June 2010
These are the treasures that await when you take the time to read a 6000 word Andy Ihnatko review. Not only is Andy the only journalist I can think of who would even put an analogy like this into a review, he is the only one who could pull it off.
I am certainly a little late to the party but had to mention that I’ve really been enjoying Dan Benjamin’s podcast, The Pipeline. The Pipeline is a podcast he started earlier this year that, “is an interview show, featuring in-depth conversations with innovators, designers, geeks, newsmakers, entrepreneurs, and people who create amazing things,” and is part of his new 5by5 network.
In a world where people are too chicken to be the egg, I want to be both the chicken and the egg. What a great line.
The system would allow users to essentially feel the screen as they manipulate objects on it. One example included in the application has a user pinching to zoom in on a map of California. The haptic feedback would follow their fingers as they pulled apart on the device. In this example, the haptic feedback would [...]
iOS4 Mail now displays the count of total messages in an email thread just beneath the time the message was received. If you click on the count, Mail then filters your inbox to show all messages from that thread.
So I got thinking. How did I develop the basic skills I have right now? Mostly by copying heroes. When you’re fresh starting out, you have no fear of diving in and copying something directly. It’s like playing guitar. When you start playing guitar all you want to do is play the first verse of [...]
Kevin Rose walks through five items on his wish list for Amazon and Apple to add to the Kindle and iBooks, respectively. He nails a key point — e-readers are Internet-connected devices, however we’re still talking about bookmarks and highlights as opposed to new features that would dramatically enhance the reading experience. Every idea here [...]