued me in.  

Anyway, I had been wanting to try out a stop motion video for a while, but never knew how.  I talked with a couple guys at Mekanism who are stop motion vets, so I picked their brain.  On my last night, I opened the curtain of my hotel room window, set up a tripod, and tried it out.  The first video captured the changing from evening to night.  The second, I woke up at 4am to replace the battery, and captured the sun coming up over the bay.  Personally, I think the second video is better.  There's something about seeing the changing colors of the sky that gets me.