WiFi around town

As I said in my last blog post, I would love an IPad 2, but am having a hard time with the cost. I could cut the cost down a bit by selling my IPod Touch and transferring my 3G data plan from my netbook to the IPad. I am watching my data usage on the Netbook and finding more and more that I can either find a free connect point or just wait till I get somewhere to connect. I have access through the IPod touch and will be moving that data to an Iphone next month. As you can see I am doing a really good justification of the IPad moving into my domain in the next couple of months.

I am finding more places offering WiFi where ever I go. I am posting this from the hospital room where my father currently is. The hospital offers a free public WiFi plus computers in the family rooms on each floor. Way to go Longmont United Hospital! My friends are helping me scope out the WiFi signs all over town. We are finding in restaurants all over town, places that we would never have thought would join the WiFi revolution, example Perkins. You have to ask for the password but the managers are happy to supply it. My parents are not really happy as I can pull out my Touch and check my e-mail most any place we go these days!

Apples IPad

I am in the throes of tech envy! Some of my friends have bought the Apple Ipad 2. I have played with them a bit but they seem just like my IPod Touch only bigger. I cannot seem to justify the cost just to have a bigger screen for what I can do on my Ipod. I have decided that I will wait till the Ipad comes out with a USB port or a slot for a SC card. I need someway to access data and transfer data and documents without having to connect to a computer. Especially since Apple only wants you to sync with 1 machine only! I mean really, I have several computers that I use for different tasks and the ability to connect an Ipad to each machine without having to load ITunes and then wipe the Ipad just to put a file on it would be key for me.

Marketing

How do you go about marketing a small business? This is going to be my task this week. I know about the Small Business Bureau, and several different websites built for small business. But I need more practical help. I am a computer technician and not a designer. I think that I will use a MS template to whip up a small brochure to put around town, but there has to be more!