iPod Touchiness

So, when we got our economic stimulus check, we did our patriotic duty and went out and stimulated the economy. I got a few toys and went to the writer's conference with mine, Jena got an iPod Touch.

Man, those things are cool. For a long time the user interface of portable devices was just painful to use, but Apple really nailed it with the iPhone/iPod Touch. So easy and intuitive, and so many applications (especially if you jailbreak it ;^) ). It's really a laptop replacement.

A couple of Fridays ago we had an emergency meeting at work about a server application that needed to be written by Monday, and that hadn't been started yet. Since I had written a few similar things in the past, I was given the assignment. To help compensate for the last minute ruination of my weekend, though, my manager offered to get me an iPod Touch if I finished by Monday.

It was done by Saturday morning.

I'm still waiting for the iPod, but I've been informed that the purchase has been approved, so it's only a matter of time.