If ingested consult a physician immediately.

So you’ve used your iPhone browser to find the nearest Chipotle, pulled up a map, and now you’re driving along to the soothing sounds of your superphone directing you to your destination. But what about the line that could possibly await you at the restaurant, won’t that ruin your day completely?

You bet it will.

Thankfully Chipotle has made an app for that. You can choose a location, order, and pay all with the same cute little icon – pretty much do everything short of eat the burrito. Those of you with iPhones can likely find this app without my help (I don’t even have a full keyboard on my phone).

And when the people ask why you’re cutting in line you can say, “It’s cool. I have an iPhone.” That’ll go over like gangbusters.

This article appears in August 21 • 2009.

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James graduated from Columbia University in 2000 and moved to Austin a year later. Ever since, he has followed the arts and video game scene in ATX, editing and writing stories for the Chronicle along the way. Over his more than 20 years with the paper he has climbed the "corporate" ladder from lowly intern to managing editor.