Create More, Consume Less.Tumblr (3.0; @bobdel)http://www.bobdel.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzt17lGIyt1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast in Little Italy (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/18076019927http://www.bobdel.com/post/18076019927Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:14:08 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys7xfg4zZ1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Joe Mommas Coffee</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/16931799131http://www.bobdel.com/post/16931799131Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:08:02 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuya9i6Oc1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/15903621374http://www.bobdel.com/post/15903621374Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:58:57 -0800<p>This phrase as been tugging at me all though December. I’m attracted to its elegance, its brevity, its purity. It flew in behind the idea fairy like a banner towed over a crowded beach, and its been turning over in my imagination ever since.</p> <p>I pulled the plug on my personal electric umbilical cord for the last week or so, and returned this morning rested and full of optimism. Lots of bad news had been stacking up in my inbox. Lots of good news has been stacking up behind the idea of create more, consume less.</p> <p>Good news and bad news, creation and consumption. In both cases, its probably a win to simply get a little more of the former than of the latter.</p> <p>Welcome, 2012. It is nice to be living the future, one day at a time.</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/15246011952http://www.bobdel.com/post/15246011952Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:33:41 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwddydGSjy1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/14373791072http://www.bobdel.com/post/14373791072Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:47:00 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv13lmCx9G1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Let the vacation truly commence! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/13123386059http://www.bobdel.com/post/13123386059Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:58:33 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzawhoek01qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The vine covered rain soaked vines are turning yellow everywhere.</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/13079059062http://www.bobdel.com/post/13079059062Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:41:05 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzatrXJl71qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rainy Sunday</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/13078977883http://www.bobdel.com/post/13078977883Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:39:27 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lukmhsXvo21qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SLO town shopping adventure (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at KwirkWorld)</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/12709573205http://www.bobdel.com/post/12709573205Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:27:28 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltw24cGlvs1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/12120936713http://www.bobdel.com/post/12120936713Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:05:00 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltuphlylJF1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Afternoon Tea in Pasadena (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/12093452513http://www.bobdel.com/post/12093452513Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:34:32 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltu9ikxdvy1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/12080017517http://www.bobdel.com/post/12080017517Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:49:31 -0700<p>Here is how I’ve set up our Apple universe. My wife and I have a constellation of Apple hardware and accounts, and with the release of iOS 5, I was more than a little confused how things might change.</p> <p>The good news is that if you’ve got all your purchased media under a single account, not much should change. This article is an attempt to document my strategy with multiple AppleID accounts.</p> <p>We have three “primary” AppleID accounts. Two were associated with MobileMe, along with a third account from before the days .Mac existed.</p> <p>Over the last few years, we’ve each backed up our key data to MobileMe using our respective personal accounts. The .Mac/AppleID was used in iTunes for purchases, using the five Mac limit for our laptops and desktops.</p> <p>The initial iOS 5 install and setup screen prompts the user for an AppleID, which it uses to populate all the AppleID fields in the various applications that use it.</p> <p>This prompt appears the first time an iOS 5 device or Mac with 10.7.2 or later first starts up. However, I skipped this step.</p> <p>Once iOS 5 was installed in the iPad 1, and after skipping past the initial AppleID setup screen, the AppleID credential for the App Store and iTunes was in place. Home Sharing was still using the same AppleID in both the Music and Video settings. The iPad had access everything just as before. At this point I made sure the iPad was backed up, and the Mac was up to date.</p> <p>Next I went to iCloud.com on the Mac. It prompted me to convert my AppleID account to iCloud.</p> <p>Apple does not walk you though the steps of using more than one AppleID. All the screens are worded to imply that there is a single AppleID for each user, but I used my “personal” AppleID, the one which contained my MobileMe data.</p> <p>After a series of instructions from iCloud, on things like manually backing up the data beforehand and insuring that all the systems were up to date, the data was converted on Apple’s servers to iCloud. Afterwards I was allowed to log in using the Mac’s System Preferences to iCloud, and the account behaved as expected. </p> <p>On the iPad, I opened Settings and chose iCloud. Here, again, I entered the AppleID which houses my personal information. It found the iCloud account on the server, and behaved as I expected. Next I added the same AppleID into the Messages app Settings, and associated it with my old MobileMe email address, which was the same as its associated AppleID.</p> <p>In summary, iOS apps support individual AppleID logins, and do not appear to restrict any services when shared among devices.</p> <p>The only minor exception to this I’ve encountered thus far is iBooks. iBooks is tied to the AppleID of the store, so page bookmarks, notes, and shelf categories are shared between all the devices.</p> <p>My wife and I don’t read the same book at the same time, so its never really a problem, but it does illustrate the problems that could be faced by users as Apple continues to refine the iCloud services.</p> <p>I’m quite happy with iOS 5 thus far, and will update this post as needed going forward. In the meantime, think about consolidating all your media under one AppleID, and using another AppleID for your non-iTunes iCloud based services.</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> According to Macworld, its possible to create at least a somewhat similar setup with only two AppleIDs. One for all music purchases and iCloud sync of personal data for one person, separate AppleID’s for two or more people. There is an implied security issue when a single ID is used by one person to sync and everyone to make purchases.</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/11369954776http://www.bobdel.com/post/11369954776Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:37:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lohvpuflmH1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunday in Avila</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7734059354http://www.bobdel.com/post/7734059354Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:32:02 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnpwz5TICt1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Opening Night!</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7162522794http://www.bobdel.com/post/7162522794Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:06:06 -0700<p>No Internet in my room finds me tethered to intermittent coffee house wifi. Yesterday evening the canvases were hung next to the wine bottles with care, in the hopes that a gallery opening would soon not seem rare. More when time permits.</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7129672294http://www.bobdel.com/post/7129672294Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:51:01 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnm1lhPsPp1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Morning tea in the redwoods</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7083888898http://www.bobdel.com/post/7083888898Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:56:05 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnly66ccxy1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found Art in Miranda, Ave of the Giants</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7082094035http://www.bobdel.com/post/7082094035Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:42:04 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnkx5vPBAK1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Touchdown at 5pm</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7065097341http://www.bobdel.com/post/7065097341Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:22:02 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnk3deyjKX1qh22qho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rain in June. Crazy.</p>http://www.bobdel.com/post/7044870835http://www.bobdel.com/post/7044870835Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:39:04 -0700