Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
They’re tiny, carnivorous fish that eat your dead skin.
The woman the feet belong to caught me staring at her, beckoned me over, then said I could stick my hand in to try.
Doesn’t hurt, feels neat. The UV light keeps it sterile, and I heard the fish’s enzymes help soften your skin, too.
One of Canada’s favourite companies just completed their launch of their new phone and OS – introducing the Blackberry Z10. I followed the launch along from start to now, thanks to TELUS who invited me.
The launch party in Toronto.
Whomever was in charge of the party crushed the guest list; that was a quality crowd.
Got to see many old social media faces and friends, from the good ‘ole days 2009-11-ish.
See how the keyboard is predicting what I’m typing? Once you get the hang of it, ahhh the efficiency.
(see my cell phone history here)
Parental controls, nice.
Security note – the default of NFC is “on”. Turn it off immediately #security
NFC – Near Field Communication. Pass files between phones without touching. (this blog post touches on it, here and start at the Charlie Miller part)
Then, it was off to TELUS HQ for a Z10 learning session.
I was pretty pumped for this event because, because at that time I was into researching how to move ‘contacts & calendar’ files among iPhone / BB / Android… BUT, move it withOUT using the cloud.
A – Nope. Have to use the cloud.
However, TELUS has half the problem solved… it’s a cabled solution, available in each of their retail stores; port contacts from phone to phone, but not calendar.
(here’s the video)
Yes, my otherworldly reflexes, but mostly that this moment was caught on camera to begin with.
Imagine the alternate ending to this story?
Red splatter everywhere, a mess that you can’t come back from…
I figured out a great trick: Polysporin all over your feet, socks, sleep, sandal ready.
Egg.
Claw hand.
