13 Hours Until the Jesus Tablet
Tomorrow is going to be a challenge trying to figure out who’s getting my attention. At noon Larry is going to be revealing the strategy for the Sun acquisition here, and Steve will be releasing his new world saving device the Jesus tablet. I’m sure Larry’s 5 hour presentation tomorrow is going to be riveting, [...]
There’s an App for That?
Another interesting tidbit from earlier in the week, also forwarded to me by tipster Chet, was an announcement (h/t TUAW) from USAA, a privately held bank and insurance company. Surprising, since bank’s haven’t been getting a lot of good ink lately. USAA plans to update their iPhone mobile banking app to allow certain customers to [...]
Using the iPhone for Gaming?
I never expected my iPhone would be a gaming device. Earlier this week, as I did my civic duty, I found myself bored to tears in a jury room, waiting to be called. It was actually a bit funny. The day started with a video about jury service, including interviews where jurors said they were [...]
The Future of Mobile: WebVisions 2009
Last Thursday and Friday, I attended the 2009 iteration of WebVisions, a conference held here in Portland focused on the future of web design and development. As with last year, my goal for attending was to gain new design perspectives. Web design is constantly evolving, and we use many of the innovations present on the [...]
The Future is Good Enough
Chet suggested last week that I talk about what the future will look like. So, like a good blogger, I’m recycling someone else’s thoughts. Not entirely a joke because I read this piece from PC World’s Linux Line shortly after Chet’s comment and immediately thought of his request. Definitely worth a read, and I completely [...]
I Might Pay for JotNot
There are very few times when I read something and think to myself, I must blog this immediately and tell as many people as possible. This is one of those few times. JotNot is a web service that converts pictures into documents. Send a picture to them by email or upload one to their website [...]
Oracle People iPhone App Metrics
Yesterday, I promised to share the Pinch Media metrics Clayton has collected for the Oracle People iPhone app. Here’s a snapshot. There are 30 new users since yesterday, which seems like a nice growth rate to me. Clayton mentioned over OraTweet yesterday that adoption was slower than he anticipated. Based on the comments left here [...]
Pinch Media Releases iPhone App Stats
Pinch Media collects stats for iPhone apps, e.g. Clayton uses them to track usage statistics for the Oracle People Search app. Last week, they released an analysis of apps that has some pretty interesting metrics. The one that caught my eye was that for free apps, only about 20% of users return to the app [...]
Flickit: A Flickr iPhone App
Finally. Flickit brings an easy to use Flickr uploader to my iPhone. This has been a long time coming, and thanks to Rick for the 411. People complain about the iPhone’s camera. It’s only 2 megapixels, it doesn’t take video without a jailbreak, etc. In spite of all its failings, did you know it’s easily [...]
The Oracle People iPhone App is Here
Update: There is a new version of this app, Oracle People2. It supports iOS 4 and 3.x. See the details here. As before, drop a comment here or on the newer post to get the details from me. With many thanks to Clayton Donley who built the app with help from Rich, Anthony and Noel, [...]
Optimized for iPhone
Did you know that for quite some time now (months), this blog has been optimized for iPhone/iPod Touch and Android phone viewing? Rich installed the WPtouch plugin what seems like years ago. I know, time has lost its meaning for me. In the past, I rarely came here on my iPhone, forgetting we had this [...]
Connect’s Third Version Launches
On Friday, Rich and Anthony updated Connect to what we’re calling 3.0, or that’s what I’m calling it. The UI has changed from blue back to white, and the main navigation is now on the left, versus on the top. Maybe you recognize the UI; remember when we showed off some mockups back in August? [...]
IPhone Apps for Units of Work
I found myself reading Floyd’s story about the Call a Cab iPhone app and nodding my head. That was embarrassing, like when you find yourself silently agreeing with a presenter like a bobblehead, except there was no one around to agree with my agreement with Floyd. Like I said, a bit embarrassing. Anyway, Floyd’s experience [...]
“Keep Your Barcode Scanner off My Merchandise”
Update: I added quotation marks to the title, thinking that they might help convey the right impression, i.e. I do not support the heavy-handed approach to barcode scanners. I think that’s clear when you get through the post. From my, “this will get really interesting” file, comes a story from ReadWriteWeb about retail stores and consumers [...]
Visual Dial Looks Sweet
Lately, I’ve got lots of thoughts about design swirling in my head, but while I collect them, here’s another homage to the iPhone crowd that likes to read here. Visual Dial is an iPhone app that “lets you create custom Home Screen speed dial icons right from your iPhone photo album with a few, simple [...]
What Makes UI Good?
Thanks to a comment from Terry on my post about locking your smart phone, I’ve been digging around looking for ways to make my beloved iPhone more secure. Surprisingly or not, Apple has made it maddeningly difficult to even the simplest precautions. Terry’s comment, which I read a bit hastily, mentions changing the root password [...]
Poll: Do You Lock Your Smart Phones?
Every IT department has this policy. If you have a work computer, you’re expected to password lock it when you leave it unattended. This makes sense, and I’ve followed this practice for many years, for work and personal machines, including desktops. My wife switched to locking her desktop after our cats created a few random [...]
Amazon iPhone App is Sweet
Last week, I told you about SnapTell Explorer and mentioned that it would be a great app for collecting and pricing your holiday gift and wish lists. I also wondered why Amazon wasn’t doing this already. Today, Amazon released an iPhone app that included Amazon Remembers, a feature close to what SnapTell Explorer does. Use [...]
An iPhone App Your Holiday Shopping and Wishlist
Last week, I found a perfect iPhone app for the year-end holidays, thanks to Paul’s Google Reader Shared Items feed. SnapTell Explorer (by way of Lifehacker) is a free app that works with the iPhone’s camera. Open the app and snap a picture of any DVD, CD, game or book cover. SnapTell processes the image [...]
Connect for Your iPhone
As I teased earlier in the week, Rich has been cooking up Connect People Search for your iPhone. Last night, it went live. This isn’t an iPhone app because, as we all know, there are a few issues preventing an app that requires behind the firewall access: 1) we can’t yet connect to VPN using [...]
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