So here it is Monday morning, I leave saturday to head to Denver, and I still don’t have a very clear idea as to what I’m bringing with me. Well I have the hardware figured out, but I’m still not totally settled on the software side of things.

Maybe you can help me figure out what to use on this wacky adventure of mine. So let’s break this down by hardware shall we?

First up I’ll be bringing the iPhone. Incidentally I’m typing this post on my phone, so by the end of it we can safely say that I’ve tested wordpress’s mobile capability. For communication, I’ve got palringo so I can connect to all my IM services like aim and google talk and such. I’ve got twinkle for updating my Twitter although I’ve noticed a lot of people prefer twitterific. Am I making the right choice on that? For photos i’m using standard email to post to Flickr. Pretty sure this doesn’t geotag or mark them by location though which is something I’d like to be able to do. Is there a better app to post to Flickr from the iPhone than just standard email?

On the laptop, I’m of course already settled with my communication apps like digsby and twhirl. What I’m really concerned with is video. Since my video camera only records to tape (ugh I know) any video I shoot on it won’t be available until I get back from BOTH conventions. I’ll be relying on the built in webcam on my vaio as well as a logitech USB webcam which I’m still not sure I’m bringing. My question to you is what video streaming software should I use? I already have a blogtv account and one with operator11. Not sure I like either of them though. I like what I’ve seen so far from oovoo, is it worth checking out? I don’t have a Qik account but I sure wouldn’t turn down an invite ;)

So what do you think? What should I use to geotag my Flickr photos from the iPhone? What software should I use to stream live video? Drop me a line and let me know.

UPDATE: Wordpress on the iphone worked great, although I did have to log in from the dashboard to add in the special tags for the front page icons. Oh well, small price to pay for blogging on the go, I guess!

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Hey everybody. Since I’ll be taking on a lot of new projects soon, it’s best that I give up the foolishness or trying to maintain eleventy billion sites and just consolidate everything at this one site. Don’t worry, it’ll still be the same Read or Alive as before, and I’ll still be the same Ultimate Josh I’ve always been, but now it’s in one nice little package for you! See, this won’t be so bad.

And since it’s me, you know there’s gonna be lots of sharing and yakking and sundry new media nefariousness. Let’s start with sharing, since it’s my favorite.

You can find my Google Reader Shared feed here. I use it share stuff like funny things I find on Digg, the Onion, useful apps from Lifehacker, and just generally interesting bits I come across on the web. I update it quite frequently, most of the time daily. If you’re my friend on Gmail or Google Talk, you’ll see this stuff automatically in your Google Reader under Friends. If you’re not using Google Reader, why not? It’s so easy. Jump into RSS here.

My Google Reader Starred feed is also public here. I separate the stories in this feed from my Shared Feed because this feed is for hard news only. It’s all stiff-lipped foreign policy stuff. It’s good stuff if you’re interested in foreign affairs and what’s going on in your world, but hey, it’s 2008. I know you’re busy.

I’m also a big fan of seeing what other people share, so if you use Google Reader, drop me a line!

As for the caustic and obnoxious histrionics you enjoy so much, I always have my micro-blog at Twitter. I can’t get enough of Twitter and its beautiful 140 characters. I follow just about everyone that friends me, so follow away!

So, what social sites do you use? Drop me a comment and let me know.

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