[RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

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Sun Mar 1 11:43:40 PST 2009


Hah, just went through an episode of this last week.  The epiphany was
realizing "the difference between actively networking and actively
working..."  (!)  and that us guys "gossip" just as much as the ladies, but
from a very different angle....
 
I like to just get out, turn off my phone, take my pictures, measures and
mental notes, and like Joel, think about it during the drive-times and
overnight at minimum, until I have the utility bills and know what needs to
be done vs. knowing what can be done, etc.
 
Twitter?  still not sure what that is, and what comes to mind doesn't seem
appropriate...at least not for this forum!


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I have gotten to the point where I turn off or don't have any more a lot of
the "future tech" gadgets. You reach a point where you are spending more
time fooling with that than with actually DOING stuff. There comes a time
when there is too much communication - or actually too much trivial babbling
and less real communication. For the most part anymore, if you want to get
hold of me use the phone or send an email. I am no longer interested in
getting your text messages at 2am.
 
But I am kind of a dinosaur - I am not even a facebook or twitter fan...
 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joel Davidson <mailto:joel.davidson at sbcglobal.net>  
To: RE-wrenches <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>  
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

Dan,
 
I used a hackberry from 2003 to 2007 for phone calls, voicemail messages
from worldwide time zones, emails w/o attachments and lots of typos, PV
system problem alarms, and occasional internet use (like booking a flight on
line while standing in line at the airport, finding phone numbers, etc.). We
planned to use hackberries for roof-to-office transfer of site photos, short
movies, and other info to speed up estimates but that never happened. We
went almost everywhere with our hackberries to the point where most of us
felt phantom hip vibrations when not packin' the darn thing. Now I am back
to using a cell phone, separate camera, and handwritten field notes. When
designing and quoting PV systems to last for decades, speed in the field is
less important than time to think (like during the drive back to the shop
and overnight). I am interested in hearing otherwise from hackberry
devotees.
 
Joel Davidson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Cvsolar2 at aol.com 
To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org 
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Is a Smart Phone a Useful Tool in PV?

Hey Everybody;
       I'm trying to justify switching to smart phone technology.
(BlackBerry Curve.) My Immediate supervisor just gets this "I don't know
Dan" look on her face. Others question the need for that level of
communication in the field. Good point. But I can kinda rationalize the
argument both ways. What can I reasonably expect to get out of this thing
for the $$? (that I can't do with a phone). Is there a "killer app"? The GPS
stuff looks cool. The calendar -- maybe. A contact manager? I pretty much
work out of a Hand book/scheduler now. and doing OK with it. (Whole lot
easier to make corrections with an eraser -- shoot, I can hardly even see
that little key pad -- Yes, I should get new glasses) I can see where the
ability to exchange files could be helpful.
I guess I'm just a bit gun shy maybe. I remember "Back in the day," when
personal computers were making their grand debut, I was seeing so much
"stuff" coming and going (Remember FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC? or the 6502?)
So I decided to study Assembly, but looking back, even that degree was
pretty much obsolete the day I stepped off the stage. Let's just say I'm a
bit apprehensive.

Anyway,  I thought this might be a good forum to turn to for insight. thanks
db 

Dan Brown
President
Foxfire Energy Corp.
Renewable Energy Systems 
(802)-483-2564
www.Foxfire-Energy.com
NABCEP #092907-44


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