I've just paid for my second month of iPhone service, and I never thought I'd say this of Rogers, but I couldn't be happier. For a third of what I was paying for my Blackberry, I have a LOAD of better functionality. Rumour has it that RIM is working on a competing product for this fall, but I'm loving my iPhone so far, and will for the next 3 years ;-)

My favourite apps? The built-in apps are all useful: Phone, GPS, camera, internet interface (Safari), and of course the iPod (music and video). Facebook has been really useful, as messages come through as text, and Twitterific works well too for "mini-blogging". Shazam allows you to identify any recorded song. Just hold it out so the mic can pick up the sound, and seconds later you know the song and artist and can download it through iTunes. Cowbell, Tiny Violin, BubbleWrap, iPint and Dice are favourites with the kids.

I use the new Kicker speaker system for making presentations (I can plug my laptop into it) and can definitely recommend it for sound quality and volume. Blows away the competition (Bose and Harman Kardon) in my opinion.

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It's been a busy end of summer! We took a 3600km road trip through Northern Ontario, with stops in Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Got to speak in two churches about our new work with HCJB Global Canada, and built a website for a third. It was a little surreal to walk through the front door of First Baptist in the Sault and realize that my Dad was the same age that I am now when our family moved there in 1981. Lot's of good memories, though, and it was good to reconnect with old friends. Had a great time with the Pipers in Thunder Bay, too. (you can see a few pics here.)

I shot some video for a film launch event during the Toronto International Film Festival last week, and this week I've been helping a company in Ohio get ready for a trade show in Vegas in a few weeks. Shooting video for their big screen displays.

We've been enjoying representing HCJB, spending a week up at Elim Lodge (Peterborough) and then the Northern Tour. I'll be heading to Quebec and New Brunswick with Brian Seeley from Oct.4-13, and then it's off to Costa Rica from the 14th to the 25th to film another mini-documentary. Hope to get to Ireland in November to film the first Christian radio station granted a license there in Cork. Pretty exciting!

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