After upgrading my Macbook Pro to Snow Leopard I found that my 3 Mobile Broadband USB (Huawei Mobile Connect E169G) stick no longer functioned. The quite frankly rubbish MobileConnect software that they have on the stick refused to start on Snow Leopard and promptly crashed every time.

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I have been looking to purchase an iPhone since the launch of the 3Gs. The original plan was to make a purchase while I was on holiday in Italy during August, the primary reason for this was because unlike our unhelpful country here in the UK Italy by law has to sell unlocked phones and I needed a new phone after surrendering my free Nokia when I left to join Tweetdeck. I knew the cost for the iPhone would be expensive due to the euro exchange rate but well worth not being tied in to an operator and having the freedom to use any SIM plan I like. This would also have the advantage of easy upgrade when Apple release the next generation of iPhone.

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Yes that's correct I'm leaving my position as front end architect for Nokia Music and heading off down to London town to join the TweetDeck team. If your not sure what TweetDeck is then where have you been?! I have known Iain for a few years now and have been really impressed by what he has achieved with TweetDeck. So when the offer came to join the team how could I refuse, oh and I get to work at the 'bat cave'!. Having been involved in the Flash and Flex community for a number of years and more recently with Adobe AIR as a Community Expert it's going to be great working with these technologies on a daily basis. Combining my knowledge of UI, UX and development with my recent mobile device experience I really feel that we can take the TweetDeck proposition to new heights across multiple platforms reaching to and connecting people world wide. It's an exciting time. I'm sure I will see some of you around London town and might even pop along to some of the London Flash community meetups. The latest release of TweetDeck and the TweetDeck Directory are fantastic if your not using Tweetdeck then get it. There really is no better way of keeping track of your social connections across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and more.

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I'm really excited to have my first tutorial published in the premier web design magazine .NET issue 192 (Practical Web Design in the USA). The 4 page tutorial uses Flex and Adobe AIR to create a desktop application for uploading and viewing your movies on YouTube. All tutorial files and the finished AIR application are packaged on the CD with the magazine.

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I'm really excited to be presenting a session on Adobe AIR at Bath Camp on July 1st. It' going to be an introductory session into what Adobe AIR is, how you can develop for it and a view of some cool apps created using the framework. Bath Camp is going to be the first non Adobe focused event that I'm speaking at so it's a great chance to meet up with other developers and designers from the Bath & Bristol region.

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