Just under two years ago I wrote a blog post just like this one where I comment on the level of trust that I have in my mobile device. Unfortunately I have not yet reached that level of trust, but tonight it begins its trials.
I spent quite a few hours installing Team Foundation Server (RTM) tonight into the Readify production environment, the installation went quite well but its now late and I need to be up around 6–6:30 tomorrow so I can catch the bus I want.
Last week I was having a bit of trouble waking up in the morning because I didn’t have my SmartPhone and my JasJar kept beeping through the night as it kept itself up to date with e-mails. What it meant is that I couldn’t get to sleep without muting the sound on the device, but I required the sound for the alarm to wake me up.
This weekend I installed the AKU2 update for the JasJar which includes a new Communications Manager component (it was there before, but this one is significantly better from a usability point of view). Anyway – it basically allows me to turn off all the external connectivity to the device except for an actual phone call. This way I can rest assured that the device won’t wake me up in the middle of the night, but it will still be able to scream at me in the morning to help get me out the door.
If it behaves this week then I think I’ll be able to trust it while I am on the road.