May 2012
1 post
April 2012
4 posts
6 tags
Housey DJ Mix
Designed to get you warmed up for a night out dancing
Simiansounds#3 by Spassmonkey on Mixcloud
How far would you go? →
How about one of your kidneys for an iPhone and iPad
Instagram in Android provokes anger for some... →
Play nicely now, children. Washed-out photos from low quality cams are not worth fighting over. (And isn’t paper-cam more fun anyway?)
March 2012
8 posts
1 tag
“And so I move on with confidence of harmony
And do my thing to resist this...”
– Arrested Development- Ease My Mind (1994)
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Why most UX is shite →
Interesting blog post that points to some of the reasons why we are constantly confronted by poor UX
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SimianSounds#2 by Spassmonkey on Mixcloud
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February 2012
18 posts
The LED Surfer →
Beautiful little film of a lone snowboarder carving through deep powder at night in a suit covered in LED lights. He isn’t getting to get lost in an avalanche.
Mozilla Marketplace →
Roll out yer mobile webapps - here comes another HTML5 / JavaScript / CSS3 app store.
How about a keyboard made of polished meteorite? →
Apple patent application suggests we could see some rather lovely keyboards in the future… it’s not all about touchscreen:
“Such materials as wood, stone, polished meteorite (watch dials have been made from polished meteorite), glass, etc. can be used as opposed to standard key caps that rely on plastic material”.
Chrome Beta for Android confirms no more mobile... →
“With Google’s long-term plan to replace the stock Androidbrowser with Chrome , Flash will ultimately be unavailable on the vast majority of smartphones: According to research firm NPD Group, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android poweredover 90% of all smartphones purchased in the U.S. during the last three months of 2011”
Do you have a non-Apple tablet? →
Then you’re a weirdo… There may be better hardware out there (see Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1) but there’s nothing quite like an iPad yet. After using both extensively, I would say web browsing on Galaxy Tab is a much better experience, but the apps available for iPad make it a far more reasonably priced unit for what it can do. Virtual guitar amps and synths for instance.
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Google developing HUD glasses →
Imagine the Terminator’s view of the world and add annoying location-specific advertising.
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January 2012
11 posts
Bluebrain make an album u can only hear 'on... →
“Music doesn’t always have to be a leanback, staid experience — sometimes it can be theatrical and kinetic and strange”.
Blackberries are still ripe →
RIM claim to have been behind more smartphone sales than either apple or android in December 2011.
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Offline Mobile site →
Hit up this link, then disconnect WiFi/3g and you can still browse. Smart.
Menus? Where we're going we don't need menus →
Ubuntu takes steps to remove desktop clutter with a smart, command-driven new UI.
Android Design →
Google publish guidelines on how to make beautiful apps.
20x as fast, 5x more efficient →
Imagination pave the way for the next generation of mobile processors.
6 tags
December 2011
16 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Modeselektor (4)
Dorian Concept (1)
Two Fingers (1)
Coldcut & Hexstatic (1)
Ghostpoet (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Kindle Fire selling like hot cakes →
The most gifted item on amazon US.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Modeselektor (8)
Chase & Status (4)
Ghostpoet (3)
Two Fingers (2)
Dorian Concept (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Send in the monkeys →
When you pay peanuts for a job like testing for radiation, it’s inevitable.
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Do you actually use all those apps you downloaded? →
There are some wonderful apps out there, but do they actually get used? What constitutes a ‘critical app’ for you?
On the Nokia E55 I used to keep with me at all times, despite also having iPhones, Android’s, Blackberries and Windows Phones on a regular rotation - I was always conscious that the device came with all the critical apps I could ever need already there. Ovi store...
Smartphone ownership doubled in 2011 →
And with Windows/Nokia devices arriving, and showing that smart doesn’t necessarily mean geeky and fiddly, it won’t be long before even the refuseniks join the smartphone masses. Battery life seems to be the one still significant barrier that remains.
