I recently accidentally ran into NuevaSync and am jumping for joy.

I’ve had the iPhone (2G) for a while now and have never used the calendar feature. This is a pretty big waste of functionality since I rely on my digital (google) calendar to organize my life. The problem is that there was no easy way to synchronize the two. Add to that the giant pain in the ass that is syncing contacts between the iPhone and gmail and you find yourself with a personal organizer that really doesn’t organize anything.

Enter the 2.0 firmware and NueavaSync. With the introduction of Exchange support on the iPhone NeuavaSync’s ability to “fake” an exchange server and sync with google becomes a life saver. It took me all of 10 minutes to set this up and now my iPhone is synchronized with my google calendar and contacts. FANTASTIC!

Everyone and there mother has been blogging about the new iPhone 3G. I must say that I’m not immune from the to and as an iPhone (2G?) user I am thrilled at the idea of having a faster version of the wonderful product I already own.

However, AT&T is going to screw me (and the other several million users) out of one. Because the discount price of $200 is only available for new users or those who are eligible for an upgrade (every 2 years), anyone who bought a first gen iPhone (at most about a year ago) can’t get the discount rate and has to shell out $400 for the 3G version.

This sucks for me because I’m not willing to spend $400 just for a boost in speed, but it sucks for Apple/AT&T because at $200 I’m willing to bet that many current iPhone users would upgrade to the new version. Now, not so much.

…I’m leaving for a 2-week work/vacation to Germany tonight so my posting will be limited.

I ran across this beautiful video on Flowing Data and think it is absolutely correct. I’ve always said that the only way to save the world is to empower women. This organization, Girl Effect, focuses mostly on young women in developing countries, but I think the problem is much bigger.

Women everywhere need to be treated as equals. Imagine increasing the work force of this world by nearly 100%. Imagine a world where education is pervasive and disease is ancient history. I’m convinced, as are the folks over at Girl Effect, that this will only occur if/when women (all women) are genuinely integrated into main stream society.

There’s also a wonderful TED talk by Isabel Allende on the same topic. I recommend taking the 18 minutes to watch it and be inspired:

This is a sign I saw just outside the door to my plane in the San Fransisco airport. Not only are they telling you that you’re going to die from standing there, but they won’t tell you from what or how!

(oh, and I’m back from vacation now so expect more posts…at least for a week before I head off to Europe for conference/vacation fun)