Helicopter Taxi iPhone App
Lovely AR iPhone app from our friends at Toca Boca . … Read the rest here
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Apple’s Role in the Earthquake
Apple’s Role in the Earthquake : An email from an Apple Japan employee and friend of Kevin Rose: 7 hours and 118 aftershocks later, the store was still open. Why? Because with the phone and train lines down, taxis stopped, and millions of people stuck in the Tokyo shopping district scared, with no access to television, hundreds of people were swarming into Apple stores to watch the news on USTREAM and contact their families via Twitter, Facebook, and email…. You know how in disaster movies, people on the street gather around electronic shops that have TVs in the display windows so they can stay informed with what is going on? In this digital age, that’s what the Tokyo Apple stores became. … Read the rest here
3513: A View of the Sydney Opera House
3513: A View of the Sydney Opera House : A nice time-lapse shot by Philip Bloom over one night using five cameras: Canon 5D MKII, Canon S95, iPhone 4, Panasonic GH2, and Panasonic AF101. … Read the rest here
Instagram Desktop Version, Built with the API
Instagram Desktop Version, Built with the API : You heard about the new Instagram API , right? Well, Josh Ink has created a desktop version of Instagram using the API, and it’s pretty special. You can do just about everything you can do on your iPhone — except post and take photos, of course. /via Shawn Blanc … Read the rest here
NYT: No Plans for Smaller iPhone
NYT: No Plans for Smaller iPhone : Miguel Helft and Nick Bilton: [C]ontrary to published reports, Apple is not currently developing a smaller iPhone, according to people briefed on Apple’s plans who requested anonymity because the plans are confidential. Apple’s engineers are currently focused on finishing the next version of the iPhone, which is likely to be similar in size to the current iPhone 4, said one of the people. Among all the press I’ve read the last few days regarding a smaller iPhone, there’s been too little mention of the following, also stated in the article: More important, a phone with a smaller screen would force many developers to rewrite their apps, which Apple wants to avoid, the person said. That seems reason enough to leave the screen alone for now. … Read the rest here
DODOcase’s BOOKback for iPhone 4
DODOcase’s BOOKback for iPhone 4 : It would have been nice to have one of these on the back of my phone last week . Now it’ll be a nice cosmetic cover-up. Ordered. … Read the rest here
Verizon iPhone: “Most Successful Launch Day in History”
Verizon iPhone: “Most Successful Launch Day in History” : It’s full of corporate fluff, as you might expect. But here’s the gist of Friday’s press release: ‘This was an exciting day,’ said Dan Mead, president and chief executive officer for Verizon Wireless. ‘In just our first two hours, we had already sold more phones than any first day launch in our history. And, when you consider these initial orders were placed between the hours of 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., it is an incredible success story. It is gratifying to know that our customers responded so enthusiastically to this exclusive offer — designed to reward them for their loyalty.’ /via @ zeldman … Read the rest here
The handbag app that almost was
Last year, I submitted my very first app to the App Store. It was rejected 3 weeks later. This is its brief story… Wes West from Torchbox first gave me the idea to create an iPhone app for Oooh! It was a great idea, and one that would give me a learning opportunity to develop and submit my own app. It would be fun, and free! All it needed to do was to “ooooOooooh!” when shaken. While I created all the necessary graphics, Simon Whitaker of Goo Software handled the development side, implementing the shake-to-ooh function and guiding me through the whole process from start to finish… Read the rest here
Daring Fireball: The Verizon iPhone 4
Daring Fireball: The Verizon iPhone 4 : The Gruber, comprehensive as always, sharing his take on the new Verizon iPhone. He’s had one for a week already: The numbers don’t lie. AT&T’s data network is faster — when you have a strong connection on both phones. The catch is with that ‘when you have a strong connection’ clause. Verizon’s network has wider, more consistent coverage, and noticeably superior voice quality…. There’s one difference [between the AT&T iPhone and Verizon iPhone], the network, and their network looks better. … Read the rest here
On becoming a Dad
Two weeks ago I became the father of a beautiful baby girl. Welcome, Gracie, to the world. It is a strange and wonderful thing, this fatherhood lark. These first two weeks have been the proverbial emotional rollercoaster; not so much with ups and downs, but more of a permanent up with occasional plummeting downs as emotions and sleep deprivation kick in. This was no great surprise… Read the rest here
The Huffduffer Hotline
After seeing (and hearing) what Brian was doing at History Hack Day , I decided I’d have to have a play with Tropo . Like Twilio , it’s a service that allows you to build voice-activated apps that you call up and talk to. The API is pretty straightforward and it seems like there’s quite a lot that you can do as a developer before upgrading to a paid account . They’ll also host your code for you, and you have a choice of scripting languages . At the most basic level, you can send text-to-voice messages: say(”Hello world”) But you can also give it audio files to play: say(http://example.com/helloworld.mp3) Huffduffer has the locations of thousands of audio files, so I thought a voice interface onto Huffduffer’s collection would be fun… Read the rest here
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif : Dan Provost’s detailed account of the wildly successful Kickstarter project, the Glif , of which I’m a proud owner . The piece concludes with encouragement to make your ideas a reality: The world is changing in a pretty incredible way, driving the financial risk for a project like the Glif basically down to zero. There is no excuse to not get your idea out there and see what happens. You never know. … Read the rest here
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif : Dan Provost’s detailed account of the wildly successful Kickstarter project, the Glif , of which I’m a proud owner . The piece concludes with encouragement to make your ideas a reality: The world is changing in a pretty incredible way, driving the financial risk for a project like the Glif basically down to zero. There is no excuse to not get your idea out there and see what happens. You never know. … Read the rest here
TUAW: Verizon iPhone News
TUAW: Verizon iPhone News : TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has some good coverage of today’s Verizon iPhone announcement and related stories — the mobile hotspot feature for up to 5 devices , why it won’t handle data and voice simultaneously , subtle changes to the antenna and button placement , and (linked from the last article) why some existing cases won’t fit the new Verizon iPhone . … Read the rest here
TUAW: Verizon iPhone News
TUAW: Verizon iPhone News : TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has some good coverage of today’s Verizon iPhone announcement and related stories — the mobile hotspot feature for up to 5 devices , why it won’t handle data and voice simultaneously , subtle changes to the antenna and button placement , and (linked from the last article) why some existing cases won’t fit the new Verizon iPhone . … Read the rest here
ClagTunes episode 2
I don’t know who’s more surprised, me or you, but here it is: episode 2 of the clagTunes podcast. Thanks to a Christmas present of a Snowball microphone there will be more episodes to come. Visit the clagTunes page for full subscription details, or click one of these links (thanks Huffduffer ): RSS Via iTunes The afore-mentioned microphone was thanks my bro who also records a podcast – an excellent half hour of music on behalf of his barista (how noomeeja is that?). Episode 2 And so to the details of Episode 2. Here’s the track listing: Am I Just a Man by Steve Mason from Boys Outside Qwerty Finger by Everything Everything from Man Alive 9/11 by Delta Spirit from History from Below On the Wheel by Curve from Blackerthreetracker Chase Scene by Broken Social Scene from Forgiveness Rock Record And here’s the download link: Episode 2 (34.1 Mb) Read or add comments … Read the rest here
ClagTunes episode 2
I don’t know who’s more surprised, me or you, but here it is: episode 2 of the clagTunes podcast. Thanks to a Christmas present of a Snowball microphone there will be more episodes to come. Visit the clagTunes page for full subscription details, or click one of these links (thanks Huffduffer ): RSS Via iTunes The afore-mentioned microphone was thanks my bro who also records a podcast – an excellent half hour of music on behalf of his barista (how noomeeja is that?). Episode 2 And so to the details of Episode 2. Here’s the track listing: Am I Just a Man by Steve Mason from Boys Outside Qwerty Finger by Everything Everything from Man Alive 9/11 by Delta Spirit from History from Below On the Wheel by Curve from Blackerthreetracker Chase Scene by Broken Social Scene from Forgiveness Rock Record And here’s the download link: Episode 2 (34.1 Mb) Read or add comments … Read the rest here
ALA: Smartphone Browser Landscape
ALA: Smartphone Browser Landscape : Another one for Instapaper. … Read the rest here
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On Speaking
Back in 2004, Christopher Schmitt asked me to share a CSS panel at SXSW alongside