Archive for November, 2009



Progress Bars on Traffic Lights

Monday, November 30th, 2009

This feels too good to be deployed in the real world. (Via Michael Margolis)

• Coathangr 1.5

Monday, November 30th, 2009

After several weeks and one rejection letter, I'm happy to report that Coathangr 1.5 is available on the App Store. We made a number of significant improvements in this release, not the least of which is support for the Love system. For those who don't know, Coathangr is a social network ...

Cyber Monday

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Yes, people still use the term "cyber" in 2009. Amazon's Black Friday sale has extended into Cyber Monday, featuring such deals as Left 4 Dead 2 for a mere $38.99. Or this SlingBox for the low, low price of "See price in cart". Best Buy also has a ton of good ...

Death of the CrunchPad

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Due to some strange business conflicts between involved companies, the fabled CrunchPad is no more. I would feel bad, but did anyone really think this thing would ever see the light of day?

MarsEdit 2.4

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Now with more cookies. If you don't use MarsEdit for blog-writing, check it out. It's an excellent companion piece to NetNewsWire (with some similar DNA). (This post written using MarsEdit)

Stop Tweeting About It

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

I only have one thing to add to this list, and it's for the ladies: Don't tweet about your body. Things like "Man, my bra is so tight today" or "I can't believe I forgot to wear underwear" make you seem desperate and needy.

Victorian

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

No steampunk-modded Mac is complete without this gorgeous wallpaper from Brad Ellis.

Animals With Lightsabers

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Everything about this is awesome.

How to Plan an Ignite

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Ignite Boulder's Andrew Hyde offers up some good advice for anyone looking to plan a similar local gathering.

No Smoking

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Apple is claiming that using your Mac in smoking households (judged by the tell-tale yellow residue, I'm guessing) voids its warranty. Why? Because it presents a biohazard to the employees working on the machine. Smoking is presently out of fashion, making smokers an easy target ((Disclosure: I quit smoking about ...

Gameloft Cuts Back on Android Development

Friday, November 20th, 2009

From Macworld: Gameloft's finance director Alexandre de Rochefort states that the problem is that “[the Android's application store] is not as neatly done as on the iPhone,” resulting in a market that doesn't encourage Android customers to buy applications for their phone. Rochefort further goes on to explain that “on Android, nobody ...

Crazy Monkey Shoes

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Fake Steve makes a very good point about why Real Steve wears the same clothes every day. He also makes fun of those ridiculous monkey shoes.

Warning: Love Hurts

Friday, November 20th, 2009

An excellent write-up on the Three20 situation by Rogue Sheep's Chris Parrish.

iPhone Advanced Projects

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Speaking of Apress iPhone books written by my friends, Joe Pezzillo contributed to this book, available today.

iPhone User Interface Design Projects

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A new book from Apress, featuring chapters from Dan Burcaw, Chris Parrish, and my design mentor, Mr. Bradley Ellis.