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Nelson is a great place for the creative mind. It is no surprise that many famous New Zealand artists have been drawn to and inspired by it’s natural beauty.
The Nelson Tasman Regional Arts Strategy is underway and proving to be an exciting initiative for the area. Part of this Strategy is communicating the arts to the world by way of the Nelson Art Guide (left). The latest edition inspired me to write a letter (below) to the Nelson Mail.
If you’re like me, and you love your iPhone for it’s wide variety of applications and uncanny ability to have your office in your pocket, keep reading.
As a self-employed creative, I’m always discovering new ways of incorporating my 3G iPhone into everyday tasks. Calling it a phone is a bit of a misnomer in my opinion as it does so much more…
1.)First and foremost, the unit severs as my most important tool for gathering business and political news. This is done through the inbuilt Safari mobile web browser. Some of the best news sites on the web have now developed dedicated and highly functional mobile editions. These are my current mobile favorites:
2.) Stocks and Shares. The inbuilt ‘Stocks’ application is perfect for real-time updates on your portfolio. View markets over a 2 year history, then zoom in to the current days trades. Fast and useful.
3.) Maps. The out-of-the-box Maps application turns the iPhone into a mock GPS unit. Fantastic for locating hard to find clients.
4.) Voice record. Hey presto – your phone is transformed into a powerful dictaphone. Only $1 from the Apple App Store. Who said the iPhone wasn’t cheap?
5.) Weather. Planning a trip? Get ready for it by packing only what you need.
6.)Photos. Not only do I like to take pictures, I like to DO things with them. The iPhone and iPhoto talk to each other like best friends. Transferring photos to and from the iPhone serves as valuable visual reference for my design studio.
7.) SMS. Although I have never been a big fan of texting (due to the time it takes me to type a simple message), the iPhone changes all that. With a common touch screen keyboard there is no difference in between texting or typing an email – both are quick and easy to do.
8.) Music. One of the little talked about features of the 3G iPhone is that it comes with a built in speaker. The mini speaker option turns your iPhone into a bona fide music player without having to join the ‘me too’ white ear bud brigade. Perfect for when you are in the kitchen, garage or just chilling in your own space.
9.) Email on the go. This is the iPhone’s killer app as far as I am concerned. Having the ability to check my email anywhere outside the studio is a freedom beyond cost.
10.) Oh, did I mention that it is also a phone?
I presented at the 2nd Nelson Pecha Kucha evening last night.
Pecha Kucha is a presentation format for creative work originally devised by Architects (KDa) in Tokyo, Japan in 2003.
A Pecha Kucha night is an event format in which presenters show a slideshow of 20 images, each of which is shown for 20 seconds — giving a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds. Each event usually has 8 – 14 presenters. Presenters (and much of the audience) are usually from but not limited to the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields.
The event format has been replicated in more than 120 cities, including London, San Francisco, Seattle, Rotterdam, Shanghai and Berlin.