Now then, what used to be here was a post explaining how i iRejected an iManuscript with my iPhone.
Some people have taken exception to this, I believe. I should just like to iSay, then, that this was the very final stage of a decision process, involving several colleagues, that took two or three days. I didn’t shepherd the ms concerned from start to finish on my iPhone, there and then. The decision had, in effect, been made — all i did with my iPhone was put this decision into practice.
Now, I could have done this from my desktop at the office, my desktop at home, my laptop, or my Asus Eee. In this case I happened to make it using my iPhone — which is a mobile computer, when all is said and done.
Do you have an automatic reject script when you are on holiday? A bit like an autoreply to your email that you are on holiday?
What do you mean – that mss that come in when I’m on holiday are rejected automatically? In that case I live in a state of permanent vacation.
I am jealous – I need an iphone.
Did you reject it during your commute?…
Nope. From my sofa. Single-handedly. (My other hand was being chewed by the dog).
Good move, Gee. The iPhone is the best thing I’ve ever bought. This site often gets edited from my bed via my iPhone. Make sure you download the Carling iPint application.
iLove miPhone. The battery life could be improved though, as could the predictive text…
It’s official. Soon, there will be no such thing as time off or vacation. We will be constantly and continuously plugged in with no hope of a quiet moment. My CrackBerry gives me no rest. Am looking for a quaint B&B in Maine, with no internet, for a minibreak. Gasp.
Isn’t this a little insensitive to the author of this manuscript?
My first thought, too, Maxine – but now I’m more worried that Henry, Matt, and others will divulge anything else they do while on their iphones (or CrackBerrys)..
Spare me!
Isn’t this a little insensitive to the author of this manuscript?
How they gonna know? It’s not as if they got a rejection letter tagged with the irritating message that it was sent from my iPhone. I just
hacked intoaccessed _Nature_’s usual manuscript-handling system on the web and then behaved asnormalusual.but now I’m more worried that Henry, Matt, and others will divulge anything else they do while on their iphones (or CrackBerrys)
I’m preparing to take a cruise on the Good Ship Too Much Information, perhaps indefinitely, or at least until Crackberries and iPhones become less abundant. If anyone would care to join me, I can arrange excellent discount packages. Single occupancy, of course. No wireless internet available.
Kristi, I’m with you!!!
Nope. From my sofa. Single-handedly. (My other hand was being chewed by the dog).
I’m just imagining this – and it’s looking so funny!!
@ Steffi- Have you seen the figurehead on the Too Much Information? It’s a variation on the old “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” statue. Three monkeys: one is poking a Blackberry with a stick, one is tangling the ear buds for an iPod, and the third is peeling a cell phone.
This blog is not exactly a secret, Henry. Word gets around.
Here’s a good comment on the i world.
This blogger is, like me, an editor, although not of any NPG publications.
even I have forgotten the particular ms I iRejected, and there really is no way of knowing,at least,not easily. The iPHone is just another computer after all.
The iPHone is just another computer after all.
don’t let Steve Jobs hear that!
Actually Mark, I think SJ would be pleased to hear that. The point that a mobile phone is now ‘just another computer’ is a powerful message.
I wouldn’t compare it to just another computer. More like just another Mac.
Anna, For network free holiday-making, Nova Scotia comes highly recommended .
Shame you removed it.
It’s still in my RSS cache, of course. Shall I repost it?
Slightly late with this but am overcoming some technical probs on my PC.
Nope. From my sofa. Single-handedly. (My other hand was being chewed by the dog).
I’m just imagining this – and it’s looking so funny!!