Learning the intricacies of programming for a strict display profile has always been a headache. I’ve been doing this for many platforms including iPhone portrait, iPhone landscape, and iPad. With 720p becoming more popular with the advent of Google TV, Apple TV, Roku, Boxee and Samsung TV, it[...]
Archive for the ‘Web’ Category
January 31st, 2011 - 4:53 PM § in Web
NYC Subway Schedule Interpreted Through Music, Video
Using HTML 5, Javascript, and Flash, creator Alexander Chen puts music to animated subway lines colliding on a map in the “Conductor.” In the video available online at http://www.mta.me/, you can watch the moving dots and lines on an alternating white/black background, plucking each ot[...]
When to Put Aside Interactivity?
I was in the car two days ago when I heard an interview with Ursula Rucker on KEXP. Just a few of her phrases initiated a flurry of thoughts. She talked briefly about people walking around museums, listening to those interactive guides and not letting their feelings wash over them while looking at t[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 12:53 AM § in State and Government, Web
Arkansas State Website Review
This month Chuck and I will be researching the states of our United States of America. The websites of our states, to be more precise! I randomly chose Arkansas.gov, because I’ve never been there and I was curious about what they’re up to. To start with, the Arkansas website prominently [...]
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:45 PM § in Web
Apple: App Store Reaches 10 Billion Downloads
Apple’s App Store, founded in July of 2008, has today reached a milestone: 10,000,000,000 downloads of software. The fact that the apps are exclusively sold/distributed for Apple’s iPhones, iPods, and iPads only makes the landmark more impressive. Apple also will soon award the prize[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 5:54 PM § in Web
Starbucks Card Becomes a Mobile App
Starbucks has released a mobile app (“Starbucks Card Mobile”) for iPhone and Blackberry devices which allows a customer to keep their Starbucks “Card” in digital space. You can keep track of purchases, check your balance, and reload your card with the new app. Perhaps mos[...]
Quick Scan for Safe, Healthy, and Sustainable Products
You want to get lost for a few minutes in an enlightening and overwhelming mass of everyday product data? Welcome to Good Guide. Not only can you look up a plethora of info on anything from baby food to deodorant, it has a great rating system to give you an instant guide for whether or [...][...]
January 18th, 2011 - 4:06 PM § in Web
New HTML5 logo
W3C announced new HTML5 logo AND STICKERS. Yup thats right, stickers. Go to http://www.w3.org/html/logo/#downloads and get your free stickers. Oh, and use HTML5.[...]