5 Days to PSW: Travel/PSW Tools
- March 19, 2010
- Technology
- Tags: iphone, Photoshop World
The countdown has been on since long ago, but it is only just recently that it has begun to sink in that my flight leaves on Monday. For me, this is a trip that is a first in many ways but will of course be so much fun!
I wanted to share some of tools that I am using while traveling to help me go through it smoothly and to keep me sane when I actually get over there.
Photoshop World Official iPhone App
Not starting with the official Photoshop World iPhone App would be terrible! I love the official app, made by Shawn Welch that gives you full scheduling features to plan out your conference week. Lovely!
TripIt
The free online service TripIt is just terrific. You just forward your confirmation emails to them and they automatically add it to your trip you are planning. This means that you always have the flight details with you by just logging onto TripIt.
They also have a mobile app for the iPhone but more on that below.
FlightTrack Pro and TripDeck
While the TripIt app works for checking your details, TripDeck allows you to fully manage your trip from your iPhone. Now syncing with TripIt, you have a perfect app to use on the iPhone to get to your trip information. It will also send you flight status through push notifications.
FlightTrack Pro is the app that will allow you to track your different flights. Imagine knowing that a connecting flight is cancelled before entering the first one! Someone coming to visit you that you need to pick up by plane? Add it and get real time flight info, including its position in the air.
Tweetie
Twitter is absolutely huge and there will be loads of twittering going on at Photoshop World so as an iPhone user, I have Tweetie on my phone to be able to tweet there as well from my iPhone. It has got a great UI and all the Twitter features.
In this video comment I talk briefly about my plans coming to Photoshop World, coming up next week in Orlando (March 24-26) and how I will be covering the event.
Google's Doodle on Pi Day
Today, March 14, is Pi day, one of the approximative days which makes up part of Pi, ? (the number shortened to 3.14). If you want to get even geekier, you can really celebrate at 1:59 p.m, or even 1:59:26 as putting these together with the date, yields 3.1415926, the first seven decimals of pi.
So, the title may be a little…self-serving, but who else will post it on my own blog? Right! Anyhow, today is indeed my 18th birthday and I am very very thankful for all birthday wishes that I’ve gotten through Twitter and Facebook from all of you. You guys are so kind! 
I am off to get some cake and taking the day off working! I’ll be back with the regular scheduled program on the sites tomorrow!
By now you should know that I am going to Photoshop World in Orlando, March 24-26. One of the events that you get to take part of is the Guru Awards, a contest open only to the attendees of the conference. You get to enter three entries into any of the seven categories, Artistic, Photography, Photo Restoration, Commercial, Photo Montage, Photo Retouching and Illustration.
I have just made sent in my entry for the awards and if you are attending Photoshop World, you should think about doing the same thing, because the deadline is fast approaching, March 5th.
