Your Cell Phone As A Creative Tool
This entry by Ms. Jen started with a conversation about the difference between her Nokia N95 and the iPhone. She suggested that the N95 was for creating content, whereas the iPhone was merely for consuming it.
Considering I write several blog entries a day on my iPhone when I’m out and about, I had to disagree. The iPhone camera is nothing compared the Nokia N95 camera, but I am able to write much easier with the iPhone than I would be with the keypad on the N95. It just depends on WHAT you want to create.
So Ms. Jen asked the question:
Now what are you going to do with your delicious, lovely, new iPhone?
No, don’t show me how it maps directions to Google Maps, my Nokia N95 can do that with the onboard GPS. No, don’t show me the two handed keyboard technique you have developed, as we both know that a teenager can kick your two handed technique with one thumb.
Show me what are you going to create with your iPhone on your iPhone. Don’t look at me like a deer in headlights.
She brings up many beautiful points about using the cell phone as a creative tool. I write with my cell phone. I even wrote with my Treo, despite the clunky interface.
What do you create with your phone? How do you use it? Does it just hide in your pocket, waiting for someone to call or do you pull it out several times a day?