Yearly Archives: 2012

Netbot

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Netbot is a full-featured iPhone App.net client.

Amplified: Bending Is A Talent

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On this week’s episode of Amplified, Jim and Dan discuss advertising for mobile devices, Nokia’s financial woes, untold stories about Steve Jobs, growth of the tablet market and the rumored “iPad Junior”, the iPhone 5’s vibrations, AT&T’s coverage and dead zones, Apple Maps, Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues, guitars, and more!Sponsored by Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME10 for 30% off any package), Squarespace (use code DANSENTME10 for 10% off), Shopify (three months free on signup), and CacheFly

The Noun Project

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The Noun Project has just launched a great redesign and aims to collect every icon, pictogram and symbol from everywhere, even from you.

[Via Coudal]

Foo Fighters hiatus

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Dave Grohl took to the Foo Fighters Facebook page Tuesday with a note confirming the band will take a hiatus just a few days after his onstage comments at the Global Citizen Festival in New York led to rumors of a break-up.

One of the last shows they did was at the iPhone 5 launch, and I was there.

Do Not Disturb

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I’m loving these articles that Dave Caolo is putting together. This one is on how to use the Do Not Disturb feature on the iPhone.

The Plagiarius Award

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Initiated already back in 1977 by Prof. Rido Busse, the negative award “Plagiarius” serves to inform the public about the problem of fakes and plagiarisms and the negative impacts they have on not only the economy as a whole, but also on small companies and designers.

Samsung could win this hands down.

Grandfather and an iPad

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Nejc Žorga Dulmin sent me this picture of his grandfather (89), his wife and him with three generations of the iPad. He said his grandfather has been reading the newspaper on the iPad for a year because it’s easier to handle and he can pinch and zoom.

Much respect to his Grandfather.

Homeless Nokia

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“We are evaluating different options for non-core parts, such as real estate holdings, and that includes the headquarters,” spokeswoman Maija Taimi told Reuters.

Nokia makes fun of the iPhone 5 and it can’t even sell enough phones to keep its headquarters.

SRV style guitar lessons

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Anthony Stauffer is a great blues player and teacher. I thoroughly enjoy watching his guitar lesson videos.

Stop pagination now

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Slate:

Pagination is one of the worst design and usability sins on the Web, the kind of obvious no-no that should have gone out with blinky text, dancing cat animations, and autoplaying music. It shows constant, quiet contempt for people who should be any news site’s highest priority—folks who want to read articles all the way to the end.Splitting articles and photo galleries into multiple pages is evil. It should stop.

It’s not “evil” but it is incredibly annoying and definitely should be stopped.

The “Hop” is a suitcase that follows you around

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Terminal U:

Overpackers take note: this could be the invention that changes your life forever. Or it could also be the most gimmicky travel accessory you’ve ever seen.The “Hop” as it’s been called, is a suitcase that you don’t have to lug through the airport. You don’t even need to pick it up, as it follows you wherever you go – a bit like a lost puppy.

This is one of those things that, when you read about it you think, “Hey – that could be kinda cool!” Then you watch the video and think a bit more about it you realize, “oh yeah…this is a really stupid idea.”

Naming winter storms

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The Weather Channel:

During the upcoming 2012-13 winter season The Weather Channel will name noteworthy winter storms. Our goal is to better communicate the threat and the timing of the significant impacts that accompany these events. The fact is, a storm with a name is easier to follow, which will mean fewer surprises and more preparation.

Winter is coming.

Hurricanes have been given individual names for years and those fancy pants Europeans have been naming winter storms since the 1950’s. The list of names is interesting too – I can’t wait for that storm with the K name so we can all look skyward and scream, “KHHAAAANNNN!!!”

Saying absolutely nothing

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Om Malik talking about Color and Airtime:

I added up all those random quotes from Gannes’ post so you can see what he is saying: absolutely nothing. Airtime really is a house of cards standing on a handful of matchsticks.

I love it when smart writers get angry and say what they are thinking.

It’s time for RIM to quit

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is gaining on Research In Motion, a new study says, but it still has a long way to go before catching Android and iOS.

It’s one thing to lose ground to iOS and Android, but when Windows Phone OS catches you, you’re done.

Nest launches new thermostat

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The second-generation Nest Learning Thermostat is 20 percent thinner and has a new all-stainless steel ring that mirrors your wall color or pattern to create a chameleon effect and blend into any décor even more effectively

It’s those small details that matter so much.

[Via GigaOM]

Create custom iPhone vibration patterns

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Or, get really creative and use a little morse code to spell out your wife’s name, for example, or “GOD NO” if it’s your in-laws.

LOL!

Good article from Dave.

AT&T says dropped calls down 35% in Bay area

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It is a measure of just how much criticism AT&T got not long ago about service in and around San Francisco that the communications giant is now running a Bay Area-wide campaign touting a 35 percent decrease in dropped calls.

I still have problems in large cities, including those in the Bay area, but maybe it’s getting better.