I love stumbling across new little tricks for the iPhone 4, especially when they solve problems I've complained about in the past :)

Use the compass with maps. Tap the Location button in Maps twice to use the built-in compass to orient the map based on the direction you are facing.

Ryan Hukill, SRS, Realtor® | www.ShowMeOKC.com

As quickly as things have changed in the tech & online world over the past few years, many people seem to think that they just need to learn what's going on now and they'll eventually "arrive" at a place where they can rest in what they know. The truth of it though, in my opinion, is that things will continue to adapt and change at a faster pace each year.

I stumbled across an incredibly informative blog post by Brian Solis yesterday, outlining the importance of YOUR presence on facebook. I'm speaking to the business-owners out there, big and small, of course. If Facebook isn't a major part of your business plan, your schedule, and your budget, you better re-think things quickly.

This isn't a post to take pot shots at Twitter. I'm a Twitter advocate and know the value in the awesome networks I've built there. In fact, I would say that if you're not using Twitter, or if you've used it and said "I don't get it," you're missing out on a massive wealth of knowledge and an amazing, neverending network.

If you know what I'm talking about, do you ever wonder who your audience really is? You know who you follow, and what they're about, right? But do you know what the people who follow you are all about?

Well, thanks to some friends and brilliant minds, you will wonder no more! Tweeplecloud will give you a visual of who is following you and what their interests are.

Just sign into twitter and link Tweeplecloud and you'll get something that looks like this:

 

 

If you know anything about tag clouds, then you know what you're looking at. If not, basically, the larger the word, the more prominent it is. So, by looking at this, I know that "real estate" is a very big commonality among my followers. I also know that many of my followers are in marketing, media, and business, and that many of them are social, bloggers, moms, husbands, etc.

So, what does yours look like? Share it here if you can!

You see any difference? Yeah, you'd have to be blind not to see it. You see the original shot, and the improved shot, all done AUTOMATICALLY by the iPhone. That's right, there's no photoshopping done on any of these.

With the new OS, you have an 'HDR' option. The short of it is that now your camera will (with HDR turned on) snap 3 versions of whatever you're shooting, one regular, one over-exposed, and one under-exposed. It then takes the best, clearest elements from the 3 shots and combines them into one picture, giving you more clarity in backgrounds, foregrounds, and the tiny details.

If you're a picture-snapping nut like I am, this little OS improvement will change your world... ENJOY!

A few months ago, I decided to go ahead and do something I'd be contemplating for a while. It's something that most people are afraid to do, and most of the 'experts' will tell you NOT to do. Yep, I changed my twitter name. The reasons why I did it could be an entirely separate blog post, so maybe later, but for now, let's just talk about how I did it without losing my followers, or having to ask them all to follow me at a different name, and without losing my original twitter name.

If there's one thing that drives me nuts, it's watching someone text while they drive down the road. I'm not blameless here either... sometimes I need to quickly reply to a message and, while I usually pull over to do so, or wait until I'm at a stoplight, it's not ALWAYS possible, right? What if you're on the highway?

 

 

Seems like a silly question, right?