I had the unfortunate experience of dropping my phone in the parking lot of the train station this morning, and not realizing it until I was pulling in to Union Station. I hurried to my desk at work and fired up my iPad, where I found I had to download an app and log in to see all my iOS devices. My phone wasn’t responding so I set up a lost message on the display and called Jen to look in the car. As she was on the phone with me a nice man called her to say he’d found it, and we made a plan to pick it up this evening at the same station.

I hate losing things about as much as I hate being late. Having the ability to log in and see immediately where my devices are is a huge relief (I’ve used it one other time when my phone fell out of my pocket in a movie theater) and also a little creepy. Recent news has been abuzz with the revelation that the NSA has been tracking users through their Facebook app usage; I have no idea what kind of a footprint I’ve been leaving, but I’m sure they know my routine by now.