Gizmodo has several video demonstrations of the Palm Pre. The best to watch is the video from the presentation itself, which is the third video down. The Pre looks like a great phone — the “cards” paradigm for open applications is a great solution to one of the iPhone’s most
Chris Bowler wrote a piece on Dropbox today, and made a comparison that hadn’t occurred to me: When I saw the update to iWork at this week’s Keynote at Macworld, my first thought was that iWork.com couldn’t hold a candle to Dropbox. Rather than simply give
Cocoia put together a great compilation of UI shifts in iWork and iLife ’09. All I can say is: marble.
Today, Apple announced iWork.com, a web application which allows online collaboration on iWork documents. The user-interface is in line with MobileMe’s, which is to say, it is simple and intuitive. Its feature-set is minimal — there is a document thumbnail browser on the left, the document is
Jon Favreau is 27 years old. He is also Obama’s main speech writer. Good story by the Washington Post. This is quite inspiring to hear for me as someone who wrote my own debate and extemporaneous speeches in high school. I have a special appreciation for political speeches, and
A detailed look at AppCubby’s marketing strategy. Takeaway: because marketing is completely necessary for the App Store, margins need to be healthy to pay for it. And a second takeaway: the same rules which apply to all businesses apply to this one. The most important part is developing a
Elliot Jay Stock’s review of LittleSnapper. Looks like a great application and service. (Via Chris Bowler.)
Tap Tap Tap argues Apple should solve the “ringtone app” problem by basing popularity charts on gross revenue, rather than units sold: Developers who’ve been put off by the current atmosphere of the App Store would likely be giving things another look which means that we’d have a
Today, Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry published a piece where he explains how the App Store’s structure encourages “ringtone” applications, or cheap and simple applications, rather than complex and more daring applications. Hockenberry writes: But what happens when we start talking about bigger projects: something that takes 6 or even
During the attack on the Taj Mahal Hotel, staff saved many lives by hiding guests, or in one case, taking bullets to protect a husband and wife. ← Price for What It’s Worth
Most things follow the rule that the more consumed of it, the less value it gives — but there is something magical about good music. It is incredible and relevant every time it is listened to, no matter how much it is played. Good music is timeless. That is why we
The New York Times interviewed Sol Sender, designer of the Obama campaign’s logo. It is certainly well designed, but I am uneasy with political logos. (Via Daring Fireball.)