There have been a few changes here I know. But right now life seems all about change. 

There’s a new website coming too. That will be fun.

Lets see if new Simon is a little less tardy than old Simon.

S.

P.S. Thanks to everyone at WAJ who made last weekend so incredible. Missing you guys.

One day a boss wondered why one of his most reliable employees was absent without phoning in sick.  Being concerned, he rang his employee's home and was greeted with a child's whisper.  The conversation went like this -

Child: Hello
Boss: Is your daddy home?
Child: Yes
Boss: Can I talk to him?
Child: No

Boss (surprised): Is your Mummy there?
Child: Yes
Boss: Can I talk to her?
Child: No

Boss (starting to get worried): Is anyone else there?
Child: Yes
Boss: Who?
Child: A policeman

Boss (more worried): Let me speak to the policeman then
Child: No, he's busy
Boss: Busy doing what?
Child: Talking to Mummy and Daddy and the Fireman

Pausing, the boss is now very worried and hears a loud noise in the background

Boss: What's that noise?
Child: The helicopter
Boss: What's going on?
Child: The search team has just landed in the helicopter
Boss: What are they searching for?
Child: Me

Everyone has their own, but here’s my 10 favourite third party apps for iPhone (in no particular order):

1. Bloomberg (well, after today…)
2. Writing Pad
3. Google Mobile
4. Ecco Note Pro (this one pauses and emails)
5. Blogwriter (does RSS as well as sync to this)
6. Trains (might be only available from UK iTunes)
7. Bible (how do they put so much on such a little App?)
8. Tube London City
9. AIM Chat for iPhone
10. TV guide (I’d never watch BBC4 otherwise)
11. iDrum (Hiphop)
12. Guitar Toolkit (love the tuner)

OK, that’s 12. But that’s a measure of how much I use this fella.

Oh, and I like to make the odd phone call.

S.

I can't believe it's October already. Although, come to think of it, the world often goes a little crazy after the summer holidays. Guess I should have noticed that.

One thing that happen to me - kinda got lost earlier in the summer - was my acquisition of an iPhone. And because of that life got a little crazier this week.

I was sitting down for lunch with an old City friend at his club - one of the most exclusive clubs on London, where you're not even allowed cell phones or bags in the restaurant - and we got chatting. Not about lehman bros, who maybe he still works for. Not even about friends and family. Our first topic of conversation was:

So what's your favoirite iPhone app?

This little gadget has changed my life already and I've a feeling I've only just scratched the surface. I'm already thinking about SongTools for iPhone. I'm wondering if maybe I could book an entire writing trip (flights car accommodation and cowrites) while I'm waiting for Poppy to come out of school. I've already got three guitar apps, two drum machines and a keyboard. I'm just waiting for a top 10 hit to be made entirely on an iPhone. It was only a few years ago I used to take an entire studio to Nashville every time I went. Plus a guitar and an 88 note keyboard.

This is the kind of October craziness I like. And then there's the prospect of one of the best weekends of my year coming up.

S.