I recently posted that the “Mobile Upload” functionality in Facebook (to post pics from my iPhone to my Facebook account via Gmail) was broken.  Well, it must have been something on Facebook’s side… I didn’t change anything and now it’s working again.  Either way it’s a good thing.  My workaround to moblog to Flickr was okay, but it was a disconnect in getting pics integrated into Facebook, e.g. tagging people in the pics.  Hopefully this lasts a while. 

For the past several weeks I’ve been moblogging pics directly from my iPhone to my Facebook photo albums by simply Gmailing the pic to Facebook. Worked great… I’d snap a pic and in minutes it would be up on my Facebook. Well, it looks like Facebook has discontinued support of this method and is now only allowing mobile uploads via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) transfers. No biggie right? Well, unfortunately the iPhone does not include MMS support… Yup, there is currently no mechanism in the iPhone to MMS a picture to another cell phone (or to Facebook for this matter). Someone please tell me I’m missing something here, but I’m pretty sure I’m not. Ironically, this coincided with me updating my iPhone to firmware v1.1.1. I don’t see how the firmware update could be to blame, but you never know.

So, now what to do about moblogging? I tried pxPipe as an alternative way to upload pics to Facebook, but it looks like they’re affected too… just didn’t work. I think for now I’ll just be moblogging pics to my Flickr or SmugMug. As for posting to Facebook, I’ll have to manually transfer pics to my albums for now. Ugh, so much for “real time”. Hopefully MMS support is slated for a future iPhone firmware update. We’ll see…

I’ve been hooked on Facebook lately and have been moblogging with my iPhone when I’m in New York City. I’ve decided to make my pics viewable by anyone, even if you don’t have a Facebook account (which you should!). Pics here:

Dio’s NYC Moblog on Facebook

I had an interesting day in NYC today… attended a meeting at the New York Stock Exchange and was able to get onto the NYSE floor for the closing bell. Got to see Brad Garrett from “Everybody Loves Raymond” up close and also met NYSE CEO John Thain. Brad was an absolute riot (and one tall dude)!

Yeah yeah… right… No really, I am. My recent addiction to Facebook (and my iPhone) sorta got me going again. Stuff I post on Exit 171 also gets imported into my Facebook “Notes”, so that blog gets populated automagically. I’ll probably blog directly from my iPhone to Exit 171. We’ll see…

As for moblogging, I’m definitely in full force with my iPhone/Facebook. If you wanna see all the random pics I post throughout the day, you’ll have to sign-up for a Facebook account (which is free). Go sign-up and send me a Friend Request. Nudge nudge…

I finally got back on my Madone and hit the road. I cycled 33.48 miles from Woodcliff Lake to Nyack Beach State Park (and back). I actually felt pretty good considering I haven’t ridden in many weeks. The weather was still comfortable in the morning hours (80’s), but it did start to get a bit hot and humid towards the end of my ride. Yup, summer is still here.

I’ve rode this route many times in the past year and never really stopped to read some of the historical signs scattered along the way. I guess I’ve always been concerned about getting a good workout in and would just zoom by everything. Well, today I took it easy and decided to mix up a workout with some site seeing. Glad I did. I took a bunch of pics with my iPhone and posted them (via wireless) in an album on Facebook. It really is amazing how much history is in the NJ/NY area. I’ve always known it, but have always took it for granted (shame on me!). Next time you’re driving around Bergen County or Rockland, take a peek at some of those blue historical signs… there are a lot of them and it’s pretty impressive.

BTW, Rockland County seemed like the place to be today… they had the 19th Annual South Nyack Ten Miler Race, a street fair in downtown Nyack, and even some kayaking event on the Hudson River near Memorial Park. Booyah!

Sunrise at EWR

Originally uploaded by kw2dio.

Palm Beach Sunrise (The Breakers Hotel)

Perfect night for a fire… Getting down to 13 degrees tonight in Woodcliff Lake.

Rockefeller Plaza (in front of Dean & DeLuca)

I’m moblogging again! Here’s a pic of the Hudson River from Piermont, NY (20 mile cycle ride).

A fun night with the Blue Knights

Lino’s Bread Sculpture

Steve & Jennifer

Lino & Rose