My commute is extreme. I’m crazy enough to drive two, and if traffic is bad enough, up to four hours a day. I know every back-road, front-road, highway and path that can get me from my home to my office two counties away. When I get home, I’m tired and cranky and my wife and kids wonder if I’ve been attacked by a Dementor. My Patronus Charm has been a new habit of stopping at a park on the way. A walk on the trails clears my mind of angry conservative talk radio hosts and reminds me that there is joy in the world and that I’m not a robot programmed only drive and consume emails. It’s also a great way to get the blood flowing and muscles moving. As I walk or occasionally run, energy and creative ideas also return. The only downside is that with me, ideas beg to be explored on the internet. But I’ve gotten to the point that a computer is the last thing I want to see when I get home at night. It’s just more sitting. That’s why I’m learning to love my new Blackberry phone. The internet browser could be better but I love being able to Google at a thought when it strikes me. Researching isn’t the only thing I do with ideas, sometimes I like to share them. This post has been written entirely on my Blackberry. It’s a good idea but it hasn’t entirely arrived. The first part of this post was written at a park after a long drive. But as I struggle with these tiny keys I realize that mobile computing needs some improvements. It is still a novelty with gaping holes. Yet it has come far enough to get excited about the possibilities.