Today at work I received a publication in my mail - a publication put out by my department, Information Technology, a reference guide for all of the resources we provide to the campus. Fifteen pages of all the different groups and the services they offer, how to contact them, etc. Featured prominently on the cover is a shot of one of my computer classrooms, filled with young students intently listening to their instructor and following along on their own computers.

I finally caved. I resisted buying an iPhone for so long. My father worked for Verizon, so I felt I had to contribute to his job security. Verizon has better coverage and faster data speeds where I live. Most of my friends use Verizon so minutes and texts were all free. My father recently retired, however, so one less reason to stay faithful. The final straw was when my poor old first-generation LG Chocolate got to the point of completely uselessness.

This past week I decided to try out MobileMe, a new service from Apple to sync data between multiple computers: mail, bookmarks, passwords, calendars, etc. Not only did I decide to try it, but I went all in, forwarding all of my mail to the MobileMe server. Short of some initial tweaking to get everything set up just how I wanted it, everything has gone well.