Jason Schroeder's Blog

Ok - so here is the plan:

My day to day work connectivity
       -currently Toshiba M2 with JavaDS on linux
       -phase 1 - move to IBM 600e with JavaDS on Solaris 10
       -phase 2 - move to combination of SunRay@Home and something like the Treo

    *Connectivity to work email, internal browser apps, creating documentation and the like is simply overkill for the M2
    *I'd love to jump straight to phase 2, but alas - my @Home rollout won't come my way for a few months - plus I need to look @ my Treo vs. other options a little closer before making a decision on what to get
    *This may seem like a simple shift, but there is some cultural change here for me as well.  I am guilty of keeping my emails forever - and keeping local copies of nearly every document / reference / article, etc.  Hugely problematic for backups, organization, security, accessability, etc.  If I lose my laptop today - I've lost a great deal - plus I still can't find what I need....  So, as part of this phase 1 and in prep for a true phase 2, I am focusing on keeping my concentration of data server based.  In addition a greater focus on 'organized links' to reference docs instead of the actual docs.  To get me back to the mobile work person I should be - I have to remove this laptop dependency and use the laptop for what it really is... simply one of many devices I can use to access my centrally stored information and data.

Cell phone
        -current wonderful but dated Kyocera
        -move to something like the Treo mentioned above
        -let my wife use the Kyocera for a home plan (and get rid of her other not to be mentioned really crappy cell phone)

Software demo sandbox
       -The newly freed M2 now is available for a much more robust demo / development / POC / crash and burn sandbox for my work.

Home PC
        -current Dell 600
        -move to the Mac mini
        -make the Dell a Solaris 10 box with SunRay software.

    *My wife is not so happy with this idea, but I really think this is the right thing for us at this point in time.  What Apple has put together for a *nix/BSD home user system to me is simply amazing.  From ease of use and digital photography editing to Safari parental control stuff - I am going to have to talk my wife into this....  But I may just have to go and get one and let her yell at me for a few days till she decides it really was a good idea... ;-)
    *I'm toying with the idea of getting a couple of SunRay DTUs, and putting the soon to be freed Dell to work.  If I bump up the memory a bit, I'm curious how this guy will do presenting a couple of extra browser, VNC to the new Mac mini (one user session @ a time restriction)... points in the house.  Could be interesting.

/jason