If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, update its OS to 3.0. The spotlight feature for ‘desktop’ search is revolutionary. it is such an ye opener to me, and I love it to search for contacts rather than opening the contact app, looking for the search bar and typing it.

The best part is, when you switch to spotlight, the app opens instantly, the cursor is in the search box and the keyboard is ready. So it reduces a 5 step operation to 1. Insane!

Additionally, I use it to search for music. looking for a specific artist or a song was painful (even though the iPod app interface is very cool and effective). Spotlight pushes the usability with a 1 step operation (2 if you have to scroll).

Really, you got to try it to realize how cool it is.

That was a long while. More than a month I suppose since I posted last. A combination of trouble with word press, lethargy, and lack of things to discuss led to the hiatus.

Recently, I have been impressed by the increase in the number of commuters on bike. Some of them I tend to see on a regular basis, heading towards city for work in the morning and heading back home in the evening. I have been generally glad that people are doing their bit to reduce congestion on the roads and gaining fitness and karma points in the bargain.

That is until now. There are a few regular bike riders at my work place. Most are commuters from a nearby MRT (train station) and ride a few blocks in bat up rusty bikes. Thy seem to have little worry about theft and leave the bike, most of the times, unlocked. I do not have any secure bike parking facility and have been repurposing a lighting mast to secure my bike. Adding to that, a continuous presence of security at the work facility, gives me confidence that my bike will remain safe.

Additional to the lighting mast, there is no other place object I can improvise for securing. I had a nagging feeling, it is a matter of time when I will be challenged for the space. And competition did come. In the form of not one but 2 bikes taking over both sides of the mast. Now I am being orphaned (unless, of course, I find a solution to bring my bike into my work facility ). it is kind of a bitter-sweet reaction I have… On the one hand, it is nice to know that there are others who are biking too and on the other, the consequence of congestion in parking space makes me worry.

Well, may be it is about time, I started to ping the management to look into providing some proper bike parking facilities for the benefit of all… there should be strength in numbers. I just hope I can regain a secure bike park soon…