Wow gang, this post is a long time coming. A while back (around 11 months ago to be precise), I created a little web app for the iPhone that was a simple version of the NET Bible. I didn’t really tell too many people about it just because it was small, designed for myself, and [...]
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Twitter Hash Tags
Twitter is mainstream now, which is awesome. As more people use it, more ideas of how to use it float around. One idea that has come to prominence is tagging all your tweets by using a specific character for future reference. Just like you might tag a photo “Hawaii” or “Flower” or “Uncle T,” the [...]
Southwest Ding! Revisited
A while back I installed the “Ding!” application from Southwest Airlines. Today, I am uninstalling that application. While the application does have some upsides, they are not the upsides you want. The app is unobtrusive. This is good for most applications from a simplicity standpoint, but it’s not great to have your users think “at [...]
Mental Noise
Chris Noessel has written an article entitled One Free Interaction which neatly chronicles a new pattern for designers. As users become bored, the mental noise in their head can sometimes translate into a interactive noise. As Chris describes it: “One free interaction” is a prospective design pattern that gives software and hardware a more humane [...]
Kindle 2
Amazon has announced the successor to their eBook industry-starting Kindle, the aptly named Kindle 2. As far as crafting an update to a wildly popular product goes, Amazon has done very well here. They have kept the obvious successful features (wireless book downloads, slim form factor, decent screen), and added just a few new features [...]
The PowerBook G4 is Officially Obsolete
Technology moves quick, and Apple is not one to let their customers hang on to old products for too long. There are far too many cool, shiny toys to buy, so letting you sit on old and boring, but functional, laptops would be negligent. To that end Apple has announced that, along with a number [...]
Palm Pre’s Pretty Pugnacious Problems
(That’s right, I’m not above alliteration) Those who know me know of my love for the upcoming Palm Pre. It’s a new contender with fresh ideas in the me-too world of touchscreen phones. I love it. Apple, however, may see things differently. It turns out that Apple has patented a lot of what we think [...]
The Mega Bureacracy
One of the sites I have in my RSS reader is TheDailyWTF.com. The site is an absolute mine of comedy jewels. It’s like Dilbert sans the bland.1 The most recent article I’ve read is just great. As you read it, picture that the guy works at Microsoft. Lovely. 1. I have a theory that Adams thought [...]
Revenge on Rubik
This is for everyone whose only solution to Rubik’s cube was dismantling the torture device, then reassembling it to look kinda like all the colors match. That’s right Stacy, you can put the hammer down; there is a better way. Some bright developers have put an app out that will solve any Rubik’s cube in [...]
iPhone Push Notifications
When the iPhone development kit was announced, developers were rightly upset that only Apple’s native apps could run in the background. The solution offered was a push notification system that would pop up an alert, like when you get a text message, any time the app wants to get the user’s attention. This seems to [...]
David Lee Songsmith
Sorry I can’t upload this directly, but here’s a link to pure musical genius. You’re Welcome.