Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Paul Carr is the only reason to bother reading Techcrunch. Every word of this is pure gold:
Tip One: Don’t go to South by Southwest Interactive.
I’m serious. It sucked last year, and it’s going to suck again this year. You’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise. The idea that SXSWi is ...
Posted in Software, Technology, Web |
Monday, February 15th, 2010
KeyGrinder ((iTunes link)) is now available on the App Store.
Alex King once told us that he wished someone would make an iPhone app based on the PwdHash project at Stanford to make it easier to use secure passwords on the iPhone. Rather than just rush something out, we decided to ...
Posted in Denver, Personal, Software |
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
It's a bit selfish and unfair, linking to a review of my own app. But when you design a game for a mobile phone, there's really no better compliment than this:
I sure thought it was right up mine when I first spotted it last night. The game’s description warned ...
Posted in Denver, Software |
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Eldarion and Massively Overrated are proud to present the Typewar iPhone app (iTunes link).
Our thanks to the Eldarion team for putting so much time into creating an API for us. Jay and I could not be more pleased.
Posted in Games, Software |
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Brad Ellis and I will be speaking together at iDev San Jose in April. We'll be talking design, of course. The details of our talk will be on the schedule soon. If you'd like to come see us (or any of the other awesome speakers), sign up soon. Use code ...
Posted in Apple, Design, Social, Software |
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Brent Simmons has kicked off a project to to write a truly great Mac mail client for designers, developers, and power users. The mailing list is already hopping with people — including yours truly — submitting ideas and arguing over defaults. Consequently, the project is still in search of a ...
Posted in Software |
Friday, January 15th, 2010
There's a free app in the top ten right now called — you guessed it — Boob Party. I haven't downloaded it, and I won't link to it directly, but it does feature reviews like this.
Posted in Software |
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Slick new Twitter client.
(Via Patrick Burleson)
Posted in Software, Twitter |
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Marcus Zarra has released ZSync, an open-sourced library for syncing data between Mac and iPhone applications. For anyone who has released (or is working on) an iPhone version of a desktop app, this is going to be a massive time-saver.
Posted in Software |
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Along the lines of MagicPrefs, a BE reader pointed me to BetterTouchTool, which offers this priceless feature:
Is it possible to deactivate one finger scrolling for magic mouse?
YES, but only globally atm. You can do that in the BTT Mouse Preferences in the general tab.
Posted in Apple, Software |
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
This awesome blog promises to provide happy little nuggets of design knowledge to those who enjoy or are in need of said nuggets. Every developer should read these.
(Via Tony Hillerson)
Posted in Design, Software |
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Daniel Jalkut fancies himself a genie. Mention Red Sweater products on Twitter for a chance at free stuff. My favorite part is at the bottom.
I REALLY HOPE THERE ISN’T ANY NEED FOR FINE PRINT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME STUFF AWAY AND HAVE NOBODY RAISE A BIG LEGAL ...
Posted in Business, Social, Software |
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Fake Steve found this gem, and it's too good to pass up.
I welcome responses to why the HP webcam does not pick up negroes.
Update: Ryan Nielsen points out that this bears a striking similarity to an episode of Better Off Ted.
Posted in Design, Software, Television |
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The Eddy and Apple Design Award-winning Postage is on sale for $2.99 right now. This is the app I show off to Blackberry users.
Posted in Design, Software |
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Brent Simmons throws his Twitter client feature request out into the ether for some enterprising developer to grab onto.
My personal dream feature is something like fake follow — where the other person sees you as a follower but you don't actually see their posts in your timeline — but with ...
Posted in Social, Software, Twitter, Web |