22 Apr

Trying to help a friend.

It's been a while since I did any video stuff. We'll see if this works out alright.

13 Apr

http://vimeo.com/8461831

12 Apr

In the next few years, consumers will decided if mobile devices should be more like a Playstation or more like a Windows "regular computer."

Apple is betting on the Playstation model. You buy it, you plug it in, you use it how they say you can. If you want your own little button to show up on the screen, you gotta deal with them. You can only do what it was made to do.

Google is betting on the regular computer model. You can install anything and manage processes and run compilers and build toolsets and everything right on the device. You can do whatever you want.

Neither approach is "correct," it's just two ways to try to solve the same problem.

Apparently geeks hate Playstations.

12 Apr

I don't think Apple is doing the "right thing" by saying developers have to use Objective C as the starting point for every app; however, did anyone make a big stink when only HTML+CSS+JS could be used to make Palm Web OS apps?

Sometimes companies try to decide what is best for their platform. This will all work itself out by watching demand and supply for iPhone apps over the next year.

12 Apr

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcv6dv_pixels-by-patrick-jean_creation

7 Apr

Audiotorium

Microsoft Word for Mac has a feature like this where it will record while you type and even replay your notes back to you. I used that all through college to record lectures and such.

This app looks even better.

6 Apr

http://vimeo.com/4982894

6 Apr

For a few months now I've been teaching different classes about web design and/or development. In preparation for those classes, I have found myself spending a lot of time inside Keynote as well as setting up my notes on a wiki using Hickey.

Keynote is a joy to use. However, I don't like the normal style of having lots of various master slide types. After finding a set of thick, thin, serif, and italic fonts or font variations, I like to have one giant text box on my slide - something that can show 6 lines or so.

I'm a sucker for pretty letters just sitting on a gradient.

Duplicating slides is the most common thing that I do. Even though I have removed all but one master slide, most of my slides are a progression. One thought, then another, then a final thought.

Slide that progresses

So far, I have not found a good way to build in those thoughts other than duplicating a slide and then adding the next thought. This is not a big deal, but it would be nice if I could make one slide and then have more control over how it builds in.

It seems that it might be possible to use an iPad to create (and possibly even present) my slides for my class. That is pretty interesting to me.

5 Apr

The Moderate's Position on iPad Openness

I agree completely.

5 Apr

Things for iPad

I love things on my Mac and iPhone, but this looks better than either of those.

5 Apr

What is the iPad good for?

So I don't have an iPad yet. I'm not one to jump out and buy something on the first day. However, I do think one could improve my workflow a bit.

Checking email, managing my todo lists, working in Basecamp, looking up documentation, and other internet related tasks could be a lot less painful for me with an iPad. Diagraming site-maps, preparing Keynotes, and editing my teaching notes could all be done with very little effort on the thing.

I think it could make my laptop become the "Real Computer" that I use for work while the iPad could be what I use for project management and communication. And that is appealing to me.

I'm just not sure if it's $499 appealing. Yet.

3 Apr

Cobra

Rating: 3.0

Stallone drives a fast car, shoots guns, and gets the girl.